A Participatory Approach to Uniting the Multiple Agendas of Social Arts
Within rapid global social change and societies becoming ever more diverse, fluid, and divided, the social arts can contribute to maintaining a unified, tolerant, and coherent society. Social arts are often initiated by different stakeholders committed to health, therapy, political action, and/or so...
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| description | Within rapid global social change and societies becoming ever more diverse, fluid, and divided, the social arts can contribute to maintaining a unified, tolerant, and coherent society. Social arts are often initiated by different stakeholders committed to health, therapy, political action, and/or social change. These are hard to typify and characterize and thus hard to evaluate. This article presents an overview of multiple theories and perspectives in the social arts and suggests how to incorporate them into an evaluative model preserving perspectives and goals of these different stakeholders. We propose a definition of social arts followed by an analysis in the context of fine arts, psychology, and social theories. Next, the challenges of researching and evaluating social arts initiatives are discussed, followed by potential pathways and instruments for assessment. This presentation of frameworks, challenges, and methods may lead to further research on social arts initiatives and their impact on society. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-f22ec623b9a0405a8b464a91383f365f2025-01-24T13:01:07ZengInspirees International B.V.Creative Arts in Education and Therapy2451-876X2468-23062024-12-0110225326710.15212/CAET/2024/10/10A Participatory Approach to Uniting the Multiple Agendas of Social ArtsEltje Bos0Ephrat Huss1Amsterdam Centre for Societal Innovation, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, NetherlandsDepartment of Social Work, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, IsraelWithin rapid global social change and societies becoming ever more diverse, fluid, and divided, the social arts can contribute to maintaining a unified, tolerant, and coherent society. Social arts are often initiated by different stakeholders committed to health, therapy, political action, and/or social change. These are hard to typify and characterize and thus hard to evaluate. This article presents an overview of multiple theories and perspectives in the social arts and suggests how to incorporate them into an evaluative model preserving perspectives and goals of these different stakeholders. We propose a definition of social arts followed by an analysis in the context of fine arts, psychology, and social theories. Next, the challenges of researching and evaluating social arts initiatives are discussed, followed by potential pathways and instruments for assessment. This presentation of frameworks, challenges, and methods may lead to further research on social arts initiatives and their impact on society.https://caet.inspirees.com/caetojsjournals/index.php/caet/article/view/469social artssocial arts evaluationsocial workevaluation strategies |
| spellingShingle | Eltje Bos Ephrat Huss A Participatory Approach to Uniting the Multiple Agendas of Social Arts Creative Arts in Education and Therapy social arts social arts evaluation social work evaluation strategies |
| title | A Participatory Approach to Uniting the Multiple Agendas of Social Arts |
| title_full | A Participatory Approach to Uniting the Multiple Agendas of Social Arts |
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| title_short | A Participatory Approach to Uniting the Multiple Agendas of Social Arts |
| title_sort | participatory approach to uniting the multiple agendas of social arts |
| topic | social arts social arts evaluation social work evaluation strategies |
| url | https://caet.inspirees.com/caetojsjournals/index.php/caet/article/view/469 |
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