Hadley
Biographic Data
| ID | 52730 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Hadley |
| FAMILY NAME | Hadley |
| SIGNATURE | HADLEY |
| AFFILIATIONS | De Montfort University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2240-7808 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 45 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 18 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Understanding “Swiftonomics”
This article critically examines the concept of “Swiftonomics”, widely used in media and policy discourse to describe the economic and cultural impact of Taylor Swift. For cultural policy, it is important to interrogate such economic impact-centred approaches and understand the broader conditions of such cultural value production. Drawing on insights from “rockonomics” and Schumpeter’s theory of creative destruction, the article evaluates whether…
Everyday creativity and cultural policy
A considerable amount of attention has recently been paid – in academia, policy and the arts sector in the United Kingdom – to the idea of ‘everyday creativity’, yet the significance of everyday creativity for cultural policy has not been explored beyond a preliminary overview. Prompted by the question of how policymakers might engage with everyday creativity while retaining integrity and coherence, this article integrates theory and practice int…
The “Cultural Trends Global Dialogue” Manifesto
All scholars enjoy the benefits of belonging to a particular academic community. Yet who we cite, collaborate with and hear speak either upholds/reinforces or unsettles the geopolitical economy of ...
Understanding cultural value in Germany
This article investigates the concept of cultural value in the context of the German cultural sector. Cultural value is a well-established term in certain cultural policy environments, where an emphasis is placed on publicly funded cultural institutions and activities to evidence their value to society and individuals. No comparable discourse exists within the German sector. The purpose of this article is to examine this topic within the German c…
The mutability of cultural value
The contemporary cultural value debate has been broadly UK-driven, albeit with European and international dimensions. However, the Covid-19 pandemic and the subsequent focus on sector working conditions has raised urgent questions about the social role and impact of the arts. Starting from the premise that questions of cultural value are subjective, political, and highly contextualised, this article contextualises the debate on cultural value wit…
Building theatre, making policy
This article approaches the idea of architecture, theatre and cultural democracy as relational concepts, and considers the theatre building as a cultural artefact which both manifests and embodies power relations. We use the case study of Liverpool’s PurpleDoor to explore this idea. We consider theatre buildings as cultural artefacts to focus attention on the impact of material or physical factors and the power of cultural institutions to orient …
Cultural Democracy, Cultural Equity, and Cultural Policy
This article offers an exploratory discussion of two cultural policy concepts and traditions: cultural democracy in the UK and cultural equity in the US. We explore what the concepts share, how they have been shaped by their cultural policy traditions, and how they yield value for cultural policy makers, scholars, and activists. As scholars from divergent yet mutually Anglo-centric traditions, we articulate how these concepts inform one another w…
Covid-19, cultural policy and the Irish arts sector
One of the sectors most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, in Ireland as elsewhere, was the subsidised arts sector. In this article we examine one key aspect of this situation: the supports for artists. Specifically, we consider whether these supports are consistent with pre-pandemic policies in Ireland. We offer an overview of both the impact and responses to COVID-19 on the sector, and the historical narratives within Irish arts policy that inf…
Reflexivity and the perpetuation of inequality in the cultural sector
Discourses of social justice offer the sense of a progressive and developing narrative within the arts sector. Cultural democracy, cultural equity and cultural diversity address broad policy issues related to production, consumption and representation. This article questions whether these approaches have failed in their challenge to the long-established power dynamics of the cultural sector. We take this position of failure as a starting point fo…
Audience Development and Cultural Policy
Oliver Mears (Royal Opera House)
Oliver Mears is The Royal Opera's Director of Opera. Mears studied English and history at Oxford University and began his career assisting playwright Howard Barker. In 2004 he co-founded London-bas
Culture 2025 A National Cultural Policy Framework for Ireland
Published in January 2020, Culture 2025 A National Cultural Policy Framework for Ireland is the first single national cultural policy in Ireland since the formation of the Irish State in 1922. We outline the development and content of the framework – including its principles, aims and values – in the context of both Irish cultural policy history and the “whole-of-government” policy approach. To interrogate the coherence of the policy framework, w…
