It's not without merit, but: Improving the consistency and transparency of arts funding

The assessment and awarding of arts grants has traditionally been based upon a very narrow set of vague criteria. Most controversial of these is the poorly defined concept of "merit" in the arts, which sets up the unhelpful dichotomy between "extrinsic" (ie measurable) and "intrinsic" (ie unmeasurable and/or subjective) value in creative projects. Drawing upon a Cultural Economics perspective, this presentation sets out a more nuanced approach to understanding and assessing the range of values inherent in creative projects. It proposed a new tool that might be applied by arts funding bodies to initiate, assess, and award arts funding on a more consistent and transparent basis.