RAND Research Topic: Humanities and the Arts

Arts-based approaches to public engagement with research

2021-01-11T09:00:00Z

This report shares findings from a rapid review of the evidence on the use and effectiveness of arts-based approaches for public engagement with research.

Cultural and Historical Resources Recovery Planning in Puerto Rico

2020-09-30T08:45:00Z

Many of Puerto Rico's cultural resources were devastated in Hurricanes Irma and Maria. The authors discuss their importance, the damage they endured immediately after the storms, and detail recovery actions in Puerto Rico's recovery plan.

How to Support More and Stronger Arts Education Partnerships in Allegheny County

2017-08-09T09:15:00Z

This report presents findings from an exploratory study on arts partnerships in Allegheny County and identifies regional facilitators and barriers to forming, implementing, and sustaining them.

Vibrant Symphony Orchestras

2016-12-12T09:30:00Z

Addresses American symphony orchestras and the unusual economic challenges they face, which are shared by many performing arts organizations.

Considering Cultural Integration in the United States

2016-09-21T09:30:00Z

Explores arts participation as a means of broader civic and social engagement facilitating immigrants' integration into the United States.

Kevin McCarthy, Longtime Santa Monica Resident and RAND Researcher, Developed Tools to Predict Family Mobility

2015-03-20T17:37:00Z

Kevin Farley McCarthy, a RAND researcher who worked on projects ranging from immigration to the arts, died March 17, 2015. His work helped cities, states, judiciaries, and museums address some of their most difficult issues.

Cultural Security

2014-12-31T10:30:00Z

This book will take readers through the concepts and issues surrounding cultural property, cultural currency and cultural power, leaving readers with invaluable insights on the political economy of cultural property.

Findings From the School-Based Theatrical Performance Walk in Our Shoes

2014-05-27T14:00:00Z

California's Prevention and Early Intervention initiative, aimed at stigma and discrimination reduction, developed and presented theatre performances to educate students about mental illness. Researchers evaluated the effectiveness of one of these performances, Walk in Our Shoes.

RAND Middle East Research

2013-10-16T13:26:00Z

The RAND Center for Middle East Public Policy (CMEPP) brings together analytic excellence and regional expertise from across the RAND Corporation to address the most critical political, social, and economic challenges facing the Middle East today.

Erik Nemeth Appears on History Channel's 'America's Book of Secrets: Lost Treasures'

2013-07-15T03:48:00Z

In an episode of the History Channel's “America's Book of Secrets,” Erik Nemeth discusses the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist of 1990 and the broader implications of art crime for national security.

Alternative Power

2013-02-01T12:00:00Z

the politics of cultural property and economics of the art market indicate a complement to hard and soft power in foreign relations.

How Hollywood Affects Global Policy

2012-11-27T13:25:00Z

A panel of Hollywood heavyweights at RAND's Politics Aside event discusses the international influence of American entertainment programming and delves into how popular films can shape the public perception of historic events.

The Diplomatic Power of Art

2012-11-01T12:00:00Z

Even as cultural property faces immediate peril today in conflict zones like Syria and Mali, there is anecdotal evidence that some nations are awakening to the diplomatic and foreign policy benefits that can flow from the repatriation of cultural patrimony.

Repatriating Part of Saddam Statue Could Promote Democracy

2012-06-01T12:00:00Z

Proactive protection and repatriation of artworks and artifacts can demonstrate our respect for another nation's heritage when the chaos of conflict obscures the value of cultural identity.

Strategic Value of African Tribal Art

2012-04-01T12:00:00Z

This paper explores the potential of the art market for open-source intelligence assessments of cultural security.

Security of Cultural Property

2012-01-01T12:00:00Z

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?

2011-06-13T13:08:00Z

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.

What Can Be Done to Remove Existing Barriers to Freedom of Expression in the Arab World?

2011-06-13T11:02:00Z

Assessing Policies to Curtail the Illegal Trade in Cultural Property

2011-03-29T17:40:00Z

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

2011-01-01T12:00:00Z

This paper examines auction sales of African tribal art for the continent as a whole and by individual nations of origin.