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Some Remarks on the Context and the Current State of Arts Education Research in Austria

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This paper is divided into two parts. The first part presents an overview of the societal, political and cultural context of arts education. Taking a historical perspective, there is a particular focus on interculturality as discussed and practised in Austria. The second part deals more closely with selected examples of arts education research carried out by EDUCULT.

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  1. 1.

    A few years ago, EDUCULT carried out research on the cultural image of Vienna among US-American scholars of culture. The feedback was on all the stereotypes Austria is confronted with from the outside; one respondent came to the conclusion that Vienna could be seen as the “representation of a former civilisation”.

  2. 2.

    In this respect, the film The Sound of Music in the 1960s can be seen as the outstanding contribution to cultural education for people outside Austria.

  3. 3.

    Institut für empirische Sozialforschung (IFES) (1975): Grundlagenforschung im kulturellen Bereich. Wien. This research was part of a series of follow-up studies. In this regard, the last example of culture monitoring took place in 2007 with no consequences for further cultural policy-making. URL: https://www.ifes.at/sites/default/files/downloads/1192093299_23800007.pdf (last accessed 17th December 2017).

  4. 4.

    At that time, a satirical magazine announced that – according to the IFES results – the trend in the Austrian population to read more than one book per year would continue.

  5. 5.

    Published as part of the Kunstbericht (Bundesministerium für Unterricht und Kunst 1975) [Report on the Arts, Federal Ministry for Education and the Arts].

  6. 6.

    The relevant webpage was removed after the closure of the institution in 2003. A reference can be found online at: https://www.ots.at/presseaussendung/OTS_20030708_OTS0135/neues-team-im-oesterreichischen-kultur-service-setzt-schwerpunkt-auf-zusammenarbeit-von-wirtschaft-kunst-kultur-und-bildung (last accessed 17th December 2017).

  7. 7.

    It was as late as 2015 that EDUCULT took part in the European cooperation project “Brokering Migrants’ Cultural Participation” in an attempt to sensitize the main cultural institutions to this matter. Online: http://educult.at/en/forschung/brokering-migrants-cultural-participation/ (last accessed 17th December 2017).

  8. 8.

    While exact data are not systematically collected, the assessment comes from a parliamentary debate from 2009: http://volksgruppenv1.orf.at/diversitaet/aktuell/stories/99029.html (last accessed 17th December 2017).

  9. 9.

    The paper gives an overview of current migration and integration research in Austria: http://www.iomvienna.at/sites/default/files/kmi_WP18.pdf (last accessed 17th December 2017).

  10. 10.

    http://www.educult.at/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/vielfalt_kooperation_gross2007.pdf (last accessed 17th December 2017).

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    http://educult.at/forschung/kulturelle-bildung-zaehlt/ (last accessed 17th December 2017).

  12. 12.

    “Macht|schule|theater”, a cooperation project between 15 selected schools and theatre initiatives trying to stimulate semi-professional theatre productions with students as part of their regular activities. As one of the few programmes, it was evaluated in 2010 by EDUCULT. URL: http://educult.at/en/forschung/machtschuletheater/ (last accessed 17th December 2017).

  13. 13.

    Since then, arts and culture mediation are included as an important issue in each government declaration at state level; a number of regional governments have meanwhile followed this example.

  14. 14.

    One of the main cultural and educational aims at that time was to establish a cooperative association between each Austrian school and a cultural institution or initiative.

  15. 15.

    http://www.kulturkontakt.or.at/images/stories/medialibrary/Kulturkontakt/Kulturvermittlung/Evaluationsbericht_pART.pdf (last accessed 17th December 2017).

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    https://www.bmb.gv.at/schulen/kulturvermittlung/leitfaden_kkpnms.pdf?674037 (last accessed 17th December 2017).

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    Wimmer, Michael/Schad, Anke (2009): “Kunst, Kultur und Bildung: Kulturelle Bildung als Herausforderung an das Schulwesen. Ansätze, Erfahrungen und Entwicklungsmöglichkeiten”. In bifie (ed.) (2009): Bildungsbericht 2009, pp. 183–202.

