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Eight Understanding grassroots arts groups and practices in communities
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Abstract
This chapter builds on ideas and findings from research conducted to consider the distinctive elements of grassroots arts activities in communities. It highlights the current critical framing of grassroots arts activities and identifies the range of claims made around the impacts of informal arts participation, particularly concerning individual and social well-being, social cohesion and place-making. The authors suggest future directions for research in the field to develop a broader understanding of the experiences and practices of grassroots activities and their role in communities.
Abstract
This chapter builds on ideas and findings from research conducted to consider the distinctive elements of grassroots arts activities in communities. It highlights the current critical framing of grassroots arts activities and identifies the range of claims made around the impacts of informal arts participation, particularly concerning individual and social well-being, social cohesion and place-making. The authors suggest future directions for research in the field to develop a broader understanding of the experiences and practices of grassroots activities and their role in communities.
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents iii
- List of tables and figures v
- Foreword vi
- Series editor’s foreword vii
- Acknowledgements ix
- Notes on contributors x
- Why get below the radar? The importance of understanding community groups and activities 1
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Scoping and mapping community actions and activities
- Below the radar? Community groups and activities in context 7
- Getting below the radar: micro-mapping ‘hidden’ community activity 27
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Community groups and activities in context
- Are we different? Claims for distinctiveness in voluntary and community action 51
- Community as policy: reflections on community engagement, empowerment and social action in a changing policy context 71
- Lost to austerity, lost in austerity: rethinking the community sector in Ireland 91
- All change? Surviving below the radar: community groups and activities in hard times 113
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Under-explored radars
- The UK Gypsy, Traveller and Roma third sector: a Gypsy industry or route to empowerment? 135
- Understanding grassroots arts groups and practices in communities 155
- Is there a black and minority ethnic third sector in the UK? 177
- More than a refugee community organisation’: a study of African migrant associations in Glasgow 199
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Thinking about voice, learning and emotion below the radar
- ‘Almost a whisper’: black and minority ethnic community groups’ voice and influence 221
- Learning to sustain social action 241
- Authentic and legitimate? The emotional role of ‘grassroots’ community activists in policymaking 263
- Conclusion: thinking back and looking forward 281
- Index 291
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents iii
- List of tables and figures v
- Foreword vi
- Series editor’s foreword vii
- Acknowledgements ix
- Notes on contributors x
- Why get below the radar? The importance of understanding community groups and activities 1
-
Scoping and mapping community actions and activities
- Below the radar? Community groups and activities in context 7
- Getting below the radar: micro-mapping ‘hidden’ community activity 27
-
Community groups and activities in context
- Are we different? Claims for distinctiveness in voluntary and community action 51
- Community as policy: reflections on community engagement, empowerment and social action in a changing policy context 71
- Lost to austerity, lost in austerity: rethinking the community sector in Ireland 91
- All change? Surviving below the radar: community groups and activities in hard times 113
-
Under-explored radars
- The UK Gypsy, Traveller and Roma third sector: a Gypsy industry or route to empowerment? 135
- Understanding grassroots arts groups and practices in communities 155
- Is there a black and minority ethnic third sector in the UK? 177
- More than a refugee community organisation’: a study of African migrant associations in Glasgow 199
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Thinking about voice, learning and emotion below the radar
- ‘Almost a whisper’: black and minority ethnic community groups’ voice and influence 221
- Learning to sustain social action 241
- Authentic and legitimate? The emotional role of ‘grassroots’ community activists in policymaking 263
- Conclusion: thinking back and looking forward 281
- Index 291