Helen Marriage
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Reflections on Audience Data and Research
Cultural democracy and cultural policy
You’re asking me, how can people live without some sense that there’s an ultimate truth or ultimate scale of values, and I don’t know but I don’t any longer think that this is just a transitional p
Towards cultural democracy
Towards cultural democracy: Promoting cultural capabilities for everyone was commissioned by the Cultural Institute at King’s College London and is the final report of King’s fourth Cultural Enquir
Hyperinstrumentalism and cultural policy
This paper investigates the implications for cultural policy of the logic of the instrumental view of culture taken to its conclusion. Policy developments that establish sets of justifications and rationales that have nothing to do with the cultural content of the policy concerned, but which arise from a deliberate realignment of policy frameworks, establish a form of hyperinstrumentalism. With hyperinstrumentalism the focus on outcomes and the e…
European Commission final report
Those working in the fields of Arts Management and Cultural Policy are attuned to the seemingly relentless innovation, if not disruption, of modes and patterns of cultural creation and consumption
Hyperinstrumentalism and cultural policy
This paper investigates the implications for cultural policy of the logic of the instrumental view of culture taken to its conclusion. Policy developments that establish sets of justifications and rationales that have nothing to do with the cultural content of the policy concerned, but which arise from a deliberate realignment of policy frameworks, establish a form of hyperinstrumentalism. With hyperinstrumentalism the focus on outcomes and the e…
Cultural democracy and cultural policy
You’re asking me, how can people live without some sense that there’s an ultimate truth or ultimate scale of values, and I don’t know but I don’t any longer think that this is just a transitional p
Towards cultural democracy
Towards cultural democracy: Promoting cultural capabilities for everyone was commissioned by the Cultural Institute at King’s College London and is the final report of King’s fourth Cultural Enquir
Covid-19, cultural policy and the Irish arts sector
One of the sectors most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, in Ireland as elsewhere, was the subsidised arts sector. In this article we examine one key aspect of this situation: the supports for artists. Specifically, we consider whether these supports are consistent with pre-pandemic policies in Ireland. We offer an overview of both the impact and responses to COVID-19 on the sector, and the historical narratives within Irish arts policy that inf…
Culture 2025 A National Cultural Policy Framework for Ireland
Published in January 2020, Culture 2025 A National Cultural Policy Framework for Ireland is the first single national cultural policy in Ireland since the formation of the Irish State in 1922. We outline the development and content of the framework – including its principles, aims and values – in the context of both Irish cultural policy history and the “whole-of-government” policy approach. To interrogate the coherence of the policy framework, w…
The mutability of cultural value
The contemporary cultural value debate has been broadly UK-driven, albeit with European and international dimensions. However, the Covid-19 pandemic and the subsequent focus on sector working conditions has raised urgent questions about the social role and impact of the arts. Starting from the premise that questions of cultural value are subjective, political, and highly contextualised, this article contextualises the debate on cultural value wit…
Reflections on Audience Data and Research
Hyperinstrumentalism and cultural policy
This paper investigates the implications for cultural policy of the logic of the instrumental view of culture taken to its conclusion. Policy developments that establish sets of justifications and rationales that have nothing to do with the cultural content of the policy concerned, but which arise from a deliberate realignment of policy frameworks, establish a form of hyperinstrumentalism. With hyperinstrumentalism the focus on outcomes and the e…
European Commission final report
Those working in the fields of Arts Management and Cultural Policy are attuned to the seemingly relentless innovation, if not disruption, of modes and patterns of cultural creation and consumption
Cultural democracy and cultural policy
You’re asking me, how can people live without some sense that there’s an ultimate truth or ultimate scale of values, and I don’t know but I don’t any longer think that this is just a transitional p
Towards cultural democracy
Towards cultural democracy: Promoting cultural capabilities for everyone was commissioned by the Cultural Institute at King’s College London and is the final report of King’s fourth Cultural Enquir
Reflections on Audience Data and Research
Culture 2025 A National Cultural Policy Framework for Ireland
