Social Impact Analysis of NSW Arts, Screen and Culture

This project investigating the social impact of arts, screen and culture, was commissioned by Create NSW to provide insights into the role their arts and cultural initiatives play in delivering positive benefits to communities across the state. The project also aims to highlight the broad range of programs supported by Create NSW and their associated agencies, and to provide a framework for understanding social impact in terms of Social Inclusion, Health and Wellbeing, Community Resilience, and Cultural Identity.

Researchers: Professor Deborah Stevenson, Dr Sarah Barns, Ms Jacqueline Clements

Funding: NSW Department of Planning and Environment

Period: May – August 2018 (this line of research has continued in other projects)

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The Institute for Culture and Society is located in Parramatta, “the place where the eel sets down” in Dharug language,
along the north bank of the Parramatta River. It sits on the traditional lands and waters of the Burramattagal people of the Dharug Nation,
who have been stewards and caretakers of these territories since time immemorial, in what today is referred to as Greater Western Sydney,
one of the most diverse cultural communities in the world and home to the largest number of Indigenous Australians in the country.
The Institute for Culture and Society acknowledges the Dharug, Eora, Dharawal (also referred to as Tharawal)
and Wiradjuri peoples as traditional custodians and Indigenous knowledge-holders, whose storytelling serve
as historical record, a form of teaching and learning, a way to care for Country,
and an expression of Indigenous culture and identity.