STREET ARTISTS IN EUROPE - Fondazione Fitzcarraldo

Street Artists in Europe
• Establishing quantitative and qualitative indicators for each judgement criterion
identified (this in turn has determine the scope and methods of data collection);
• Defining proposals on the basis of the evaluative questions (their corresponding
judgement criteria and associated indicators) for the following:
1. Suitable methods (sociological, statistical, anthropological, policy analysis,
etc.) for data and information collection from literature, interviews,
questionnaires, case studies, etc.;
2. Appropriate methods of analysis, again indicating any limitations;
• Following the terms of reference, an analysis was done of the results expected.
The definition and production of the tools to collect the primary and secondary data based on the
evaluative questions and corresponding sheets and on the identified sources and descriptors.
1.2.1.2. Phase 2: collection of primary and secondary data
The primary data is that directly collected from the targets via the questionnaire or the interview.
The secondary data is comprised of the reference documents (policy-oriented, legal, etc.)
concerning the research subject.
• The collection of secondary data:
Reports and studies, articles, books, research, Internet sites (artists/companies,
festivals/venues, networks), crossed with the thesaurus and the data base of Le Goliath
(Directory-guide of street ats and circus arts published by HorsLesMurs) and the
Circostrada website (www.circostrada.org), viewing of videos of past shows was done
gradually on the basis of requests formulated with the stakeholders (networks,
companies, local administrations, events and festivals organisers, cultural institutions
managers, researchers, journalists) who possess the information concerned.
• The collection of primary data:
Four questionnaires were sent by email to a representative sampling of stakeholders in
the European Union: 252 institutions, 1 052 artists/artistic companies, 88 venues,
361 festivals, 113 residencies, 72 professional collectives (unions, networks, specialised
web site, resource centres, etc.).
Focus groups with the stakeholders made it possible to deal with qualitative data, obtain
details on malfunctions or anomalies and formulate recommendations on the part of the
participants. Thus, several travels were organised in the framework of European
seminaries, dedicated to street arts or performing arts:
Ghent (Belgium) on November 8-9, 2006; Helsinki (Finland) on November 9-12, 2006;
Cherbourg (France) on November 16 th , 2006; Zagreb (Croatia) on November 22-24,
2006; Riga and Tallinn (Latvia and Estonia) on November 19-26, 2006, Barcelona and
Madrid (Spain) on February 7-11, 2007.
The use of observation and participatory and interactive consulting methods provided
added value to the factual survey because it obtained data relating to a still fragile social
and policy framework. This adds another dimension to the explanation of certain
particularities.
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