The Distribution of Artistic Human Capital – A Typology Building Approach

Abstract

Artists have long been understood to play a vital role in local communities. Our intent is to develop a deeper understanding of the distribution of artistic human capital; specifically, the extent to which particular patterns of co-location exist across Australia. We find little evidence of patterns by type of artistic human capital. Interestingly, however, our analysis does reveal a form of grouping that enables us to prescribe a typology based on the degree to which the number of types of artistic human capital resides. Using this typology we explore differences among states and regions across Australia.

Regional Economic Development in Australia: Introduction to the Special Issue

“…Less obvious but important is the role artisans can play in local communities. The second paper by de Silva, Angelopoulos and Boymal () looks to further a deeper understanding of the distribution of artistic human capital across regions. Specifically, they examine the extent of co‐location of artistic human capital across regions Australia‐wide.…”