Conference Report - Making Culture Count: Rethinking measures of cultural vitality, wellbeing and citizenship

Cultural Development Network,
01 December 2012, Australia

The report from the international conference 'Making Culture Count: Rethinking measures of cultural vitality, wellbeing and citizenship' held in Melbourne, Australia on 2-4 May 2012 has now been released.

The conference brought together diverse perspectives from international guest speakers and leading local practitioners to explore the burgeoning field of cultural and community indicators.

The final report of the conference is available here.

The Cultural Value Network is a collaborative Initiative between UK and Australian partners which has developed following conversations that started in occasion of Dr Eleonora Belfiore’s keynote entitled ‘Thriving on measurement? Articulating ‘cultural value’ in a policy context’ at the conference. To find out more, see the official website at http://culturalvalueinitiative.org/the-cultural-value-network/ 

Title: Conference Report: Making Culture Count : Rethinking measures of cultural vitality, wellbeing and citizenship
Conference Details: 2 - 4 May 2012, Woodward Conference Centre, University of Melbourne, Australia.
Presented by the Cultural Development Network and the Centre for Cultural Partnerships, Faculty of the VCA & MCM, University of Melbourne
Authors: Kim Dunphy and Emma Blomkamp, Cultural Development Network, 2012

http://conference2012.culturaldevelopment.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/MCC-conference-report.pdf