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Creative Arts Interventions to Address Depression in Older Adults: A Systematic Review of Outcomes, Processes, and Mechanisms

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2019
Depression experienced by older adults is proving an increasing global health burden, with rates generally 7% and as high as 27% in the USA. This is likely to significantly increase in coming years as the number and proportion of older adults in the ...
K. Dunphy   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Fulfilling and desperately needed: Australian media representations of responses to homelessness

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, Volume 57, Issue 4, Page 783-797, December 2022., 2022
Abstract Homelessness is a significant social issue that continues to confront Australian society, despite burgeoning public and policy responses to the issue. Existing scholarship demonstrates the important role the media can play in shaping such responses by framing homelessness – and the people who experience it – in particular ways.
Laura Simpson Reeves   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Insights for Indigenous employment into a case study of unconscious bias in the Australian Public Service

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, Volume 57, Issue 4, Page 898-919, December 2022., 2022
Abstract Drawing on a case study of unconscious bias levels in the Australian Public Service (APS), findings suggest gender equality remains a concern for career prospects for women, particularly for Indigenous women when two‐thirds of Indigenous employees in the APS are women.
Craig Leon
wiley   +1 more source

Wisdom or Madness? Comparing Crowds with Expert Evaluation in Funding the Arts

open access: yesManagement Sciences, 2015
In fields as diverse as technology entrepreneurship and the arts, crowds of interested stakeholders are increasingly responsible for deciding which innovations to fund, a privilege that was previously reserved for a few experts, such as venture ...
Ethan Mollick, Ramana Nanda
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The role of social capital in participatory arts for wellbeing: findings from a qualitative systematic review

open access: yesArts and Health, 2020
Background Social capital is often cited as shaping impacts of participatory arts, although the concept has not been systematically mapped in arts, health and wellbeing contexts. In wider health inequalities research, complex, differential, and sometimes
N. Daykin   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Quantifying Confounding Bias in Generative Art: A Case Study [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2021
In recent years, AI generated art has become very popular. From generating art works in the style of famous artists like Paul Cezanne and Claude Monet to simulating styles of art movements like Ukiyo-e, a variety of creative applications have been explored using AI.
arxiv  

Art and Blockchain: A Primer, History, and Taxonomy of Blockchain Use Cases in the Arts

open access: yesArtivate: A Journal of Enterprise in the Arts, 2019
:Blockchain technology, while commonly associated with cryptocurrencies, stands to bring radical structural change to the arts and creative industries.
A. Whitaker
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Understanding Visual Arts Experiences of Blind People [PDF]

open access: yes, 2023
Visual arts play an important role in cultural life and provide access to social heritage and self-enrichment, but most visual arts are inaccessible to blind people. Researchers have explored different ways to enhance blind people's access to visual arts (e.g., audio descriptions, tactile graphics). However, how blind people adopt these methods remains
arxiv   +1 more source

Creative Arts Interventions for Stress Management and Prevention—A Systematic Review

open access: yesBehavioral Science, 2018
Stress is one of the world’s largest health problems, leading to exhaustion, burnout, anxiety, a weak immune system, or even organ damage. In Germany, stress-induced work absenteeism costs about 20 billion Euros per year.
Lily Martin   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Access to arts education in America: the availability of visual art, music, dance, and theater courses in U.S. high schools

open access: yesArts education policy review, 2020
The purpose of this study was to understand the contextual, school-level factors associated with the availability of arts education courses in the high schools of the United States. In the study, course offerings for a nationally representative sample of
Kenneth Elpus
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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