Cultural experience in context: Sense-making the arts

Journal of Arts Management Law and Society

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-37

  Foreman Wernet, Lois ^a   Dervin, Brenda ^b  

^a CAPITAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

arts audiences; arts experience; cultural experience; identity; intrinsic value; qualitative research; Sense Making Methodology

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952749745     PISSN: 10632921     EISSN: 19403364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10632921.2011.545725     Document Type: Article

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