{"id":19267,"date":"2018-06-12T17:27:28","date_gmt":"2018-06-12T16:27:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=19267"},"modified":"2018-06-12T17:27:28","modified_gmt":"2018-06-12T16:27:28","slug":"dcms-calls-for-more-research-on-diversity-and-place-making-now-under-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=19267","title":{"rendered":"DCMS calls for more research on diversity and place-making now under fire\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"website\"<\/a>Senior arts researchers have hit back at a report from Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) that is taken as implying knowledge gaps in key policy areas, saying it highlights the Department\u2019s limited awareness of existing research literature and lack of institutional memory.<\/h3>\n

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Arts Professional<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n

The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) is calling on academics to conduct more research on key topics that it considers important for \u2018good policy and decision making\u2019, including place-making, diversity and digital preparedness.<\/p>\n

Outlined in the Department\u2019s first \u2018Areas of Research Interest\u2019 report, it is hoped that research in these areas will help the DCMS deliver its five strategic objectives, which include growing the creative economy and demonstrating the UK is a \u2018great place to live, work, visit and invest\u2019.<\/p>\n

But the report has drawn criticism from senior arts researchers, saying that it highlights a lack of knowledge at the Department and suggesting that the DCMS has either \u2018not been asking the right questions or forgetting the answers they once had\u2019\u2026.<\/p>\n

The report offers a summary of key themes, including social and community engagement and \u2018enabling people to thrive\u2019. It sets out a series of specific research questions it would like answered over the next 2-4 years.<\/p>\n

These include:<\/p>\n