Laboratory Adelaide is a project looking at better ways of understanding, evaluating and communicati
About Laboratory Adelaide: The Value of Culture
Flinders University is developing an approach to the valuing of culture beyond the economic dollar value provided. Economic impact studies do not tell the full story of the value of an organisation or event. To remedy this, a team of researchers at Flinders University with partners in Adelaide’s cultural organisations and at the University of Sout
10/11/2021
Reset: A New Public Agenda for the Arts, Adelaide, 11th of November | Humanitix Reset: A New Public Agenda for the Arts 11 & 12 November, Adelaide, Kaurna Yerta There’s no doubt that the arts and cultural sector is facing a crisis in Australia. After years of cuts, the gig economy, undermining of the public and democratic value of the arts, and the ever-widening gap between h...
18/06/2021
The limits of advocacy: arts sector told to stop worrying and be happy Two reports — from think tank A New Approach and ex-Grattan Institute director John Daley — say Australian art and culture hasn't advocated for itself effectively. But we need to try something new.
13/10/2019
Lovely day for an arts plan! 🎭
Read more about Lab Adelaide’s response to the State Government’s recently released arts review and plan. As well as highlighting the “richness of arts and culture that exists in our state”, the Plan lists as a specific area focus adequately capturing and measuring value and recognises the work of the Lab Adelaide research project team.
https://labadelaide.com.au/the-arts-review-and-plan-for-south-australia/
19/09/2019
The Laboratory Adelaide team were very pleased to meet with Professor James Pawelski during his recent research trip to Adelaide
The Wellbeing Benefits of Arts and Culture: Professor James Pawelski > Lab Adelaide Adelaide City Council recently hosted Professor James Pawelski of the Positive Psychology Centre at the University of Pennsylvania for a three week research trip exploring the wellbeing benefits of arts and culture activities. During his visit, Pawelski participated in a series of meetings and publi...
05/09/2019
New Laboratory Adelaide article "What’s the Story? “Credible” Narrative in the Evaluation of Arts and Culture" by Julian Meyrick, Tully Barnett, Matt Russell and Heather Robinson and published in the Journal of Arts Management, Law and Society, looks at the theory of narrative in light of its use in the practical evaluation of cultural organisations. It further develops Laboratory Adelaide's proposed Charter of Cultural Reporting :
What’s the Story? “Credible” Narrative in the Evaluation of Arts and Culture, 5 September 2019 – Lab Adelaide What’s the Story? “Credible” Narrative in the Evaluation of Arts and Culture, 5 September 2019 In their latest article, published in The Journal of Arts Management, Law, and Society, Julian Meyrick, Tully Barnett, Heather Robinson and Matt Russell consider the relationship between the concept ...
12/08/2019
Conversations: Arts Day on the Hill NAVA leads advocacy, policy and action for an Australian contemporary arts sector that's ambitious and fair.
13/07/2019
Austerity is undermining children’s access to culture, finds research An LSE researcher said children’s development is being thwarted by Government policy, but argued the situation could be improved if recent welfare cuts were reversed.
21/02/2019
Laboratory Adelaide Colloquium on 1 March https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/lab-adelaide-colloquim-tickets-56451441782
This Laboratory Adelaide-organised Colloquium invites renowned sociologist Professor Anna Yeatman, editor of the 2018 book The Triumph of Managerialism: New Technologies of Government and their Implications for Value, to address an invited group of cultural researchers and practitioners on the history and impact of managerial aims and techniques.
Professor Yeatman writes, “The triumph of managerialism… refers to the mode of governance of the entire system of relationships constituted by the synthesis of neoliberalism, capitalism and technologism. The a-political value neutrality, the technical form of rationality, the ‘fixer’ mentality and the a-contextual elitism of managerialist discourse are the lingua franca that hold [this] system of governance together.”
How do arts and culture fit into this convergence, and how are they effected – both in their creative practices, and their administration and assessment – by managerialism’s philosophical, political and psychological impact?
What broader sociological questions should those working and researching in the cultural sector be asking at this crucial moment in time – a moment at once chronically unstable and seemingly impervious to change?
Please join us for a Colloquium to be initiated by Professor Yeatman’s keynote introducing her research. This will be followed by panel discussions throughout the day.
register here: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/lab-adelaide-colloquim-tickets-56451441782
19/02/2019
What’s next for Adelaide’s festivals? - InDaily Christie Anthoney reflects on the different measures of Adelaide’s success as a world-leading festival city and why it’s important the city doesn’t rest on its laurels.
15/02/2019
Julian Meyrick is giving a keynote at this year’s GLAMSLAM and Tully Barnett will be giving a lightning talk
GLAMSLAM 2019 | University of Technology Sydney The Australian Centre for Public History will be hosting GLAMSLAM in partnership with the State Library of NSW on March 15, 2019 at the State Library.