4.2a What are the most effective strategies for cultural and heritage institutions, including public libraries, to increase engagement and to diversify their audiences, particularly among young people and ethnic minorities, and those from lower socioeconomic backgrounds?
Background
DCMS is committed to increasing access for everyone. To achieve this, we aim to increase participation across culture and heritage sectors. Although there is a significant body of research on participation, DCMS is interested in research that moves beyond headline participation numbers to explore the barriers to engagement, across geographic, demographic and socio-economic factors. Specifically, we seek to understand the reasons for non-participation and how specific interventions can effectively broaden audiences to improve participation in culture.
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Related UKRI funded projects
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Living Libraries
Issues about libraries raised by the AHRC-funded project, 'Memories of Fiction: An Oral History of Readers' Life Stories' (2014-2018), are central to this follow-on project, 'Living Libraries'. For 'Memories of Fiction' ...
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Addressing the Attendance and Benefit Gap: a new Research and Implementation Paradigm for museums, galleries and heritage organisations
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Why might this be relevant?
The project addresses the attendance and benefit gap in museums, galleries, and heritage institutions, which aligns with the goal of increasing participation and diversifying audiences.
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Why might this be relevant?
While the project focuses on engaging Jordan's youth with multicultural heritage, it may provide insights on engaging diverse audiences in cultural institutions.