Diversity, equity, and inclusion practices in arts and cultural planning

Ashley, Amanda J.; Loh, Carolyn G.; Bubb, Karen; Durham, Leslie Atkins

doi:10.1080/07352166.2020.1834405

Cited by 22 publications

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“…Diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives are commonly pursued by organizations of all types. But these three concepts are not the same, and efforts often focus on diversifying—increasing the number of staff or participants with marginalized identities—rather than inclusion, which requires giving individuals resources to accomplish goals and the power to influence decisions ( 74 , 75 ). In principle, a more diverse staff that is truly included within an organization can better reflect the perspectives and needs of all communities, rather than just those that traditionally hold positions of power ( 74 ).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…But these three concepts are not the same, and efforts often focus on diversifying—increasing the number of staff or participants with marginalized identities—rather than inclusion, which requires giving individuals resources to accomplish goals and the power to influence decisions ( 74 , 75 ). In principle, a more diverse staff that is truly included within an organization can better reflect the perspectives and needs of all communities, rather than just those that traditionally hold positions of power ( 74 ). Toole et al ( 75 ) describe multiple organizational changes that transportation agencies can pursue to achieve equity through diversity and inclusion initiatives.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Equity-Advancing Practices at Public Transit Agencies in the United States

Karner

Levine

2021

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation R

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Consistent with federal anti-discrimination and environmental justice law and guidance, public transportation agencies must evaluate the extent to which their decisions benefit and burden different people and groups and they must also conduct public engagement during decision-making. Assessing benefits and burdens and facilitating engagement are critically important for achieving transportation equity. In practice, quantitative analyses of plan impacts can be used to highlight and mitigate disparate benefits and burdens, but analyses are often conducted after major decisions have already been made and agencies have substantial flexibility in data collection and analysis. Public engagement can also affect equity-related outcomes, but agencies still rely heavily on public meetings and one-way information dissemination approaches that alienate potential participants. Considering the shortcomings associated with quantitative analysis and traditional public engagement as well as the open-ended nature of existing regulatory guidance, there is a need to understand the broad range of approaches that public transit agencies use to pursue equity-related goals. In this review of practice, we summarize six measures that agencies are using to advance transportation equity. Each measure is described using information gleaned from semi-structured interviews and primary source materials. We also identify challenges and shortcomings inherent in each approach using perspectives from the academic literature. The results will be useful for practitioners seeking equitable public transit systems and desiring to go beyond the standard approaches suggested by federal law and guidance.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

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Equity-Advancing Practices at Public Transit Agencies in the United States

Karner

Levine

2021

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation R

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“…WRI professionals are beginning to normalize equity considerations within planning processes using diversity, equity, and inclusion surveys. These surveys offer insights into the different kinds of participants involved and whether or not participants' personal identity is well‐represented and/or respected in the project messaging, accessibility, and associated procedures (Ashley et al, 2021; Gauthier et al, 2021; Ghahramani et al, 2020).…”

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Operationalizing equity for integrated water resources management

Seigerman

McKay

Basilio

et al. 2022

J American Water Resour Assoc

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Social equity is a core goal of water resources management and policy. Equity and sustainability are deeply interrelated and should be considered together to create fair, sustainable futures (Hicks et al., 2016;Leach et al., 2018). Yet, addressing equity within water resources management remains challenging. In approaches such as integrated water resources management, equity is typically vaguely defined, which hinders an understanding of equitable water practices at different social, spatial, and temporal scales (Wegerich, 2007;Wolf, 1999). In addition, an emphasis on efficient water use often overshadows analyses of how exclusion and marginalization based on the intersection of race, sex, class, and other identities lead to inequitable water outcomes (Allouche, 2020). Conventional water resources planning practices often lack

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“…Some researchers and practitioners treat cultural planning as synonymous with cultural policy (McVay 2014), framing it as a bucket term to mean anything that municipalities do that connects culture to programs, policies, initiatives, and documents. Others draw a narrower framework where cultural planning is a specific regulatory tool, a physical plan, designed to assess cultural infrastructure, protect existing assets, direct resources towards identified needs and priorities, and set future goals in a government entity (Rosenstein 2018;Ashley et al 2022;Loh et al 2022). Our research on arts and cultural plans centers on the narrower framework referenced above that is bounded by the plan.…”

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Identifying Plan Perceptions: Higher Education Institutions as Arts and Cultural Anchors

Ashley

Loh

Durham

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Urban Affairs Review

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City leaders easily recognize their local HEIs as economic anchors, often as part of an intentional “eds and meds” strategy. Universities have long been viewed by city governments as important arts and cultural patrons, presenters, and educators. However, it is not clear that local governments recognize HEIs as key players in arts and cultural economies to the fullest extent possible, nor that they see the possibilities for universities to act as arts and cultural anchors beyond their traditional roles. The local arts and cultural master plan is a key document in which we would expect to see city officials demonstrate this understanding and to advance strategies to capitalize on HEIs’ presence in their communities. Yet our analysis of these plans finds that they provide limited detail on and display a limited conceptualization of these institutions’ contributions to the city's arts scene and cultural economy, thereby missing important economic development opportunities.

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Diversity, equity, and inclusion practices in arts and cultural planning

Cited by 22 publications

References 38 publications

Equity-Advancing Practices at Public Transit Agencies in the United States

Equity-Advancing Practices at Public Transit Agencies in the United States

Operationalizing equity for integrated water resources management

Identifying Plan Perceptions: Higher Education Institutions as Arts and Cultural Anchors

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