Full Description
Realising the Value of Culture brings together international scholars to explore how values shape economies, organizations, and societies. It provides conceptual framing and tools for those seeking to align their practices with economic, cultural and societal values.
The chapters in this collection bridge cultural economics, sociology, cultural studies, and urban studies to present an alternative to standard economic perspectives centred on price, profit, and efficiency. Foregrounding qualities - the quality of work, environment, and community, this book offers new methods to evaluate and realise cultural and social values. Its theoretical and methodological contributions include the conceptualisation of value realisation, the commons as shared practices, and the evaluation of impact through qualitative dimensions. Drawing on examples from the arts, crafts, cultural heritage, education, management and urban development, it demonstrates how the value-based approach can inform circular, creative, and sharing economies.
Aimed at undergraduates, postgraduates, scholars, and practitioners - such as cultural managers, creatives, urban planners, policy-makers, and organizational leaders - this book offers an insightful framework for understanding the dynamic interrelations between individuals, institutions, and the communities they serve. The book functions as both a practical manual and an inspiration for continued research and application.
Contents
Introduction: Value-based Approach in Making Part I: Critical reflections: Different discourses related to the Value-based approach 1. From the Value of Culture to the Human Economy: The Development of a Research Programme 2. Neither Special Nor Ordinary: Simply Specific. Cultural Values Within the Human Ecosystem 3. The Logic of Preferences and the Formation of Values 4. The Process of Values Realization in the Arts 5. Cutting through the Value Thicket: The Value-based Approach in Cultural Economics and its Friends and Foes Part II: Values and Valorization: Applications of the Values-based approach 6. Towards an Appreciation of Creative Craft: Exploring the Relation between Culture and the Valorisation of Creative Craft 7. The Values of Public Art: The Case of Zadkine's 'Destroyed City' 8. Cultural Commons within a Value-based Approach: A Case for the Theatrical Commons 9. Applying a Value-based Approach to Analyze 10. Valuing Digital Culture 3.0 11. George Orwell, the Fairy Story, and the Managerial Revolution: Literary Criticism as a Value-Based Economic Approach 12. Cultural Leadership and its Value(s) 13. Resilience and Relevance: The Strength of Small Museums in the COVID-19 Era 14. Transforming Academia: How a University Absorbs New Values and Norms to Generate Societal Impact 15. Realising the Values of Science within the Twenty-first Century: How to Avoid Academic Inflation in Higher Education? Part III: Value-based assessment and evaluation 16. The Quality Evaluator: A Value-Based Approach to Assessing Cultural, Social and Societal Values 17. Articulating the 'Value' of Cultural Products: The Case of Australian Books 18. Organizational Strategies as Guiding Principles for both Making and Measuring Impact within the Arts and Cultural Sectors: A Helpful Decision Tree 19. Non-Market Value of Theatres: Willingness-to-Pay for Externalities or Willingness-to-Contribute towards the Cultural Commons 20. Understanding Urban Commons in the Context of Urban Transformations
