What’s the Story? “Credible” Narrative in the Evaluation of Arts and Culture

Meyrick, Julian; Barnett, Tully; Robinson, Heather; Russell, Matt

doi:10.1080/10632921.2019.1646176

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“…The research that informs this book addresses theories in public policy studies that prioritise the value of recognising, understanding, and learning from failure (Fung & Wright, 2003;Newman et al, 2004;J Newman & Head, 2015) and an emerging interest in narrative methodologies in cultural policy studies (Bilton, 2019;Meyrick et al, 2019).…”

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Introduction

Jancovich

Stevenson

2022

Palgrave Studies in Cultural Participation

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Jancovich

Stevenson

2022

Palgrave Studies in Cultural Participation

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“…There is a growing interest in narrative approaches to evaluation in the cultural sector, which recognise the potential for stories to persuade more effectively than data (Meyrick, Barnett, Robinson, & Russell, 2019). However, despite criticising advocacy research, Meyrick's article and its focus on 'persuasion' still speaks to the value of narratives in helping to 'make the case' for existing approaches to cultural policy and state subsidies.…”

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Cultural Participation

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Stevenson²

2020

Conjunctions

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This editorial introduces a special edition of Conjunctions that explores how cultural participation policies, projects, and practices could be improved through recognising the pervasiveness of past failures. It introduces current policy debates on cultural participation and posits that the dominant focus on ‘cultural deficits’ and ‘non-participants’ rather than on how activities are currently funded has resulted in a failure to increase the number and diversity of people participating in state subsidised cultural activities. It further suggests that a culture of evaluating success, rather than critically reflecting on failure, results in cultural participation policies and projects that replicate past failures and maintain an inequitable status quo. This special edition attempts to challenge existing narratives of unqualified success by offering alternative narratives that consider failure from different perspectives and at different points in the design and implementation of cultural participation policies and projects. In doing so it highlights the extent to which success and failure coexist and the richness of insight that comes from considering both. This matters because it is only such open and honest critical reflection that has the potential to facilitate the social learning needed for those who can exert the most power in the cultural sector to acknowledge the extent of the structural change required for cultural participation to be supported more equitably.

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“…Meyrick et al (2019) introduce six commitments to guide credible narrative construction that can be used practically to ensure credible narratives. Credible narratives are necessary as the cultural sector needs to communicate the intangible value, and “[i]n arts and culture, meaningful communication about value requires an approach to narrative that does not slip into the language of marketing, advocacy, or “box ticking”” (Meyrick et al , 2019, p. 382). Kenfield et al (2019) argue that proving the value of digital collections typically involves collection and analysis of standardized use data.…”

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“…Recent examples of working with stories in arts and culture include a study of the value and impact of digital collections (Marsh et al , 2016), a proposed charter of cultural reporting (Meyrick et al , 2019) and a study of the reuse of digital material (Kenfield et al , 2019). Marsh et al (2016) recommend using storytelling in libraries, archives and museums to understand and articulate impact.…”

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“…They argue that “storytelling is […] a key component of impact assessment more broadly at heritage institutions” (Marsh et al , 2016, p. 367). Meyrick et al (2019) introduce six commitments to guide credible narrative construction that can be used practically to ensure credible narratives. Credible narratives are necessary as the cultural sector needs to communicate the intangible value, and “[i]n arts and culture, meaningful communication about value requires an approach to narrative that does not slip into the language of marketing, advocacy, or “box ticking”” (Meyrick et al , 2019, p. 382).…”

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Library stories: a systematic review of narrative aspects within and around libraries

Frandsen

Sørensen

Fladmose

2021

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PurposeLibraries are increasingly trying to communicate the library's contributions and telling the library stories. Stories can be a component of impact assessment and thus add nuance to an assessment. Evaluations of libraries can include collecting and presenting stories of change, which can serve as evidence in impact assessments. The narrative field allows for many different approaches to a narrative perspective in the study of libraries, but the existing literature provides little overview of these studies. The purpose of this study is to introduce the narrative field and present a systematic review of the existing studies of libraries that use narrative approaches.Design/methodology/approachThe methods in this study comprise of a systematic review of publications reporting narrative approaches to studying libraries. To retrieve the relevant studies, Library and Information Science Abstracts, Scopus, Web of Science and Proquest Dissertation were searched. Furthermore, the authors examined reference lists and performed citation searches. Study selection was performed by two reviewers independently. Using designed templates, data from the included studies were extracted by one author and confirmed by another.FindingsThe database searches retrieved 2,096 records across the four databases which were screened in two steps, resulting in 35 included studies. The authors identify studies that introduce narrative enquiries in library studies as well as studies using narrative approaches to the study of libraries.Originality/valueExploring narratives and stories for understanding and evaluating the library's worth is a promising field. More work is needed, though, to develop theoretical and methodological frameworks. Several of the included studies can serve as examples of the potential of a narrative perspective in the study of libraries.

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What’s the Story? “Credible” Narrative in the Evaluation of Arts and Culture

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