Eleonora Belfiore is Professor of Communication and Media Studies at Loughborough University, UK. Her research explores the cultural politics of state intervention in culture and discursive formation around ‘making the case’ for arts funding, the social impact of the arts and questions of cultural value. She is series editor of the book series New Directions in Cultural Policy Research and, as of 2020, co-editor of the journal Cultural Trends. Lisanne Gibson is Professor of Culture and Society at the School of Museum Studies, University of Leicester, UK. Her research advances understanding of the societal effects of historic and contemporary cultural investment especially in relation to urban development; cultural policy and value; and cultural heritage. She co-edits with Andrew Miles the book series Palgrave Studies in Cultural Participation, and from 2020 will be co-editor of the journal Cultural Trends.

• 1. Introduction; Eleonora Belfiore and Lisanne Gibson.- 2. Towards a History of the Everyday; Andrew Miles.- 3. From ‘access’ to ‘well-being’: policy discourse and ‘buzzwords of participation’; Eleonora Belfiore.- 4. Cultural value, citizenship and the creative economy; Justin O’Connor.- 5. History of Community Arts and Governance; Jane Milling.- 6. The Well-being – Culture relationship: a happy marriage of convenience?; Susan Oman.- 7. Culture and Economy: Governing Place Through Culture; Lisanne Gibson.- 8. Governing Leisure and Heritage?; Mark O’Neill.- 9. Calling participation to account: a recent history of cultural indicators; Catherine Bunting, Abigail Gilmore, Andrew Miles.- 10. Understanding the long history of the creative economy: commerce and the arts in the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, 1781 to the present; Felicity James.- 11. Manaton and East Dartmoor Community Theatre and Dartmoor Wild Swimming: performing place and community in rural England; Kerrie Schaefer.- 12. The history of public parks as cultural policies for everyday participation; Abigail Gilmore and Patrick Doyle.- 13. How has Barnsley’s cultural ecology been shaped?; Sarah Hughes.-

Eleonora Belfiore is Professor of Communication and Media Studies at Loughborough University, UK. Her research explores the cultural politics of state intervention in culture and discursive formation around ‘making the case’ for arts funding, the social impact of the arts and questions of cultural value. She is series editor of the book series New Directions in Cultural Policy Research and, as of 2020, co-editor of the journal Cultural Trends. Lisanne Gibson is Professor of Culture and Society at the School of Museum Studies, University of Leicester, UK. Her research advances understanding of the societal effects of historic and contemporary cultural investment especially in relation to urban development; cultural policy and value; and cultural heritage. She co-edits with Andrew Miles the book series Palgrave Studies in Cultural Participation, and from 2020 will be co-editor of the journal Cultural Trends.

• 1. Introduction; Eleonora Belfiore and Lisanne Gibson.- 2. Towards a History of the Everyday; Andrew Miles.- 3. From ‘access’ to ‘well-being’: policy discourse and ‘buzzwords of participation’; Eleonora Belfiore.- 4. Cultural value, citizenship and the creative economy; Justin O’Connor.- 5. History of Community Arts and Governance; Jane Milling.- 6. The Well-being – Culture relationship: a happy marriage of convenience?; Susan Oman.- 7. Culture and Economy: Governing Place Through Culture; Lisanne Gibson.- 8. Governing Leisure and Heritage?; Mark O’Neill.- 9. Calling participation to account: a recent history of cultural indicators; Catherine Bunting, Abigail Gilmore, Andrew Miles.- 10. Understanding the long history of the creative economy: commerce and the arts in the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, 1781 to the present; Felicity James.- 11. Manaton and East Dartmoor Community Theatre and Dartmoor Wild Swimming: performing place and community in rural England; Kerrie Schaefer.- 12. The history of public parks as cultural policies for everyday participation; Abigail Gilmore and Patrick Doyle.- 13. How has Barnsley’s cultural ecology been shaped?; Sarah Hughes.-

Eleonora Belfiore is Professor of Communication and Media Studies at Loughborough University, UK. Her research explores the cultural politics of state intervention in culture and discursive formation around ‘making the case’ for arts funding, the social impact of the arts and questions of cultural value. She is series editor of the book series New Directions in Cultural Policy Research and, as of 2020, co-editor of the journal Cultural Trends. Lisanne Gibson is Professor of Culture and Society at the School of Museum Studies, University of Leicester, UK. Her research advances understanding of the societal effects of historic and contemporary cultural investment especially in relation to urban development; cultural policy and value; and cultural heritage. She co-edits with Andrew Miles the book series Palgrave Studies in Cultural Participation, and from 2020 will be co-editor of the journal Cultural Trends.

• 1. Introduction; Eleonora Belfiore and Lisanne Gibson.- 2. Towards a History of the Everyday; Andrew Miles.- 3. From ‘access’ to ‘well-being’: policy discourse and ‘buzzwords of participation’; Eleonora Belfiore.- 4. Cultural value, citizenship and the creative economy; Justin O’Connor.- 5. History of Community Arts and Governance; Jane Milling.- 6. The Well-being – Culture relationship: a happy marriage of convenience?; Susan Oman.- 7. Culture and Economy: Governing Place Through Culture; Lisanne Gibson.- 8. Governing Leisure and Heritage?; Mark O’Neill.- 9. Calling participation to account: a recent history of cultural indicators; Catherine Bunting, Abigail Gilmore, Andrew Miles.- 10. Understanding the long history of the creative economy: commerce and the arts in the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, 1781 to the present; Felicity James.- 11. Manaton and East Dartmoor Community Theatre and Dartmoor Wild Swimming: performing place and community in rural England; Kerrie Schaefer.- 12. The history of public parks as cultural policies for everyday participation; Abigail Gilmore and Patrick Doyle.- 13. How has Barnsley’s cultural ecology been shaped?; Sarah Hughes.-