Creative Equity Toolkit

Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Violence Against Women of Color

Paper by the lawyer and scholar who introduced the theory of intersectionality, which describes the way overlapping identities relate to systemic structures of oppression, in this case gender and race and their affect on violence against women of colour.

'Because of their intersectional identity as both women and people of color within discourses that are shaped to respond to one or the other, the interests and experiences of women of color are frequently marginalized within both.'

Meaningful Measurement

Literature review of key research about how to measure artistic vibrancy and the challenges of evaluating artistic practice.

"The models emphasise:
• external and internal views of the organisation’s performance (eg audience, funders, artists, peers, staff)
• organisation’s ownership of the measurement process makes it meaningful
• employees and management must be engaged in the measurement process
• measures have to match the organisation’s mission"

Measuring Cultural Engagement: A Quest for New Terms, Tools, and Techniques

Report from a symposium held in Washington, DC, in partnership with the UK’s Arts & Humanities Research Council, which brought together cultural researchers, practitioners, and policymakers from the U.S., the UK, Australia and other countries. Looks at cultural engagement measurement and evaluation strategies, and they can be made relevant to different stakeholder groups.