Progressing socio-cultural impact evaluation for festivals

Robertson, M.; Rogers, P.; Leask, A.

Abstract

The research project reported in this paper set out to advance the knowledge base of socio‐cultural festival evaluation and, through industry and academic liaison, produce a robust, comprehensive set of indicators. The purpose of this paper is threefold: first, to offer a summary of the synthesis of literature relating to methodologies for evaluating the socio‐cultural effects of festivals; second, to identify the emerging themes resulting from the existing literature; and third, as part of an evaluation of stakeholder perception, to present a comparative rating of a UK‐wide cross‐section of festival leaders (n = 60) of core impacts and their significance. The methods adopted were based on a comprehensive review of secondary literature in relation to the evaluation of socio‐cultural impacts of festivals, followed by telephone interviews with a sample of UK festival directors.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Apr 1, 2009
• Online Publication Date: Jun 26, 2009
• Publication Date: 2009
• Deposit Date: Aug 2, 2016
• Journal: Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events
• Print ISSN: 1940-7963
• Electronic ISSN: 1940-7971
• Publisher: Routledge
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 1
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 156-169
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/19407960902992233
• Keywords: festivals and events; socio‐cultural benefits and disbenefits; indicators; festival directors; aggregative synthesis
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/322712