Postma, D.W. (2017). Hoezo Iepen Mienskip? Tussenrapportage van participatief onderzoek naar de sociale legacy van Culturele Hoofdstad LF 2018. In: Dijkstra, J. & Zwarter, IJ. (red). (2017). Werken aan Iepen Mienskip. Onderzoek naar de doorwerking van Leeuwarden-Friesland Europese Culturele Hoofdstad 2018. Nul-rapportage. Leeuwarden: NHL Hogeschool, Stenden Hogeschool & VanHall/Larenstein Hogeschool
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-De opbrengst van het Omgevingslab Fries Platteland bestaat uit drie delen: 1. De “SYNTHESE” van omgevingslabs. De Synthese is een beknopt overzicht van de resultaten en een overzicht van de meest opvallende punten die uit de Omgevingslabs Fries Platteland naar voren komen. 2. Het “PROCESVERSLAG” van de opbrengsten van het Omgevingslab Fries Platteland. Dit verslag is bedoeld als terugkoppeling naar de deelnemers aan de omgevingslabs. Voor de leesbaarheid is deze opgenomen in bijlage 1. 3. Het “MENGPANEEL FRIES PLATTELAND” met bijbehorende gebruiksaanwijzing. Dit hoofdstuk kent als doelgroep/lezerspubliek de opstellers van omgevingsvisies die in samenspraak met hun bestuurders tot een passend invulling van de omgevingsvisie moeten. Het Mengpaneel Fries Platteland is het instrument dat de overheidspartijen in Fryslân kunnen (gaan) gebruiken om hun omgevingsvisies te maken. Het mengpaneel geeft relevante informatie en kan aangevuld worden met andere informatiebronnen zoals om in het onderdeel ‘gebruiksaanwijzing wordt uitgelegd.
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Amidst evolving landscapes and contemporary pressures affecting both the arts and rural living, policymakers and artists alike are directing more attention to rural and non-urban cultural practices. Participatory art forms, such as music, offer a unique potential to (re)connect people with each other and their surroundings by fostering reflection and reshaping societal perspectives. However, developing or attempting to integrate existing and new practices into rural communities can pose challenges for artists, especially when coming from outside these locales. Moreover, there is a notable absence of clear and sustainable pathways for artists to engage in participatory practices within rural settings, and research on this subject is limited.This report discusses the results of a case study which took place as part of the broader Sound Soils research project – a practice-oriented initiative aimed at exploring opportunities, roles and approaches for professional musicians to contribute to rural life in the northern Netherlands. In this case study, we aimed to understand the unique qualities and cultural lives of villages in the North-Netherlands region. To do so, we conducted immersive visits to three villages and spoke to locals about the existing cultural fabric of their village, as well as the current concerns and wishes of their inhabitants, both in general and in relation to music activities.Alongside providing other valuable insights into village life in our region more generally, our findings help identify potential ways for musicians to develop (new) collaborative music practices in rural communities, with a focus on forms that are in dialogue with existing local interests and community life. In this way, we seek approaches that have a higher potential for sustainability by being embedded into existing community structures and cultural practices. In this report, we explain the purpose, methodologies, and main findings of the three villages case study and discuss how these results may lead to follow-up research-in-practice projects in the villages studied and others like them.
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Traditioneel focussen veel kunstorganisaties zich op het maken van kunstwerken. De laatste decennia echter zijn zij zich, vanuit een groeiende aandacht voor hun maatschappelijke verantwoordelijkheid, meer gaan richten op (de communicatie met) publiek. Die communicatie blijkt echter vooral eenrichtingsverkeer. Dat is problematisch omdat juist bezoekers een cruciale schakel vormen in de realisatie van de maatschappelijke functie van kunst. Professionals van zowel marketing- als educatieve afdelingen zoeken daarom naar nieuwe interactieve manieren om relaties met (potentieel) publiek vorm te geven. Met name sociale media kunnen bijdragen aan het tot stand brengen van een actieve dialoog rond kunstactiviteiten. Dit vraagt om een andere houding en een nieuwe manier van denken en werken die de betrokken professionals zich nog niet eigen hebben gemaakt. De centrale vraag van het onderzoeksproject ?Ruimte voor dialoog? richt zich op het ontwikkelen van effectieve strategieën en werkwijzen waarmee de interactie tussen kunstorganisaties en bezoekers en bezoekers onderling vorm krijgt. Het onderzoek is opgezet als een ontwerponderzoek met verschillende cases, waarin strategieën en werkwijzen in een iteratief proces worden ontworpen en geëvalueerd. Daarbij wordt gebruik gemaakt van onderzoeksmethoden zoals content-analyse, netwerk-analyse, interviews met gebruikers en analyse van de implementatie van de ontwikkelde strategieën op basis waarvan bijstelling plaatsvindt. Het onderzoek levert een set van methoden op die door professionals in de kunsten gebruikt kunnen worden om (artistieke) interactie tot stand te brengen op sociale media. Het consortium van het onderzoeksproject wordt gevormd door de Noordelijke Hogeschool Leeuwarden (NHL), Stenden University (Media Entertainment Management) en de belangrijkste Friese kunstorganisaties: Tryater, Keunstwurk en het Fries Museum. Verdere projectpartners zijn: Kunstkade, Stadsschouwburg De Harmonie en Lwd2018. Daarnaast zijn betrokken: het Expertisecentrum Arts in Society (RUG) en de onderzoeksgroep Media, Communicatie en Organisatie (UT). Het project sluit aan bij de doelstellingen van Leeuwarden 2018, dat in het kader van de toewijzing Culturele Hoofdstad van Europa, streeft naar ?iepen mienskippen? (open gemeenschappen), waarin organisaties en individuen in dialoog met elkaar zoeken naar nieuwe benaderingen voor culturele, economische en ecologische uitdagingen.
