The Arts, Civic Engagement, and the “Tragedy of the Commons”

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Civic Engagement and the Arts—2008-2009
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Arts and Humanities
Civic and Community Engagement
Politics and Social Change
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In this essay, historian Mark Stern uses the metaphor of “the tragedy of the commons” to reflect on the rewards and frustrations of conducting research on the social and community impacts of the arts. He suggests that thinking about community culture as a “field”—rather than as a collection of individual programs—might prevent the logic of the commons from killing the many benefits the arts and culture can bring to communities and their residents.

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2008-06-01
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Civic Engagement and the Arts—2008-2009
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2023-05-17T16:52:45.000
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Mark Stern, SIAP co-founder and principal investigator since 1994, delivered this talk at the Americans for the Arts conference in Philadelphia in June 2008.
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