Hearts and Minds: The Arts and Civic Engagement

Autor/in	Rabkin, Nick
Institution	James Irvine Foundation
Titel	Hearts and Minds: The Arts and Civic Engagement
Quelle	(2017), (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Citizen Participation; Correlation; Motivation; Art Activities; Experience; Social Capital; Adolescents; Individual Development; Art Education; Community Involvement; Racial Differences; Ethnicity; Adults; Youth; Volunteers; Human Capital; Cultural Influences; Audiences; Socioeconomic Status; Low Income Groups; Youth Programs + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? 'Citizen participation; Citizens'' participation'; Bürgerbeteiligung; Korrelation; psychologische; Motivation (psychologisch); Künstlerische Tätigkeit; Erfahrung; Sozialkapital; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Individuelle Entwicklung; Arts; Education; Art in Education; Kunst; Bildung; Erziehung; Rassenunterschied; Ethnizität; Freiwilliger; Humankapital; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Spectator; Zuschauer; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Jugendsofortprogramm
Abstract	The arts have played powerful utilitarian roles for individuals and for the societies in which they live for millennia. For the last 250 years, though, "art for art's sake" -- the notion that commercial, utilitarian, moral, or didactic functions are distractions from art's ineffable, intrinsic value as an expression of the artists' vision -- has been a prevailing philosophy in the world of culture. Does that suggest that the social benefits of art have diminished and eroded? Do the arts still play powerful utilitarian roles? This report is an inquiry into one utilitarian role: the relationship between the arts and what social scientists generally refer to as civic or community engagement. Key conclusions of this exploration are: (1) Correlations between arts participation and the motivations and practices of civic engagement are substantial and consistent; (2) Art making experiences appear to encourage civic engagement more so than experiences as an audience member; (3) Some arts experiences in some settings generate social capital directly; (4) Arts experiences during adolescence are particularly influential; and (5) People who have built identities around civic engagement often credit arts experiences as significant to their development. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01