In this project on volunteering in LTH organisation we focus on three aims:1. To explain why organisations in different LTH sectors and regions had, have or need volunteers, how they interact with these volunteers, and the consequences (benefits and challenges) of volunteerism for these organisations.2. To determine how to find the right balance between paid and unpaid staff within the same organisation, considering the LTH sector and region they belong to, in order to create a healthy ecosystem within it (bearing in mind that no organisation can have both volunteers and paid staff do the same job - see above).3. To understand the perspectives, motives and expectations of why people (decide to) volunteer, how they interact with the organisation (management, paid staff) during volunteering, in order to interest them, recruit them, make use of them and retain them. In addition, it is also our aim to explain the benefits and challenges for people to volunteer.In this study, we will use an integrated approach, which implies that we aren’t only interested in the people- or organisation-side of volunteering (actor-side). We will also focus on the interactions between volunteers, paid staff and organisation during volunteering (core of the practice) in a certain LTH organisation, sector and region in the Netherlands (context-side). Studying volunteering in its specific contexts (organisation, sector, region) using an integrated practice approach, hasn’t been done before. In addition, as more and more LTH organisations in the Netherlands rely on volunteers (for their survival), either for economic, social or community (mienskip) reasons (context-related conditions), there is a need for a better understanding of volunteering (as indicated by aim 1-3). Finally, as not much literature has been based on Dutch studies about volunteering and the recruitment and retention of volunteers, this project will fill this gap.Besides the aims as outlined before, a more specific goal of this project is to provide recommendations for a sustainable business model for organisations to embrace volunteerism without affecting the structure of employees. In close cooperation with different LTH organisations, we will develop interventions as policy making instruments (and therefore also for the whole region where they are located). Furthermore, this research will contribute to industry, research (see also below), education (idem) and society. Our ultimate goal is to foster the wellbeing of the volunteers, paid staff and organisations and overall to contribute to social sustainability within The Netherlands.The above-mentioned aims and conceptual model lead to the following research question: How can volunteering in the LTH sectors in Dutch regions be shaped in a sustainable way for both volunteers as well as organisations?In line with what we discussed earlier, this also means contributing to a more stable labour market in hospitality, leisure and tourism in which voluntary work is recognised as an important and indispensable component of a healthy labour ecosystem.The approach we intend to adopt is a qualitative one based on narrative inquiry. While in the literature a quantitative approach using surveys to gather data is mostly used in understanding volunteerism and in measuring motives, we will observe and connect with the volunteers’ work in each sector/case identified and collect and analyse their individual stories. In addition, and in line with our integrated approach, we will investigate how the LTH organisations connected to these cases view the role, value and future of volunteerism.Societal IssueOur insights into volunteers’ work in different sectors will improve their quality of work by revealing drivers of their satisfaction, turnover, motivation, and passion. Managers can use these insights to train and retain volunteers as an integral part of not only their events, but the broader community. It is well-known that robust volunteering programmes are a cornerstone of contemporary social cohesion, and our findings will show how storytelling can strengthen these processes.Benefit to societyThis project will contribute in three ways to the LTH sector. The three outcomes of this study are first around a better understanding of what meaningful volunteering is, second, around the value of volunteers to LTH organisations, and, thirdly, about the value of such activities to Dutch society.The project will provide practical advice to LTH organisations on which interventions to use and in which contexts. This tangible output might take the form of a report, guide(s) mentioned above, and/or another instrument that suits the needs of managers and volunteers. The instrument(s) selected by LTH organisations and volunteers will help to disseminate best practices as well as to highlight the potential of volunteers and volunteering to wider society, other organisations and to current and potential volunteers. By following the steps in or using these instruments, we believe volunteer organisations will be better able to profile themselves and to recruit and retain volunteers.The present study will bring innovation in the field by generating new narratives on volunteerism, and by designing an engaging and appealing path for volunteers to join organisations. At the same time, it will design a structure for organisations to work with volunteers in a sustainable way.Consortium partners: Rodney Westerlaken, Geesje Duursma (both NHL Stenden, Leeuwarden)
