Sustainable futures for music cultures: Toward an ecology of musical diversity. The project will contribute to a vibrant and diverse musical life in Australia, and by extension the sense of wellbeing of its population. Further, it has the potential to substantially contribute to Australia's reputation as an innovative, forward looking nation by taking the lead in the emerging sub-discipline of applied ethnomusicology. Finally, from the perspective of the National Research Priorities, the project ....Sustainable futures for music cultures: Toward an ecology of musical diversity. The project will contribute to a vibrant and diverse musical life in Australia, and by extension the sense of wellbeing of its population. Further, it has the potential to substantially contribute to Australia's reputation as an innovative, forward looking nation by taking the lead in the emerging sub-discipline of applied ethnomusicology. Finally, from the perspective of the National Research Priorities, the project will contribute to fostering understanding between cultures in Australia and the region by increasing insight into the working of other cultures, focusing on the Asia-Pacific.Read moreRead less
Youth Internet Radio Network: Ethnographic Action Research of an Emerging Media Technology. This project investigates how interactive technologies can combine with training and enterprise development, and young people's own desires for content creation, to establish a network of users across differing geographical and social 'ecologies', creating new cultural forms and economic outcomes. The research combines innovative internet design, policy analysis and ethnographic methods. Young people from ....Youth Internet Radio Network: Ethnographic Action Research of an Emerging Media Technology. This project investigates how interactive technologies can combine with training and enterprise development, and young people's own desires for content creation, to establish a network of users across differing geographical and social 'ecologies', creating new cultural forms and economic outcomes. The research combines innovative internet design, policy analysis and ethnographic methods. Young people from urban, regional, remote and Indigenous environments will train, create and network their own content on a Youth Internet Radio Network, contributing to community capacity building. Analysis will describe and influence the creative, social and technical processes, and identify opportunities for innovation, enterprise development and regional sustainability.Read moreRead less
Sound Links: Exploring the dynamics of musical communities in Australia, and their potential for informing collaboration with music in schools. While considerable research has been devoted to formal school music programs and their curricula, including the recent National Review of School Music Education (DEST, 2005), little is known about Australia's more informal community contexts and the mechanisms and success factors underlying their approaches to teaching and learning music. Both the Nation ....Sound Links: Exploring the dynamics of musical communities in Australia, and their potential for informing collaboration with music in schools. While considerable research has been devoted to formal school music programs and their curricula, including the recent National Review of School Music Education (DEST, 2005), little is known about Australia's more informal community contexts and the mechanisms and success factors underlying their approaches to teaching and learning music. Both the National Review and the Australia Council for the Arts have recognised this imbalance, and plead for a more integrated approach to formal, school-based arts education and activities outside of schools. This project will deliver the insights to realise such an approach.Read moreRead less
TALKING THEATRE: An Audience Development Programme for Regional Queensland and the Northern Territory. TALKING THEATRE seeks to build new theatre audiences both in the short and long term for regional Queensland and the Northern Territory. Non-theatregoers from 14 regional centres will experience live theatrical performances in their communities, and will participate in post-performance questionnaires and focus group discussions. TALKING THEATRE will thereby ascertain the entertainment, cultu ....TALKING THEATRE: An Audience Development Programme for Regional Queensland and the Northern Territory. TALKING THEATRE seeks to build new theatre audiences both in the short and long term for regional Queensland and the Northern Territory. Non-theatregoers from 14 regional centres will experience live theatrical performances in their communities, and will participate in post-performance questionnaires and focus group discussions. TALKING THEATRE will thereby ascertain the entertainment, cultural, and creative needs of non-theatregoers living in regional areas. This innovative linking of audience reception studies with market development, will create skilled regional theatre staff and volunteers capable of growing new audiences, and will build the efficiency and sustainability of Australia's regional theatre networks.Read moreRead less
Places for art: redefining the dynamics of performance and location in Australia. The project will deliver a research model connecting quantitative data to audience perceptions, choices and influences; seven in-depth case studies informing and elucidating this model; and a user-friendly template to replicate this research in other places and disciplines. In this way, it will provide policy makers, funding bodies and arts organisations with practical tools to address drivers for change in the way ....Places for art: redefining the dynamics of performance and location in Australia. The project will deliver a research model connecting quantitative data to audience perceptions, choices and influences; seven in-depth case studies informing and elucidating this model; and a user-friendly template to replicate this research in other places and disciplines. In this way, it will provide policy makers, funding bodies and arts organisations with practical tools to address drivers for change in the way the arts are experienced in contemporary Australia. This has the potential of widening engagement with the arts for more Australians, and contributing to their sense of wellbeing.Read moreRead less