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    Wimmer, Michael/Nagel, Tanja/Schad, Anke (2011): “Zur Teilnahme junger Menschen an kulturellen Angeboten”. In Eder, Ferdinand (ed.): PISA 2009. Nationale Zusatzanalysen für Österreich. Vienna.

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    Meanwhile the old dilemma has continued, where the relevant representatives of the education sector, when confronted with arts education activities, send the actors over to “the other side”, suggesting that colleagues from the arts funding sector should take care of things (and vice versa).

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    https://www.bmb.gv.at/schulen/kulturvermittlung/index.html (last accessed 17th December 2017).

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    https://www.kulturkontakt.or.at/html/D/wp.asp?pass=x&p_title=5787&rn=152123 (last accessed 17th December 2017).

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    http://educult.at/forschung/wer-nutzt-das-schulkulturbudget/ (last accessed 7th December 2017).

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    https://www.kulturkontakt.or.at/html/D/wp.asp?pass=x&p_title=5061&rn=152409 (last accessed 17th December 2017).

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    SORA (2015): Kulturelle Beteiligung in Wien. Vienna. URL: https://www.wien.gv.at/kultur/abteilung/pdf/studie-kulturelle-beteiligung.pdf (last accessed 17th December 2017).

  25. 25.

    Kammer für Arbeiter und Angestellte (2017): Migration und Mehrsprachigkeit – Wie fit sind wir für die Vielfalt? Policy Brief 3. Vienna.

  26. 26.

    http://www.sagsmulti.at/ (last accessed 17th December 2017).

  27. 27.

    https://derstandard.at/2000059451367/Gewerkschaft-warnt-erneut-vor-Lehrermangel (last accessed 17th December 2017).

  28. 28.

    https://www.mdw.ac.at/ikm/kulturmanagement/ (last accessed 17th December 2017).

  29. 29.

    http://www.dieangewandte.at/ecm (last accessed 17th December 2017).

  30. 30.

    https://www.zhdk.ch/en/researchproject/426616 (last accessed 17th December 2017).

  31. 31.

    http://www.unesco.org/fileadmin/multimedia/HQ/CLT/CLT/pdf/Arts_Edu_RoadMap_en.pdf (last accessed 17th December 2017).

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    https://www.zhdk.ch/en/researchproject/426616 (last accessed 17th December 2017).

  33. 33.

    https://www.bruckneruni.at/institute/musikpaedagogik/fachbereiche/musikvermittlung/ (last accessed 17th December 2017).

  34. 34.

    https://www.fh-kufstein.ac.at/Studieren/Master/Sports-Culture-Events-Management-VZ (last accessed 17th December 2017).

  35. 35.

    http://educult.at/en/forschung/european-arts-education-fact-finding-mission/ (last accessed 17th December 2017).

  36. 36.

    EDUCULT (2011): European Arts Education Facts Finding Mission. Final Report, p. 55. URL: http://educult.at/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Report_Fact_Finding_Mission_EDUCULT.pdf (last accessed 10th February 2018).

  37. 37.

    http://educult.at/en/forschung/aems/ (last accessed 17th December 2017).

  38. 38.

    EDUCULT (2012): Arts Education Monitoring System. Report Phase One – EDUCULT, p. 13. URL: http://educult.at/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/AEMS-Report-Austria_Educult.pdf (last accessed 10th February 2018).

  39. 39.

    http://educult.at/en/forschung/access-to-culture/ (last accessed 17th December 2017).

  40. 40.

    EDUCULT et al. (2015): Access to Culture – Policy Analysis. Final Report, p. 95. URL: http://educult.at/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Final_Report_Print.pdf (last accessed 10th February 2018).

  41. 41.

    Ibid., p. 103.

  42. 42.

    Ibid., p. 107.

