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Time to reconsider the love affair between art and social science

As the benefits of arts participation aren’t always tangible or easily quantified, how can our obsession with data be compatible with achieving inclusion, asks Emma Harvey.

Emma Harvey
6 min read

The need to gather data to evidence the value, effectiveness and impact of publicly subsidised arts provision can dominate the lives of arts practitioners.
Those who demand the monitoring of what we d...

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