Published in January 2020, Culture 2025 A National Cultural Policy Framework for Ireland is the first single national cultural policy in Ireland since the formation of the Irish State in 1922. We outline the development and content of the framework – including its principles, aims and values – in the context of both Irish cultural policy history and the “whole-of-government” policy approach. To interrogate the coherence of the policy framework, w…
Helen Marriage
Helen Marriage is Director of Artichoke and was Creative Director of Galway 2020 European Capital of Culture, until April 2020 when Artichoke’s involvement ceased due to the outbreak of COVID-19. A
Audience Development and Cultural Policy
Oliver Mears (Royal Opera House)
Oliver Mears is The Royal Opera's Director of Opera. Mears studied English and history at Oxford University and began his career assisting playwright Howard Barker. In 2004 he co-founded London-bas
Reflexivity and the perpetuation of inequality in the cultural sector
Discourses of social justice offer the sense of a progressive and developing narrative within the arts sector. Cultural democracy, cultural equity and cultural diversity address broad policy issues related to production, consumption and representation. This article questions whether these approaches have failed in their challenge to the long-established power dynamics of the cultural sector. We take this position of failure as a starting point fo…
Cultural Democracy, Cultural Equity, and Cultural Policy
This article offers an exploratory discussion of two cultural policy concepts and traditions: cultural democracy in the UK and cultural equity in the US. We explore what the concepts share, how they have been shaped by their cultural policy traditions, and how they yield value for cultural policy makers, scholars, and activists. As scholars from divergent yet mutually Anglo-centric traditions, we articulate how these concepts inform one another w…
Covid-19, cultural policy and the Irish arts sector
One of the sectors most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, in Ireland as elsewhere, was the subsidised arts sector. In this article we examine one key aspect of this situation: the supports for artists. Specifically, we consider whether these supports are consistent with pre-pandemic policies in Ireland. We offer an overview of both the impact and responses to COVID-19 on the sector, and the historical narratives within Irish arts policy that inf…
Building theatre, making policy
This article approaches the idea of architecture, theatre and cultural democracy as relational concepts, and considers the theatre building as a cultural artefact which both manifests and embodies power relations. We use the case study of Liverpool’s PurpleDoor to explore this idea. We consider theatre buildings as cultural artefacts to focus attention on the impact of material or physical factors and the power of cultural institutions to orient …
The mutability of cultural value
The contemporary cultural value debate has been broadly UK-driven, albeit with European and international dimensions. However, the Covid-19 pandemic and the subsequent focus on sector working conditions has raised urgent questions about the social role and impact of the arts. Starting from the premise that questions of cultural value are subjective, political, and highly contextualised, this article contextualises the debate on cultural value wit…
Understanding “Swiftonomics”
This article critically examines the concept of “Swiftonomics”, widely used in media and policy discourse to describe the economic and cultural impact of Taylor Swift. For cultural policy, it is important to interrogate such economic impact-centred approaches and understand the broader conditions of such cultural value production. Drawing on insights from “rockonomics” and Schumpeter’s theory of creative destruction, the article evaluates whether…
Everyday creativity and cultural policy
A considerable amount of attention has recently been paid – in academia, policy and the arts sector in the United Kingdom – to the idea of ‘everyday creativity’, yet the significance of everyday creativity for cultural policy has not been explored beyond a preliminary overview. Prompted by the question of how policymakers might engage with everyday creativity while retaining integrity and coherence, this article integrates theory and practice int…
The “Cultural Trends Global Dialogue” Manifesto
All scholars enjoy the benefits of belonging to a particular academic community. Yet who we cite, collaborate with and hear speak either upholds/reinforces or unsettles the geopolitical economy of ...
Understanding cultural value in Germany
This article investigates the concept of cultural value in the context of the German cultural sector. Cultural value is a well-established term in certain cultural policy environments, where an emphasis is placed on publicly funded cultural institutions and activities to evidence their value to society and individuals. No comparable discourse exists within the German sector. The purpose of this article is to examine this topic within the German c…
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