Community Cultural Dimensions

Arts Engagement With Communities

Arts Research and Social Practice

Research that evaluates for the purpose of programme improvement, better engagement with communities and social growth.

Arts research and social practice is a nascent area in Singapore. Unlike clinical academic research, arts research and social practice approaches aims to better present the significance of community arts programmes through:

  • Investigation of social and cultural factors surrounding the community.
  • Involvement and recognition of the artist-facilitator’s unique curriculum design in meeting the community’s needs.
  • Investigation of the facilitation approach used and the effect it has on the community.
  • Evaluating for areas of strengths and improvement in supporting community growth through the arts.

Significant data is collected through:

  • Lesson proposals and plans.
  • Observation of facilitation approaches.
  • Observation and journalling of community responses to the artistic process.
  • Artistic responses and products by the community.
  • Pre and post surveys which are directly co-related to the objectives of the arts programme.

Rigorous analysis of the data and evaluation against programme objectives, together with community needs present an eventual arts-based Research Report.

Collectively, the significance of the arts practices with communities is presented through a multi-facetted lens that portrays complexity and sophistication of the arts’ role in society.

CCD has been, and is able to:

  • Conduct arts research on their engagement programmes for arts organisations.
  • Collaborate with artist-facilitators to design and complete their own arts research projects with communities.

Do contact felicia@ccd.sg for more information.

 

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