Buzzes and barriers

Young people's attitudes to participation in the arts

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ID14895696
AuthorsJohn Harland (National Foundation for Educational Research, corresponding author), Kay Kinder (National Foundation for Educational Research)
Year1995
Volume9
Issue4
Pages15-31
Publication date1995-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueChildren & Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0951-0605 • E-ISSN: 1099-0860
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1099-0860.1995.tb00300.x
OpenAlexW2077679556
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited8

This article draws on evidence collected through interviews with 700 young people between the ages of 14 and 24 in five different regions of England. Material from this source is used to construct a tentative typology of attitudes towards participation in the arts. This typology contains a set of twelve positive attitudes (or motivations) associated with arts involvement, followed by a set of eight negative attitudes which emerge as barriers to participation. In addition, an attempt is made to identify those positive attitudes which most frequently appeared to accompany high levels of involvement in the arts. It is suggested that a self‐identity or self‐expression motive (‘I participate in the arts because it's how I define myself, it's a means of self‐expression’) and a physiological motive (‘I participate in the arts because of feeling a real buzz’) are particularly evident among arts enthusiasts

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