ARC linkage projects
In support of collaboration and knowledge transfer the council works closely with academic researchers in a range of projects supported by the Australian Research Council (ARC) through its Linkage program.
For all enquiries about the Australia Council's involvement in ARC Linkage Projects please contact Dr Nick Herd, Director, Research and Strategic Analysis.
| Current ARC Linkage Projects |
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Mapping and augmenting engagement, learning and cultural citizenship for children through ArtPlay workshops with artists University of Melbourne Headed by Professor John O’Toole, this project is moving into the final phase. The report will underline the importance of investment in arts education within the Early Years Learning Framework (0-8) as way of constructing the pathway of the arts from the earliest stages of developmental cognition. |
Ripple effects: community building, participation and cultural citizenship through creative practices in Western Sydney University of Technology, Sydney This study explores emerging media and creative practices developed through and around Information and Cultural Exchange in Western Sydney by engaging with participants, peers and the wider community. The project seeks to provide a new framework for understanding the nexus between cultural production and citizenship practices. |
The Circus Oz Living Archive: developing a model of online digital engagement for the performing arts RMIT University The Circus Oz Living Archive project aims to create and analyse an experimental prototype for an online participatory ‘living archive’, built upon the Circus Oz collection of performance and rehearsal video documentation, to drive innovations in repertoire development, performance research and audience interaction. |
TheatreSpace University of Melbourne Headed by Professor John O’Toole, the study aims to provide a deeper understanding of how theatrical performances can meet the needs of young people between 12-21 years old and enhance their sense of personal and collective identities and values. It seeks information that will assist theatre makers and providers to generate relevant and inclusive performances that invite young audiences into an active engagement with cultural and artistic discourse of their society. |
Digital storytelling and co-creative media: the role of community arts and media in propagating and coordinating population-wide creative practice Queensland University of Technology The goal of this project is to use a particular method of co-creative media production known as Digital Storytelling to demonstrate how to remove institutional impediments to the population-wide propagation of creative participation in Australian arts, media and culture. It will improve the coordination of sustainable participation and innovation in digital content creation, across the Australian ‘community arts’, ‘community broadcasting’ and Indigenous media systems. |
Large screens and the transnational public sphere University of Melbourne This project will test the use of large video screens as a communication platform for constructing an experimental public sphere. The project will pioneer the linking of major public screens located in Melbourne and Seoul for three 'urban media events' involving specifically commissioned content utilising live and interactive elements. This will be complemented by qualitative longitudinal analysis of both the process of artistic production and the effects of public dissemination. The project will produce the world’s first study of the possibilities for using large video screens as a platform for cultural exchange and transformation of the ‘public sphere’ in the global era. |
The role of arts education in academic motivation, engagement, and achievement University of Sydney This project conducts large-scale longitudinal quantitative and innovative qualitative research to examine in robust ways the role of in-school and out-of-school participation in arts education on students’ academic motivation, engagement and achievement. The project aims to address key substantive questions that are relevant to students, educators, parents, policy makers, and key stakeholder institutions. |
CAMRA project: cultural asset mapping for planning and development in regional Australia University of Technology, Sydney Fostering collaborations with peak cultural bodies, local councils, creative communities and three universities, this linkage project collects and analyses vital data about creativity, development and productivity in regional Australia. It maps and analyses a carefully inter related set of regions, thereby generating knowledge, plus academic and local training that will be vital to the policy and planning decisions for regional Australia. |
AusStage Flinders University The Theatre Board has been partnering AusStage since 2000. AusStage provides an accessible research facility for investigating live performance in Australia. It was built by a consortium of universities and industry partners with funding from the ARC. |
Towards an integrated evaluation framework for intrinsic and instrumental benefits of community-based arts University of Melbourne This project will address the increasing alignment of community based arts initiatives with specific government public policy agendas, including community building/development, wellbeing, urban development/renewal, racial and cultural harmony, youth alienation, juvenile justice etc. |
The games and the wider interactive entertainment industry in Australia: an inquiry into sources of innovation Queensland University of Technology The project will assist the local games and interactive entertainment sector to source international good practice models, to identify potentially new sources of innovation, such as arts practices not traditionally associated with these industries, and contribute a richly detailed case study providing evidence for why the creative industries should be an integral part of the national innovation system. |
Negotiationg cultural insecurity – Multiculturalism, cultural indicators and arts policy University of Melbourne This project will investigate the impact of local government initiatives to provide culturally and linguistically diverse communities with greater access to the arts in order to promote cultural expression, understanding, sponsor greater social inclusion and access to other mainstream services. |
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