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“My idea of ‘the arts’ has changed”: A Case Study of Using Active Research in a Community and Cultural Planning Course
American journal of arts management, Vol.4(2), pp.1-12
May 2016
Abstract
Universities and the neighborhoods around them often have challenging relationships with one another (Bruning et al 2006; Martin and Allen 2009; Martin et al 2005; Silka 2000; Whalen et al 2012). What happens when students confront these head-on in an experiential learning exercise? This case study examines an attempt to bridge a professor’s research, professional practice, and teaching activity through utilizing “real-time, real world” data from active field research in the neighborhoods immediately adjacent to a large university in a major metro area, with the goal of offering students a way to practice working in challenging circumstances while also providing a safe space for reflection on that engagement. The neighborhoods studied face extreme economic and other challenges, while the university implements an ambitious agenda for growth. By using the research effort to frame an experiential learning project within a cultural planning course in a graduate arts administration program, students were able to confront the challenges of university and community relations and to consider different perspectives regarding the role and value of arts and culture to communities. Course exercises were grounded in a concurrent, faculty-led research project that enabled the students to both shadow the work of the project’s researchers and to gather information on their own. Students’ reflections demonstrate the resulting impact on their capacity to link theory, observation, and practice throughout the course.
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- Title
- “My idea of ‘the arts’ has changed”: A Case Study of Using Active Research in a Community and Cultural Planning Course
- Creators
- Julie Renee Goodman - Drexel University, Arts and Entertainment Enterprise
- Publication Details
- American journal of arts management, Vol.4(2), pp.1-12
- Number of pages
- 12
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Arts and Entertainment Enterprise
- Identifiers
- 991021933515304721