Role of research in community arts

Developing an evaluation framework in Singapore

Bibliographic Data

ID6181743
AuthorsIm Sik Cho (0000-0002-1362-3691), Quyen Duong, Ivan Nasution, Ivan Kurniawan Nasution (0000-0002-6306-5077)
Year2016
Volume47
Issue5
Pages683-699
Publication date2016-10-19
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCommunity Development (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1557-5330 • E-ISSN: 1944-7485
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/15575330.2016.1227345
OpenAlexW2512889737
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited6

Community arts in Singapore have gradually evolved since the country became a self-governing state in 1959, from a mostly top–down approach of government-initiated programs to include more ground-up initiatives. This shift advocated embracing community members not only as audience but also as originators, through community-focused policies and programs aimed at making arts and culture more accessible. In this changing context, this article seeks to understand the relationship between cultural research and practice, and examines a collaborative project between the National Arts Council of Singapore and the National University of Singapore that aims to create a community-based evaluation framework to assess and evaluate arts and culture-focused community spaces in Singapore. Results from the study show that research can inform change that not only facilitates collaboration among different stakeholders in the process of creating the outcome, but also promotes further ground-up engagement in community arts by empowering practitioners with an evaluation framework

Community engagement · Community organization · Context (archaeology · Geography · Government (linguistics · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · The arts · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Diverse Music Education Insights · Socioeconomic Development in Asia

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