RAND Research Topic: Humanities and the Arts 2012-05-24T14:10:03Z Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/topics/humanities-and-the-arts.html Strategic Value of African Tribal Art: Auction Sales Trends as Cultural Intelligence http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20120095.html Apr 1, 2012 Apr 1, 2012 This paper explores the potential of the art market for open-source intelligence assessments of cultural security. Security of Cultural Property: U.S. Engagement and Potential for Improvement http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20120076.html Jan 1, 2012 Jan 1, 2012 This paper assesses the role of historic sites and antiquities in foreign engagement. Over the past century, U.S. foreign policy has had successes and shortcomings in leveraging protection of cultural patrimony to strategic advantage. Nurturing the Arab Spring: What Can Be Done to Remove Existing Barriers to Freedom of Expression in the Arab World? http://www.rand.org/multimedia/video/2011/06/13/remove-existing-barriers-freedom-expression-arab-world.html Jun 13, 2011 Jun 13, 2011 In this June 2011 Congressional Briefing, RAND researchers discuss the growing body of creative works produced by Arab authors and artists that counter the intellectual and ideological underpinnings of violent extremism, factors that thwart the distribution of such works, and policy recommendations for overcoming those barriers. Assessing Policies to Curtail the Illegal Trade in Cultural Property http://www.rand.org/pubs/documented_briefings/DB602.html Mar 29, 2011 Mar 29, 2011 Despite a range of legislative and policy interventions, the trade in illicit art and antiquities continues to flourish, resulting in damage to the arts, scholarship, and heritage. RAND Europe explored new ways of curtailing the illegal trade in cultural property. Art Sales as Cultural Intelligence: Analysis of the Auction Market for African Tribal Art http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201100258.html Jan 1, 2011 Jan 1, 2011 This paper examines auction sales of African tribal art for the continent as a whole and by individual nations of origin. Collecting Cultural Intelligence: The Tactical Value of Cultural Property http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201100259.html Jan 1, 2011 Jan 1, 2011 This paper defines a framework for the collection of cultural intelligence as a fundamental asset in countering threats to cultural security. RAND Study Finds L.A. Schools' Arts Education Could Gain from More Coordination with Arts Groups http://www.rand.org/news/press/2004/09/15b.html Community-Based Drug Treatment Programs Can Help Youths Curb Drug Use, Improve Mental Health. Arts and Humanities Research Provides Wide-Ranging Impacts http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR816.html Jun 9, 2010 Jun 9, 2010 The University of Cambridge's arts and humanities research provides many societal benefits, including impacts on academics, policy, and practice. RAND Europe assessed and documented these impacts, which also include the preservation of buildings, languages, and literature. Barriers to the Broad Dissemination of Creative Works in the Arab World http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG879.html Sep 21, 2009 Sep 21, 2009 <p>Many analysts have examined the media that violent extremists use to communicate their core messages. Far less research, however, has been devoted to the growing body of creative works produced by Arab authors and artists that counter the intellectual and ideological underpinnings of violent extremism. </p> Arts Brochure http://www.rand.org/pubs/corporate_pubs/CP558.html May 7, 2009 May 7, 2009 <p>Over the past several years, RAND has been building a research capability in the arts to provide useful data and analysis to policymakers, arts practitioners, and the academic community. This downloadable brochure features several of these titles, with links to each of the publications on the RAND web site.</p> Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Should Explore Other Funding Sources, Right-Size Programs http://www.rand.org/news/press/2009/01/15.html Jan 15, 2009 Jan 15, 2009 Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh needs to explore new ways to secure adequate and stable funding, engage patrons and other stakeholders, and evaluate what services it offers. In Iraq, a Different Kind of Drama Stages a Message of Reconciliation http://www.rand.org/commentary/2008/12/18/CSM.html Dec 18, 2008 Dec 18, 2008 <p>While female suicide bombers in Iraq have been getting all the headlines, a very different cadre of women has emerged on the scene with the opposite goal of forging peace and paving over the sectarian differences. Above all, these activists want to take back the streets and neighborhoods of their country, write Edward O'Connell and Cheryl Benard.</p> Trends and Future Prospects for the Arts Predict Changing Role for State Agencies http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG817.html Nov 18, 2008 Nov 18, 2008 <p>State arts agencies &mdash; key players within the U.S. system of public support for the arts &mdash; face a wide varitey of challenges to their typical roles as grantmakers. The author concludes that future state arts policy is likely to focus more on efforts to develop the creative economy and to grow the audience for the arts.</p> Emerging Trends in State Arts Policy http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9402.html Nov 12, 2008 Nov 12, 2008 <p>This research brief describes an effort carried out to describe and understand the strategies being used by innovative state arts agencies to deal with today's financial and political realities.</p> Improving Arts Education Is Key to Stemming Audience Decline http://www.rand.org/news/press/2008/09/08/arts_education.html Sep 8, 2008 Sep 8, 2008 Policymakers have underestimated the critical role of arts learning in supporting a vibrant nonprofit cultural sector. Despite decades of effort to make high-quality works of art available to Americans, demand for the arts has failed to keep pace with supply. Improving Arts Education Is Key To Stemming Audience Decline http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG640.html Sep 8, 2008 Sep 8, 2008 <p>Policymakers have underestimated the critical role of arts learning in supporting a vibrant nonprofit cultural sector. Despite decades of effort to make high-quality works of art available to Americans, demand for the arts has failed to keep pace with supply.</p> Vital Communities: Review and analysis of the research http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR549.html Jul 2, 2008 Jul 2, 2008 <p>Presents RAND Europe's analysis of data generated by the Vital Communities programme between October 2005 and August 2007. The Vital Communities programme provides creative and artistic activities for children, their families, and wider communities in nine locations across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.</p> Creative Collaborative Approaches Work to Maintain, Extend Arts Education in Six U.S. Urban Areas http://www.rand.org/news/press/2008/06/18.html Jun 18, 2008 Jun 18, 2008 Amid cutbacks in school arts education funding, public and private organizations in six urban regions have collaborated to expand access to arts learning for children in and outside of public school. Public and Private Collaboration Can Provide Arts Education, Aid Child Development http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG702.html Jun 18, 2008 Jun 18, 2008 <p>Amid cutbacks in school arts education funding, public and private organizations in six urban regions have collaborated to expand access to arts learning for children in and outside of public school.</p> How to Cultivate Demand for the Arts http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9344.html May 20, 2008 May 20, 2008 This research brief summarizes a study about what it means to cultivate demand for the arts, why it is important to do so, the role of arts learning in this effort, and arts and education policy changes needed to build future arts audiences.