Making Culture Count: The Politics of Cultural Measurement

by Lachlan MacDowall (Editor), Marnie Badham (Editor), Emma Blomkamp (Editor), Kim Dunphy (Editor)

Overview

This book is a collection of diverse essays by scholars, policy-makers and creative practitioners who explore the burgeoning field of cultural measurement and its political implications. Offering critical histories and creative frameworks, it presents new approaches to accounting for culture in local, national and international contexts.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781137464576
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	09/16/2015
Series:	New Directions in Cultural Policy Research
Edition description:	1st ed. 2015
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.03(d)

About the Author

Melanie Davern, University of Melbourne, Australia; Vincent Dubois, Institute for Political Studies, France; Nancy Duxbury, University of Coimbra, Portugal; Arlene Goldbard, Writer, USA José Antonio González Zarandona, University of Melbourne, Australia; Sophie Hope, Birkbeck College, London, UK; M. Sharon Jeannotte, University of Ottawa, Canada; Rimi Khan, University of Melbourne, Australia Pat Lockley, Educational Technologist, UK Dave O'Brien, Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK Justin O'Connor, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia; Harriet Parsons, University of Melbourne, Australia José Pessoa, UNESCO Institute for Statistics, Canada; Guy Redden, University of Sydney, Australia; Polly Stupples, Massey University, New Zealand; Jamie Tanguay, John Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, USA; Geoff Woolcock, Wesley Mission, Australia; Audrey Yue, University of Melbourne, Australia; EmmaBlomkamp, University of Melbourne, Australia; Marnie Badham, University of Melbourne, Australia; Kim Dunphy, Cultural Development Network, Melbourne, Australia; Lachlan MacDowall, University of Melbourne, Australia.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Making Culture Count; Lachlan Macdowall
PART I: QUALIFYING AND QUANTIFYING CULTURAL VALUE: CRITICAL ACCOUNTS OF THE HISTORY AND POLITICS OF CULTURAL MEASUREMENT
Introduction; Emma Blomkamp
1. A Critical History Of Cultural Indicators; Emma Blomkamp
2. Culture, Value And Commensuration: The Knowledge Politics Of Indicators; Guy Redden
3. The Politics Of Cultural Statistics: From Legitimisation To Critique (France 1960-1990); Vincent Dubois
4. Growth And Depression In Hayek's Garden: The Emotional Language Of Accounting; Harriet Parsons
5. Assessing The Cultural Impact Of Economics; Justin O'Connor
6. The Social Life Of Cultural Value; Dave O'Brien And Pat Lockley
PART II: MAKING CULTURE COUNT IN POLITICAL CONTEXTS AND DISCOURSES
Introduction; Kim Dunphy
7. Cultural Measurement In International Development: The Need For Capacity Building In Cultural Statistics; José Pessoa
8. Creative Accounts: Reimagining Culture And Wellbeing By Tapping Into The Global Movement To Redefine Progress; Geoff Woolcock And Melanie Davern
9. Making It Real: Measures Of Culture In Local Sustainability Planning And Implementation; Nancy Duxbury And Sharon Jeannotte
10. Alternative Indicators Of Well-Being For Melanesia: Cultural Values Driving Public Policy; Jamie Tanguay
11. Heritage As A Cultural Measure In A Postcolonial Setting; José Antonio González Zarandona
PART III: CRITICAL AND CREATIVE APPROACHES TO CULTURAL MEASUREMENT PRACTICE
Introduction; Marnie Badham
12. Democratising Cultural Indicators: Developing A Shared Sense Of Progress; Marnie Badham
13. The Metrics Syndrome: Cultural Scientism And Its Discontents; Arlene Goldbard
14. Accounting For Art In International Development: Insights From Artists' Initiatives In Central America; Polly Stupples
15. A Holistic Framework Of Evaluation For Arts Engagement; Kim Dunphy
16. New Approaches To Cultural Measurement: On Cultural Value, Cultural Participation And Cultural Diversity; Audrey Yue And Rimi Khan
17. Cultural Measurement On Whose Terms? Critical Friends As An Experiment In Participant-Led Evaluation; Sophie Hope

Editorial Reviews

Making culture count: The politics of cultural measurement focuses on the ever-present issues of measurement and meaning in articulating value for cultural policy practices and research. … I would recommend this book for cultural policy scholars and practitioners, and even activists, as well as those interested in indicators of the social and development studies more broadly.” (Susan Oman, Cultural Trends, April, 2016)

"Here is where the rubber meets the road: how much does a critical cultural studies have to contribute to the lived lives of culture? Read this insightful and diverse collection of perspectives on the theory, history and purposes of cultural indicators to find out. A pathway toward democratizing the measurement of culture and cultural value is mapped out in this excellent book. Scholars, policymakers and cultural activists alike will find these contributions both enlightening and useful." - Carole Rosenstein, George Mason University, USA

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