Understanding Audience Engagement in the Contemporary Arts

Understanding Audiences for the Contemporary Arts is a timely and urgent contribution to debates about the place of arts and culture in contemporary society, critically interrogating challenges of access, diversity, privilege, and responsibility in contemporary art. It highlights fresh, forward-thinking audience and organizational attitudes that show the potential of live arts engagement to contribute to engaged citizenship.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 248 pages
Publication date: 29 April 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Understanding Audiences for the Contemporary Arts is a groundbreaking work that makes a timely and urgent contribution to the ongoing debates surrounding the role of arts and culture in contemporary society. Through a unique multi-arts, multi-city scholarly research approach, the book offers a comprehensive exploration of the challenges and opportunities facing audiences in the modern world.

The authors of this work critically interrogate the complex issues of access, diversity, privilege, and responsibility in contemporary art. They raise thought-provoking questions about who benefits from, pays for, and consumes the arts, and shed light on innovative audience and organizational attitudes that demonstrate the potential of live arts engagement to contribute to engaged citizenship.

In addition to its critical analysis, Understanding Audiences for the Contemporary Arts is complemented by a comparative global analysis, providing insights that are relevant for interdisciplinary researchers across audience studies and beyond. The book's cutting-edge insights are particularly valuable for scholars, policymakers, and reflective practitioners in the fields of arts and cultural industries management.

To further enhance the accessibility and usefulness of the information presented, Chapter 7 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license. This allows readers from all over the world to access and benefit from the valuable insights contained within this chapter.

In conclusion, Understanding Audiences for the Contemporary Arts is a must-read for anyone interested in the intersection of arts, culture, and society. It offers a rich and comprehensive perspective on the challenges and opportunities facing audiences in the modern world, and provides valuable insights for scholars, policymakers, and practitioners alike.

Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367535643