This paper argues that the crisis sweeping over Australian cultural sector as a result of COVID-19 presents an existential threat to current ("normal science") methods evaluation, and instrumental, predominantly economic, understandings value. Outlining ways concept value is changing, we respond Mariana Mazzucato's call go "from public goods value" in considering role government policy key sectors society. We note broader approach called for by range mainstream economists provide three...

The virtual production industry has grown recently, driven by advancements in software capabilities, new mechanisms for special effects, editing and the screen sector, as well need to adapt pandemic conditions. Although these changes are seen an opportunity promote inclusion women, still faces challenges gender equity career pathways. While there is much research about sector more broadly, limited exists on equality particularly Australia. This article presents findings experiences of female...

This paper introduces the concept of 'reading resilience': students' ability to read and interpret complex demanding literary texts by drawing on advanced, engaged, critical reading skills. Reading resilience is a means for rethinking place pedagogies close in contemporary studies classroom. Our research was across four Australian universities first study its kind context. We trialled three working strategies support students become consistent skilled readers, equip teachers with methods...

Metrics-based approaches to understanding the value of culture imply homogeneity artistic purpose, invite political manipulation and demand time, money attention from cultural organisations without proven benefit. The system retailing as Culture Counts, a dashboard approach quality measurement that emerged Western Australia is currently trialling in Australia, US, UK Asia, serves further abstract assessment processes. Cultural policy-makers across international domains need more robust...

There's a level of public anxiety that at times approaches moral panic around the argument those born into digital age have lost ability as well desire to read or write long-form text. That haunts higher education, too. From rigorous research in reading-heavy disciplines conversations among colleagues after class, internet is often held responsible for failure too many our students be able enough disciplinary material depth allow them take next steps dialogic constitutes university...

In March 2013, after six years of consultation, an Australian Labor government launched the national cultural policy document, Creative Australia. July a Coalition was elected, Senator George Brandis became Minister for Arts, and dumped. With it went cross-party consensus about funding rationales measurement strategies, with disastrous consequences sector. This cautionary tale gaffes, pay-back abrupt changes direction, highlights fragility memory that condemns artists arts managers to...

The Creative City Unlike the terms ‘creative industries’, which nobody ever quite understood, and class’, about actual ‘creatives’ were always ambiguous, city’ has been an incredibly successful global policy meme, to cities across world continue aspire. From early 1990s, faced with de-industrialisation, rising unemployment, increased mobility of capital, professionals, consumer-tourists, became essential part new urban imaginary for politicians, planners, local growth coalitions, advocates...

This article brings recent debates in literary studies regarding the practice of close reading into conversation with Derek Attridge’s idea ‘readerly hospitality’ (2004) to diagnose problem students undergraduate programme not completing set reading. We argue that method depends on encouraging foster positive affective responses towards difficulty – semiotic, emotional and intellectual. Drawing trials teaching methods studies’ classrooms four universities Australia, we suggest introducing...

As a reading environment, the screen offers diverse experiences. Reading documents on both preserves markers of textuality and radically changes them. While at first electronic forms books unbound book by removing material accoutrements metaphorical paraphernalia, more recently e-book platforms have adopted imagery book. This, coupled with new possibilities for social in an online prompts rethink about reading. Often seen as private act, has changed result web. However, successful enduring...

This article considers the role of reporting processes in assessment arts and culture argues that a determination an organisation’s or event’s value is result chain administrative political interactions. The ‘conferral value’ on particular cultural activity may be seen as outcome multi-stakeholder dialogue involving governments, funding agencies, organisations individual artists. emerges from mixed-methods research project, Laboratory Adelaide: Value Culture, underway at Flinders University....

I had been granted an inestimable privilege of looking into other people's lives. What found there absorbed my intellectual and emotional attention for many hours. Unlike the Cinques, unlike Singhs, could walk away.-Helen Garner, Joe Cinque's Consolation (121)This book has some ethical problems. We only hear one version events, author gets far too close to her subjects.-Anonymous ENGL 2141 studentIn this paper we discuss our experiences teaching life writings trauma undergraduate literature...

Narratives are an important tool in organizational theory, but we need a better analysis of their affordances to be fit for the purposes arts and cultural sector. This article considers relation between concept narrative as theoretical object its use practical evaluation organisations events. It historical development persuasive speaking looks at tension numerical information. concludes by considering how revised, principles-based approach “credible” reporting can applied sector through...

David Throsby puts forward a strong critique of our Policy Perspective “Counting Culture to Death” (2017). In it, he identifies aspects the quality metrics dashboard Counts which we a...

In this article, I propose the concept of hyperparatextuality as a way looking beyond digital paratext to consider distributed state immersive reading in digitized and read-in-browser environments. Beginning with look at history its relevance age, article considers hyperparatexts HathiTrust panes particular explore relationship between texts platforms that house them. The evolving meaning age has intrigued researchers for decades literary production, circulation consumption responds...

The sustained marginalisation of creative arts in higher education Australia risks the delivery superficial learning experiences that are disconnected from relationality place, people, and histories. metrics used to assess a university's capacity produce "job-ready graduates" does not adequately capture success students arts, leading under resourcing these disciplines and, ironically, limiting train for their industry. In this paper, we examine place community-engaged practice cultural...

This article analyses two works of contemporary Australian fiction—Wayne Macauley's Caravan Story and Julie Koh's "Inquiry Regarding the Recent Goings-On in Woods"—and places their depictions artists under attack context cultural policy history. Despite surreal hyperviolence contained these stories, concerns neatly align with academic criticisms respective eras. Story, published at end John Howard era, shows how a focus on economic return lieu artistic merit can erode value place themselves...