Access

"Access is defined broadly by the extent to which organisations are making themselves available to a more diverse range of audiences and participants."
Making it Count - the contribution of culture and sport to social inclusion.
QUEST

Submitted by Mark Richardson,
Post Graduate Diploma in Arts Management,
Sussex University

Action research

Aesthetic

To me aesthetics means the attractiveness of how something looks, i.e. ‘aesthetically pleasing’. Source: ‘Aesthetics’, Susan Fergin & Patrick Mayard: The word originated from Greek philosophy to give another meaning for ‘perception’. In modern day aesthetic is to give an art form a set of values; of self-expression, self-understanding and cultural identity. Psychologists believe aesthetics to be cognitively informed, ‘One may perceive something differently as ones beliefs change’, P1. Anthropologist Clifford Geertz belives aesthetics to be culturally bound, and each set of aesthetic values change from culture to culture, P6

submitted by Bindi Cartwright
Post Graduate Diploma in Arts Management,
Sussex University

Arts and disability

Citizenship

Civil society

Collaborative

Communities of practice

Complexity

Co-operative

Creative industries

To me ‘The creative Industries’, meant those industries which produce art/art forms, for both commercial and non-commercial gain.
Source: ‘Creative Industries: Fact File’, Commissioned by DCMS. A mapping of those industries (defined below), by the government in 1998 & 2001 to seek knowledge/understanding and graphed progress. ‘We define the creative industries as those industries which have their origins in individual creativity, skill and talent and which have a potential for wealth and job creation through the generation and exploitation of intellectual property’, P4.

submitted by Bindi Cartwright
Post Graduate Diploma in Arts Management,
Sussex University

Creativity

My understanding of creativity is the ability allows imagination to produce ideas, which in turn are used in a physical sense. Source: ‘Creative Management’ Jane Henry: Henry believes there are a number of attributes to someone being ‘creative’. ‘It is a thinking process associated with imagination, insight, invention, innovation, ingenuity, intuition, inspiration and illumination’, P3

submitted by Bindi Cartwright
Post Graduate Diploma in Arts Management,
Sussex University

Creativity and well being

Cross-sector

Cultural democracy

Cultural policy

Cultural strategy

Cultural studies

Culture

With a social anthropology background I understand a culture as a shared set of belief systems. And that there has to be an ‘us and them’ dichotomy for a culture to exist. Source: ‘A Baseline Definition of Culture’
www.wsu.edu:8001/vcwsu/commons/topics/culture/culture-definition.html: ‘People learn culture’. It is therefore nurtured, and not a natural process. ‘The primary concept of shaping template and body of learning behaviours might be further broken down into the following:

• Systems of meaning.
• Ways of organising society.
• The distinctive techniques of a group and their characteristic products’.

In The Concise Oxford Dictionary (ninth edition), culture was said to include ‘the arts and other manifestation of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively’ P328. Meaning that culture can mean both, a set of peoples, and also, what they produce as an understanding of their ‘culture’.

submitted by Bindi Cartwright
Post Graduate Diploma in Arts Management,
Sussex University

Democracy

Democratisation of culture

Dialogue

Diversity

Disability

Definition from the Disability Rights Commission website:-

What counts as a disability?
The DDA describes a disabled person as 'anyone with a physical or mental impairment, which has a substantial and long-term adverse effect upon their ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities'. This is meant to be a fairly wide definition and includes:

• physical impairment - this includes weakening or adverse change of a part of the body caused through illness, by accident or from birth. For example, amongst many other situations, blindness, deafness, heart disease, the paralysis of a limb or severe disfigurement.
  
• mental impairment - this can include learning disabilities and all recognised mental illnesses.
  For example, mental illnesses specifically mentioned in the World Health Organisation's International Classification of Diseases are very likely to be included.
• substantial - this does not have to be severe, but is more than minor or trivial.
• long-term adverse effect - that has lasted or is likely to last more than 12 months.
• a normal day-to-day activity - that is, one that affects one of the following: your mobility; manual dexterity; physical co-ordination; continence; ability to lift, carry or otherwise move everyday objects; speech, hearing or eyesight; memory or ability to concentrate, learn or understand; or perception of the risk of physical danger. It does not include the ability to work because no particular form of work is 'normal' for most people.
• When considering the effects of a disability against the description above, focus on the condition itself, and what it would be like without any medical treatment (for example, diabetes controlled with insulin), or equipment (such as a hearing aid). The only exception to this rule is where poor eyesight is improved by wearing glasses or contact lenses. In this case the effects that count are those which remain even with the glasses or lenses.

What doesn't count as a disability?
Certain conditions are not considered impairments under the DDA:

• lifestyle choices such as tattoos and non-medical piercings;
• tendency to steal, set fires, and physical or sexual abuse of others;
• exhibitionism and voyeurism;
• hayfever, if it doesn't aggravate the effects of an existing condition;
• addiction to or a dependency on alcohol, nicotine or any other substance, other than the substance being medically prescribed;

For further information on this, refer to the publication 'Definition of Disability' in Publications <../InformationAndLegislation/Page312.asp>.

Disability arts

Ethical stance

Funding

Governance

Inclusion

Innovation

Intellectual capital

Knowledge

Knowledge economy

Leadership

Leverage

Marketing

To me marketing (within the arts) is an umbrella word which incorporates a number of skills/processes e.g. audience development, accessibility, promotions, used to ensure an art form reaches the maxim audiences. Source: ‘Creative Marketing’ E.Hill, C, O ‘ Sullivan & T. O ‘ Sullivan: ‘The management process which identifies, anticipates, and supplies customers requirements efficiently and profitably’ ‘Marketing is a total approach to the way a business operates’ Px

submitted by Bindi Cartwright
Post Graduate Diploma in Arts Management,
Sussex University

Mutuality

Mutuals

Non-profit

Partnership

"Working together to share skills, methods, techniques, attitudes and expertise. Moving together in a mutually beneficial direction for the good of the art and the arts organisation"
Partners as Audiences - A review of the lottery application process. QUEST

Submitted by Mark Richardson,
Post Graduate Diploma in Arts Management,
Sussex University

Quantitative

Sector

Social economy

Social capital

Social enterprise

Sponsorship

Sustainable

Value networks