%0 Journal Article
%T The conferral of value: the role of reporting processes in the assessment of culture
%A Julian Meyrick
%A Robert Phiddian
%A Tully Barnett
%J Media International Australia
%@ 2200-467X
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/1329878X18798704
%X This article considers the role of reporting processes in the assessment of arts and culture and argues that a determination of an organisation¡¯s or event¡¯s value is the result of a chain of administrative and political interactions. The ¡®conferral of value¡¯ on a particular cultural activity may be seen as the outcome of a multi-stakeholder dialogue involving governments, funding agencies, cultural organisations and individual artists. The article emerges from a mixed-methods research project, Laboratory Adelaide: The Value of Culture, underway at Flinders University. The project works with three industry partners: the State Library of South Australia, the State Theatre Company of South Australia and the Adelaide Festival. A sketch of the history of the problem of culture¡¯s value is given, together with the historical background of the arts in South Australia. The article concludes with a brief overview of two innovative reporting frameworks ¨C sustainability reporting (GRI) and Integrated Reporting (IR) ¨C and the potential gains for the cultural sector in the reporting reforms now happening in South Australia across all public bodies at a state government level
%K artists
%K cultural organisations
%K culture
%K evaluation
%K reporting
%K South Australia
%K value
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1329878X18798704