  43. 43.

    http://educult.at/en/forschung/brokering-migrants-cultural-participation/ (last accessed 17th December 2017).

  44. 44.

    Cf. Interarts et al. (2015): Benchmarks for Diversity Management in Cultural Institutions. URL: https://mcpbroker.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/benchmarking-tool-with-logos.pdf (last accessed 10th February 2018).

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    Education and Culture DG (2007): Key Competencies for Lifelong Learning. European Reference Framework. URL: https://www.google.at/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0ahUKEwiu64bS1PrXAhXIZlAKHdCKDe0QFggvMAA&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.erasmusplus.org.uk%2Ffile%2F272%2Fdownload&usg=AOvVaw33FW_ZhGZ30MBMb_jMGqqE (last accessed 17th December 2017).

  46. 46.

    http://educult.at/en/forschung/lernen-in-mit-und-durch-kultur/ (last accessed 17th December 2017).

  47. 47.

    EDUCULT (2011): Programmevaluation Kultur.Forscher! Kinder und Jugendliche auf Entdeckungsreise. URL: http://educult.at/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/KuFo-Abschlussbericht2011_lang_final.pdf (last accessed 10th February 2018).

  48. 48.

    Cf. Kämpf-Jansen, Helga (2012): Ästhetische Forschung. Wege durch Alltag, Kunst und Wissenschaft. Zu einem innovativen Konzept ästhetischer Bildung (KONTEXT/Kunst – Vermittlung – Kulturelle Bildung). Marburg.

  49. 49.

    http://educult.at/en/forschung/schule-inklusive-kulturelle-bildung/ (last accessed 17th December 2017).

  50. 50.

    EDUCULT (2017): Flickwerk Kultur. Eine Handreichung zu Kultureller Bildung an der Schule. URL: http://educult.at/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/FLICKWERK-KULTUR_final.pdf (last accessed 17th December 2017).

  51. 51.

    Wimmer, Michael/Schad, Anke/Nagel, Tanja (2010): Ruhratlas Kulturelle Bildung. Studie zur Qualitätsentwicklung kultureller Bildung in der Metropole Ruhr. URL: http://educult.at/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Ruhratlas-Kulturelle-Bildung.pdf (last accessed 10th February 2018).

  52. 52.

    Cf. Latour, Bruno (2005): Reassembling the social. An introduction to actor-network-theory. Oxford.

  53. 53.

    Clarke, Adele (2009): Situational analysis. Grounded theory after the interpretive turn. Thousand Oaks.

  54. 54.

    See, e.g. http://educult.at/en/forschung/freie-darstellende-kuenste-und-kulturelle-bildung/ (last accessed 17th December 2017).

  55. 55.

    See the concept for impact of culture: Goethe Institut (2015): Kultur wirkt. Mit Evaluation Außenbeziehungen nachhaltiger gestalten. URL: http://educult.at/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Kultur-wirkt_Brosch%C3%BCre.pdf (last accessed 17th December 2017).

  56. 56.

    See, e.g. http://educult.at/en/featured/kulturelle-bildung-und-schule/ (last accessed 17th December 2017).

  57. 57.

    Bamford, Anne (2006): The Wow Factor. Global research compendium on the impact of the arts in education. Münster.

  58. 58.

    Cf. Weigl, Aron (2016): Auswärtige Kulturpolitik für Kinder. Künstlerisch-ästhetische Bildung als Herausforderung transkultureller Beziehungen. Wiesbaden, p. 307.

  59. 59.

    You may find an overview here: http://educult.at/en/forschung/ (last access 17th December 2017).

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Weigl, A., Wimmer, M. (2019). Some Remarks on the Context and the Current State of Arts Education Research in Austria. In: Ferro, L., Wagner, E., Veloso, L., IJdens, T., Teixeira Lopes, J. (eds) Arts and Cultural Education in a World of Diversity. Yearbook of the European Network of Observatories in the Field of Arts and Cultural Education (ENO). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-06007-7_13

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