Tag Archives: ways of knowing
Artful scientists
The relationship between art and science has been fractious since the Enlightenment, when practices that had often been seen as alternative ways of approaching the same truth began to be … Continue reading
The mailman’s authority
‘Alert always to “Wittgenstein’s distinction between all the trivia you can talk about, and all the essentials you can’t,” Steiner has labored not ever to obscure that distinction.’ George Steiner … Continue reading
For the good of the others
‘Inform, educate and entertain’ This week, Radio 4 has been broadcasting a series of 45-minute programmes by Melvyn Bragg under the title The Value Of Culture. It’s a sign of the strength and … Continue reading
Drawing together
A couple of years ago Deborah Aguirre Jones began a project working with women experiencing mental health problems in Bristol, where she lives. Supported by a local organisation, Creativity Works, she … Continue reading
A Different Heartbeat (MCV 3)
The gold standard in evaluation Twenty years ago, when I began thinking about how to improve the evaluation of community arts programmes, I turned to practice in health and medicine. … Continue reading
Science, stories and truth
Frances Ashcroft: “I’m fascinated by this divorce of philosophy from science because I think that in a way we’re all trying to tell stories about how the world works and … Continue reading
‘Billy, Me & You’
Last autumn Nicola Streeten published her first comic book. Billy, Me & You is about a couple coming to terms with the loss of a small child. It is a … Continue reading
Stories and Fables: Culture in Orkney
Orkney is an archipelago set in the wild seas of the north of Scotland. It has some of the oldest traces of human habitation in Europe. Today, it’s home to about … Continue reading
On ‘the very idea of measuring cultural value’
There is a new blog on the DCMS website by Claire Donovan, an academic at Brunel University who has been commissioned to write a report on ‘the very ideaofmeasuring cultural … Continue reading
