J D Snowball
Biographic Data
| ID | 4263310 |
|---|---|
| NAME | J D Snowball |
| GIVEN NAMES | J D |
| FAMILY NAME | Snowball |
| SIGNATURE | SNOWBALL J D |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Cultural Consumption Patterns in South Africa
The experiences of Fringe producers at the South African National Arts Festival
Unlike the performing arts generally, festivals and special events have been growing in popularity worldwide: since the 1980s there has been an explosion of the number of festival of all types, not just arts festivals, but folk festivals, harvest festivals, food festivals, - the list is long. It is estimated that there are more than 300 festivals in the UK (British Federation of Festivals 2004), 1300 in Australia (Johnson et al 2005) and more tha…
The impact of a change in ticket price on the demand for university live theatre
This article examines the effects of an increase in the price of tickets at the Rhodes University Theatre on both students and others who attended the Young Directors' Season over a two-year period. Contrary to what most of the literature suggests, students were not found to have a very great responsiveness to a change in price (price inelastic demand) compared to others who attended. In this case, a rise in ticket price actually increased box of…
Breaking into the conversation
The paper examines the value of the South African National Arts Festival (NAF) in the transition to democracy using theories of cultural capital. NAF history from 1974 to 2004 is used to argue that the Festival provided an important arena for the expression of political resistance in the 1980s and, to some degree, continues to do so today. It is concluded that an important part of the value of the arts is their ability to provide a forum for deba…
Estimating the Marginal Utility of Different Sections of an Arts Festival
This paper applies choice experiments (CE) to value the utility visitors derive from various sections of the National Arts Festival held once a year in Grahamstown, South Africa. A brief survey of the method and its use to date in valuing cultural goods is provided. The CE conducted at the 2003 South African National Arts Festival is described. The results show that a conditional logit model performs very well in valuing Festival attributes and p…
Cultural Consumption Patterns in South Africa
Estimating the Marginal Utility of Different Sections of an Arts Festival
This paper applies choice experiments (CE) to value the utility visitors derive from various sections of the National Arts Festival held once a year in Grahamstown, South Africa. A brief survey of the method and its use to date in valuing cultural goods is provided. The CE conducted at the 2003 South African National Arts Festival is described. The results show that a conditional logit model performs very well in valuing Festival attributes and p…
Breaking into the conversation
The paper examines the value of the South African National Arts Festival (NAF) in the transition to democracy using theories of cultural capital. NAF history from 1974 to 2004 is used to argue that the Festival provided an important arena for the expression of political resistance in the 1980s and, to some degree, continues to do so today. It is concluded that an important part of the value of the arts is their ability to provide a forum for deba…
Estimating the Marginal Utility of Different Sections of an Arts Festival
This paper applies choice experiments (CE) to value the utility visitors derive from various sections of the National Arts Festival held once a year in Grahamstown, South Africa. A brief survey of the method and its use to date in valuing cultural goods is provided. The CE conducted at the 2003 South African National Arts Festival is described. The results show that a conditional logit model performs very well in valuing Festival attributes and p…
The impact of a change in ticket price on the demand for university live theatre
This article examines the effects of an increase in the price of tickets at the Rhodes University Theatre on both students and others who attended the Young Directors' Season over a two-year period. Contrary to what most of the literature suggests, students were not found to have a very great responsiveness to a change in price (price inelastic demand) compared to others who attended. In this case, a rise in ticket price actually increased box of…
Breaking into the conversation
The paper examines the value of the South African National Arts Festival (NAF) in the transition to democracy using theories of cultural capital. NAF history from 1974 to 2004 is used to argue that the Festival provided an important arena for the expression of political resistance in the 1980s and, to some degree, continues to do so today. It is concluded that an important part of the value of the arts is their ability to provide a forum for deba…
The experiences of Fringe producers at the South African National Arts Festival
Unlike the performing arts generally, festivals and special events have been growing in popularity worldwide: since the 1980s there has been an explosion of the number of festival of all types, not just arts festivals, but folk festivals, harvest festivals, food festivals, - the list is long. It is estimated that there are more than 300 festivals in the UK (British Federation of Festivals 2004), 1300 in Australia (Johnson et al 2005) and more tha…
Cultural Consumption Patterns in South Africa
Sociology (4 works) · The arts (4 works) · Advertising (3 works) · Art (3 works) · Business (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Social science (3 works) · Visual arts (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works)