Seminar 4: Cultural Capital and Family Transfer
Research and the local cultural sector - a 'key issues' series
15 June 2006, 14.00-16.00
The University of Manchester
Venue: Conference Suite, Harold Hankins Building
Workshop Outline
Recent research suggests that generational and family circumstances are highly significant factors in determining participation in cultural activities. CRESC's national Cultural Capital and Social Exclusion Survey indicates that age provides a very powerful axis of distinction in cultural taste and participation, while the regional survey of Year 9 pupils reveals that active family involvement is a key dynamic in continuing participation in sports, the arts, physical and creative activities.
This fourth meeting in the series will focus on issues raised by these findings, featuring two presentations that explore how far family background and age influence cultural preferences and activities and how this has influenced policy development for audiences in the arts in the form of family friendly initiatives and strategies to increase participation in culture by children and young people.
PROGRAMME
Welcome and introductions
Andrew Miles, CRESC
Jane Dawson and Debbi Lander, Northwest Culture Observatory
Presentations
'Age and Intergenerational effects on cultural engagement'
by Andrew Miles and Gindo Tampubolon, CRESC
'Implementing Family Friendly policies - reflections on their impact on a local
cultural institution'
by Kate Farmery and Zoe Renilson, Manchester City Galleries
Responses from the Sector and discussion
Workshop Convenor: Dr. Andrew Miles and Dr. Abigail Gilmore
For more information please contact CRESC