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Title: | Towards the social prescription of the arts : the arts in health and social care in Malta |
Authors: | Visanich, Valerie Attard, Toni |
Keywords: | Arts and society -- Malta Art -- Social aspects -- Malta Art therapy -- Malta Well-being -- Malta Malta -- Cultural policy Premju tal-President għall-Kreattività Human services -- Malta |
Issue Date: | 2021 |
Publisher: | Intellect |
Citation: | Visanich, V., & Attard, T. (2021). Towards the social prescription of the arts: the arts in health and social care in Malta. Journal of Applied Arts & Health, 1-14. |
Abstract: | Recently, the notion of arts as therapy has been of growing interest to sociologists. The aim of this article is to evaluate community-based arts funded projects in terms of their priorities and effectiveness and discuss possibilities for enabling Arts on Prescription schemes in Malta. Thematically, this article explores discourse on the potential of the arts on promoting well-being. Methodologically, this article draws on primary data collected from focus groups, interviews and an online survey with project leaders and artists of funded arts projects targeting mental health, disability or old age. Specifically, this research evaluates all national funded community-based arts projects in Malta between 2014 to 2018 under a national scheme of the President’s Award for Creativity fund, managed by the national Arts Council Malta. Analysis of this data was used to inform the new national cultural policy on the implantation of the Arts on Prescription scheme in Malta. |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/77904 |
Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacArtSoc |
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