Social inclusion through the arts

Abstract

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The Eudemonic and Hedonic Impacts of Attending Live and Virtual Music and Art Events

“…Both participants were also inspired to create their own artwork after attending virtual art events, therefore creating more eudemonic opportunities. This suggests the virtual events had more transcendentalist opportunities, while the live events had more pleasure-seeking experiences for the attendee's (Kirrman, 2010;Clarke & Knifton, 2009;Saunders, 2005). Overall, the results of this question have indicated live events have more eudemonic and hedonic opportunities for the attendee.…”

“…Whereas valuing the time amongst friends, family and society while being surrounded by music and arts can help a person escape this feeling. Attending festivals and events can have a transcendentalist effect on people to become more involved in activities such as creative workshops, public art exhibitions, fashion shows or music-making (Kirrman, 2010;Clarke & Knifton, 2009;Saunders J. , 2005).…”

“…One participant explained her interactions with other event attendees and described a couple of instances where she made connections at the event. According to Kirrman (2010), Clarke & Knifton (2009), and Saunders (2005), spending time with friends, family and peers while also being surrounded by music and arts can have a significantly positive impact on someone's well-being. Similarly, Getz (2019) and Gilchrist (2009) suggest socialisation at events help the attendee build relationships with peers and develop hedonistic values such as a sense of belonging or camaraderie.…”

“…Both those participants also admitted attending the virtual arts event inspired them to create their own art pieces from home while stating they would not be as inspired to go home and create art after attending a live art event. According to Kirrman (2010) Clarke & Knifton (2009) and Saunders (2005), attending events can have a transcendentalist impact on people to become more involved in arts and music. Results here suggest that virtual arts event inspired hedonic 'Pleasure' and eudemonic 'Expressiveness'.…”

Measuring Social Inclusion: A Staff Survey of Mental Health Service Users' Participation in Community Occupations

“…In the absence of any suitable existing measures, a survey tool was designed to record the nature and extent of community occupational engagement and the level of social inclusiveness of that engagement. To increase the content validity of the tool, Bates's and Butler's (2004) seven life inclusion, such as volunteering (Bates 2002b), leisure and sporting activities (Lloyd et al 2003, Heasman and Atwal 2004, Russell and Lloyd 2004, education (Westwood 2003), engagement in faith activities and communities (Lindgren andCoursey 1995, Nicholls 2002) and the use of the arts (White 2004, Saunders 2005, Webster et al 2005. However, many of these studies are descriptive or anecdotal reports and there is a dearth of evidence about the efficacy of such interventions in increasing service users' social inclusion.…”