Developing refugee resilience and effective settlement through drama-based interventions. The proposed research will impact on national priorities to assist refugees to better negotiate the settlement experience, develop self-sufficiency and resilience, and engage fully with mainstream society (DIMA, 2006). A positive outcome has significant social and economic ramifications as it will address the disproportionate levels of unemployment in Humanitarian entrants, which currently stands at 13.2 pe ....Developing refugee resilience and effective settlement through drama-based interventions. The proposed research will impact on national priorities to assist refugees to better negotiate the settlement experience, develop self-sufficiency and resilience, and engage fully with mainstream society (DIMA, 2006). A positive outcome has significant social and economic ramifications as it will address the disproportionate levels of unemployment in Humanitarian entrants, which currently stands at 13.2 per cent (4.5 per cent for other migrants). The social benefits of an effective approach to working with refugees will be the empowerment to make choices that lead to positive pathways, and thus help individuals to live healthy, productive and fulfilling lives in Australia. Read moreRead less
Captive Audiences: the impact of performing arts programs in Australian prisons. The project Captive Audiences examines performing arts programs in Australian prisons in regard to the impact they have on the wellbeing of prisoners and their lives after imprisonment. The outcomes of the research will assist with the development, implementation and evaluation of future performing arts programs in Australian prisons.
Theatres Online: Achieving Theoretical and Practical Solutions to Problems of Theatre Space via Virtual Reality Computational Modeling. This project merges theoretical and practical approaches to theatre production to make the complex phenomenon of theatre space more accessible to both researchers and industry professionals. It achieves this by providing a virtual reality model of selected theatres, so that users might better comprehend a venue's spatial dynamics. This dimensionally-accurate rep ....Theatres Online: Achieving Theoretical and Practical Solutions to Problems of Theatre Space via Virtual Reality Computational Modeling. This project merges theoretical and practical approaches to theatre production to make the complex phenomenon of theatre space more accessible to both researchers and industry professionals. It achieves this by providing a virtual reality model of selected theatres, so that users might better comprehend a venue's spatial dynamics. This dimensionally-accurate representation permits a full understanding of a theatre space (and its potential for performance) even from remote locations, thus potentially making the production of theatre more cost effective. There is no other such project in the theatre world or in computer modelling research.Read moreRead less
The 21st Century Orchestra: researching and developing sustainable models. The project will investigate and prototype innovations which reinvent the orchestra from its current 19th Century form, to one which maintains high quality but resonates with more recent changes in music consumption patterns, musical tastes, performance modes (e.g. immersive), distribution media, and the revolution in instrument design. A musical, technological, social and audience analysis of orchestral history will info ....The 21st Century Orchestra: researching and developing sustainable models. The project will investigate and prototype innovations which reinvent the orchestra from its current 19th Century form, to one which maintains high quality but resonates with more recent changes in music consumption patterns, musical tastes, performance modes (e.g. immersive), distribution media, and the revolution in instrument design. A musical, technological, social and audience analysis of orchestral history will inform an action research inquiry into possible future success paths. Resulting innovations in music repertoire, product and events will produce new revenue models for orchestras around an expanded market base and export of IP. Orchestral sustainability will also strengthen Australia's cultural fabric.Read moreRead less
Meaningfully communicating the value of arts and culture through reporting. This project aims to investigate how the value of cultural organisations and activities can be effectively communicated in official reporting processes. It aims to change the ways culture’s value is publicly determined by researching two innovative, socially responsible reporting frameworks, thus creating a dedicated framework for culture. Expected outcomes include new on-line reporting processes, principles and forms fo ....Meaningfully communicating the value of arts and culture through reporting. This project aims to investigate how the value of cultural organisations and activities can be effectively communicated in official reporting processes. It aims to change the ways culture’s value is publicly determined by researching two innovative, socially responsible reporting frameworks, thus creating a dedicated framework for culture. Expected outcomes include new on-line reporting processes, principles and forms for cultural practitioners and funding agencies, and enhanced understanding in both policy and cultural domains of meaningful reporting practices. The project will transform the way artists and cultural organisations communicate the value of what they do to governments.Read moreRead less