Active Cultural Participation in Europe, 8-10 June 2011, Ghent Mapping Active Cultural Participation in Europe: What to Look for and How to Find it in a Compatible Way. Six Targets, with examples from Flanders and The Netherlands Dries Vanherwegen Andries van den Broek John Lievens

Introduction  active cultural participation /amateur arts  neglected area ?  presentation  6 targets  Flemish and Dutch examples / data  input from other countries  discussion and debate where to go from here

Target 0. Definition  active vs. receptive  which activities ?  common ground music dance theatre visual arts creative writing new media  crafts ?  who definies ? policy, academia or the amateur ?  challenge for international comparisons ?

Targets

Target 1.Participants  measurement active cultural participation:  activities  intensity  reference period  amateur vs. professional  profiles  age, gender, education,...  trends  repeated measurements

Illustration At least one such activity Play an instrument Sing Act Dance Visual art (also on pc) Photography, Film Creative writing The Netherlands (Eurobarometer 278) The Netherlands (Dutch Population Survey)

Illustration year TOTAL200356,636,126,925,917,413, ,6***46,5***31,0***25,327,3***15,1 year Currently enrolled No/lower education Lower secondary Higher secondary Higher education TOTAL200358,116,220,727,042, ,3***19,8***28,7***31,2***42,5 Percentage active art participants according to age (in %), comparison 2003/2009 Active participation in the arts according to level of education (in %), comparison 2003/2009

Target 2. Participation: The Nature of the Beast  time spent  money spent / earnt  presenting own work / creations

Illustration In real lifeOn the internet Music4717 Playing an instrument3517 Singing5614 Dancing135 Theatre7524 Visual arts14 Film368 Creative writing3228 Total4316 Proportion of active arts participants in The Netherlands reporting having shown their creative output in the last 12 years in real life or on the internet, 2009.

Target 3. Careers  careers  motives why do people start ? why do people engage ? why do people stop ?  amateur arts participation in the life course  influencing factors

Illustration Playing pop music over the life course, by birth cohort, in %, Flanders, 2009.

Target 4. Correlates  correlates  psychological  social  attitudinal  policy rationale ?  causality issue !

Illustration ObservedControlled Social desorientation none2,832,78 occasional2,372,55 frequent2,582,70 Social desorientation according to intensity of active cultural participation in Flanders, 2004.

Illustration Size of leisure network size and degree of active cultural participation in Flanders, 2009

Target 5. Other pastimes  receptive cultural behaviour (public / private)  social participation / membership  sports ...

Illustration Non- participants Classical participants Popular and Music Hardcore Never63,714,716,25,5 Former38,926,122,712,4 Occasional amateur29,936,115,318,8 Frequent amateur16,427,928,627,2 Receptive cultural participation according to intensity of active cultural participation Typology of receptive cultural participants

Target 6. Facilities and policies  from micro to meso and macro level  facilities  self-organised vs. structured  formal vs. informal  policies  centrality  budget  evaluation and expectations

How to move further ?  Inform  Inspire  Initiate