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Cultural Ecology, Neighborhood Vitality, and Social Wellbeing—A Philadelphia Project

December 1st, 2013
Philadelphia, PA, United States
Mark J. Stern, Susan C. Seifert
The CultureBlocks report examines the impact of cultural assets on social wellbeing and urban revitalization in Philadelphia. Through an interdisciplinary approach, the research found that cultural engagement is linked to reduced social distress, improved economic outcomes, and strengthened community cohesion.
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Posted byCherry Ng

Abstract/Description

Over the past three years, with generous support from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and ArtPlace, the Social Impact of the Arts Project (SIAP) at the University of Pennsylvania has collaborated with The Reinvestment Fund (TRF) and the City of Philadelphia’s Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy (OACCE) on the CultureBlocks project. The most visible element of the project has been the web-based cultural mapping tool that launched during the spring of 2013. Less obviously, SIAP and TRF have collaborated on a research agenda that build on the CultureBlocks’ database. This report presents the results of that research collaboration. The first two papers summarize SIAP/TRF’s endeavor to create a neighborhood-based index of social wellbeing for the city of Philadelphia. The third paper examines changes in the cultural ecology of Philadelphia between 1997 and 2010-12.

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