Arts in Health, also known as Arts for Health, is an umbrella term used to describe the domain of using the arts to enhance our (mental) health and well-being. It involves a heterogeneous range of professionals who use the arts in various ways, with different goals and outcomes. The practices of these professionals can be placed on a continuum based on the variety of goals and outcomes, ranging from promoting social connection or well-being to treating (mental) health conditions. Recent discussions in the Netherlands have raised questions about the position of creative arts therapists on this continuum. This opinion paper addresses this issue by providing a brief overview of the development of the profession of creative arts therapists, the working areas of creative arts therapists and the growing evidence base of creative arts therapeutic interventions. The practices of creative arts therapists are positioned on the continuum, where the emphasis on and accountability for the clients’ (mental) health increases and evidence-informed use of the arts within a more clearly delineated and legally safeguarded professional framework are present. Knowing where the practices of creative arts therapists are placed can assist in identifying when to choose creative arts therapists, other professionals combining arts and healthcare, or a combination of professionals.
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Boek te leen bij de HU Bibliotheek Arts-Based Research betekent letterlijk: op kunsten gebaseerd onderzoek. Praktijkgericht Arts-Based Research levert een bijdrage aan het oplossen van concrete vraagstukken in de dagelijkse beroepspraktijk. Juist in het sociaal domein heeft het toegevoegde waarde dit type onderzoek in te zetten omdat deze benadering de ruimte biedt de praktijk in het sociaal domein vanuit een ander perspectief te bekijken en te komen tot activering, ondersteuning, verbinding en participatie. In Arts-Based Research voor het sociaal domein komen verschillende kunstvormen aan bod. De auteurs laten zien hoe die gebruikt kunnen worden in innovatief praktijkgericht onderzoek in alle fasen van een onderzoeksproject. De uitgave begint met een introductie van Arts-Based Research. Daarin wordt onder andere ingegaan op vraagstukken in het sociaal domein die zich goed lenen voor het werken met kunst in onderzoek. In het kerngedeelte wordt ingegaan op zes varianten van Arts-Based Research, gekoppeld aan even zo veel kunstvormen: verhalen, muziek, theater, dans, beeldende kunst en audiovisuele media.
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Being an artist in Post-Fordist Times, sketches a provocative impression of the manner in which prominent artists, theorests and art intermediaries relate to economic, political, social and ecological issues. It presents an instructive narrative about power and impotence, cyniscism and utopia, nihilism and engagement aimed at all those who presently dare themselves to call themselves artists and everyone who wants to understand and defend the importance of the role of the arts in society
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An emerging body of research indicates that active arts engagement can enhance older adults’ health and experienced well‐being, but scientific evidence is still fragmented. There is a research gap in understanding arts engagement grounded in a multidimensional conceptualization of the value of health and well‐being from older participants’ perspectives. This Dutch nation‐wide study aimed to explore the broader value of arts engagement on older people’s perceived health and well‐being in 18 participatory arts‐based projects (dance, music, singing, theater, visual arts, video, and spoken word) for community‐dwelling older adults and those living in long term care facilities. In this study, we followed a participatory design with narrative‐ and arts‐based inquiry. We gathered micro‐narratives from older people and their (in)formal caregivers (n = 470). The findings demonstrate that arts engagement, according to participants, resulted in (1) positive feelings, (2) personal and artistic growth, and (3) increased meaningful social interactions. This study concludes that art‐based practices promote older people’s experienced well‐being and increase the quality of life of older people. This study emphasizes the intrinsic value of arts engagement and has implications for research and evaluation of arts engagement.
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Publicatie van de resultaten van een arts based onderzoek door jongvolwassenen met een verstandelijke beperking, naasten, begeleiders en onderzoekers.
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Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to describe and understand dimensions of cultural activity involvement and the relationship between cultural activity involvement and behavioural loyalty. Design/methodology/approach–Semi-structured in-depth interviews with 47 customers of a theatre were held. Findings–The study shows that the concept of cultural activity involvement consists of six dimensions: attraction, centrality, self-expression, social bonding, cultural transmission and financial contribution. Three customer segments are taken into consideration according behavioural loyalty levels: incidental spectators, interested participants and the core audience. There are large differences between the three customer segments regarding cultural activity involvement. Research limitations/implications–Introspection might have decreased the reliability. As the study is a case study, problems with external validity are recognised. Practical implications–Given the decline of subsidies in the arts world, it becomes more important to attract more visitors and to increase spending. Performing arts organisations might attract more visitors in case they provide additional services which enable cultural transmission. Moreover, the study shows that certain visitors are willing to contribute additional money to the arts. Originality/value–Current studies about leisure involvement focus on recreation and distinguish four dimensions of involvement. This study focuses on cultural activity involvement and explores these four dimensions, but also shows there are two new dimensions. This study contributes to a further understanding of the relationship between cultural activity involvement and behavioural loyalty.
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Het onderzoek beslaat 3 grote thema's: Arts-based Research in al zijn facetten, de ontwikkeling van studenten tot docenten en het doen van onderzoek op de lerarenopleidingen.
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Currently, there is no common understanding of categorizing, conceptualizing, and measuring consumption motives in the performing arts. Study one presents the results of forty-seven semi-structured, in-depth interviews and deepens the understanding of consumption motives. A new framework consisting of cultural and social motives is introduced. This framework is tested in the second study. Here, a quantitative instrument is developed. The results of the principal components analysis refine the framework and demonstrate the following consumption motives: cultural aesthetics (with two dimensions: artistic value and enjoyment of beauty), cultural relaxation, cultural stimulation, social bonding, social attraction, social distinction, and social duty.
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In de recensie worden systematisch de verschillende onderdelen van het boek besproken. De door ons aangedragen structuur wordt gevolgd. Via de uitgangspunten van praktijkgericht onderzoek, de kenmerken van ABR en de kwaliteitscriteria zoals door ons geformuleerd, komen vervolgens de verschillende disciplines aan bod en wordt het afsluitende hoofdstuk kort beschreven. Door de gekozen schrijfstructuur wordt onze opbouw mooi voor het voetlicht gebracht. Alhoewel we op onderdelen gekozen zouden hebben voor andere accenten, wordt zo een herkenbaar verhaal gepresenteerd. Wel is het jammer dat we voor de recensent onvoldoende duidelijk hebben kunnen maken waarom we het zo belangrijk vinden dat er meer ruimte komt voor ABR in het sociaal domein
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In this paper, we explore the ways in which we can employ arts-based research methods to unpack and represent the diversity and complexity of journalistic experiences and (self) conceptualisations. We address the need to reconsider the ways in which we theorise and research the field of journalism. We thereby aim to complement the current methodologies, theories, and prisms through which we consider our object of study to depict more comprehensively the diversity of practices in the field. To gather stories about journalism creatively (and ultimately more inclusively and richly), we propose and present the use of arts-based research methods in journalism studies. By employing visual and narrative artistic forms as a research tool, we make room for the senses, emotion and imagination on the part of the respondents, researchers and audiences of the output. We draw on a specific collaboration with artists and journalists that resulted in a research event in which 32 journalists were invited to collaboratively recreate the “richness and complexity” of journalistic practices.
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