Hill Strategies Research Offers Statistical Insights and Digital Reports

This November, arts research authority Hill Strategies Research released a suite of research on both the relationship between digital technologies and the arts (including an update on the Linked Digital Future initiative in which the BC Alliance is a partner), and on artists and cultural workers in Canada’s territories and provinces. Links to individual reports can be found below.

Statistical Insights on the Arts

Artists in Canada’s Provinces and Territories in 2016 (With Summary Information about Cultural Workers) Based on the 2016 census, this report examines the number and incomes of artists in each of Canada’s provinces and territories. The report also provides a brief summary of the situation of cultural workers in each province and territory.

Digital Technologies and the Arts

Cultural content metadata: State of the art
Observatoire de la Culture et des Communications, October 2017

Based on more than 100 discussions with representatives of Quebec’s cultural sector, this report outlines the sector’s understanding and use of metadata.

A Linked Digital Future for the Performing Arts: Leveraging Synergies along the Value Chain
Canadian Arts Presenting Association (CAPACOA) in cooperation with the Bern University of Applied Science, 2019

This technical report details the research component of the Linked Digital Future initiative (LDFI), a partnership between CAPACOA, Culture Creates, Mass Culture, BC Alliance for the Arts, and the Atlantic Presenters Association. The LDFI aims to “enhance the discoverability of the performing arts” by building a shared knowledge base (also called a knowledge graph) that is open and searchable.

Diversity of Content in the Digital Age
Department of Canadian Heritage and Canadian Commission for UNESCO, 2019

Based on a meeting billed as part of a “global conversation to better understand the challenges and opportunities that the digital environment brings to cultural diversity”, this report highlights key findings and discussions related to the diversity of digital content. 

Could Open Data Help Arts and Culture Listings?
Nesta, 2019 

Based on “desktop research”, consultations with arts and culture organizations, and semi-structured interviews with stakeholders in the United Kingdom, this research project aims to answer the question “can open data help to make [event] listings more efficient whilst reaching new audiences?”