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Table 2 Stages of Individual Impact<br />
Concurrent Impacts<br />
Those that occur during the<br />
experience<br />
Experienced impacts<br />
Observed post-event hours or<br />
days later<br />
Extended and<br />
cumulative Impacts<br />
Lifelong engagement/memory —<br />
weeks or years later<br />
Unconscious psycho-physical<br />
responses and states, such as:<br />
• Physiological response (heart<br />
rate, skin conductance)<br />
• Pre-cognitive response (arousal)<br />
• Captivation (flow, awe, absorption,<br />
concentration)<br />
• Energy and tension<br />
Short-term experienced impacts,<br />
such as:<br />
• Emotional affect and meaning<br />
• Spiritual uplift<br />
• Learning and critical reflection<br />
• Social connectedness<br />
• Aesthetic enrichment and<br />
creative activation<br />
These impacts can occur before,<br />
during and after experiences, but<br />
are typically measured afterwards.<br />
Delayed impacts of individual<br />
events, and impacts that accrue<br />
through repeated engagement in<br />
cultural activities over time, such<br />
as:<br />
• Memory of event<br />
• Sense of social belonging<br />
• Increased cultural capacity<br />
• Increased capacity for empathy<br />
• Expanded worldview<br />
• Health benefits<br />
• Subjective well-being<br />
It is beyond the purview of this review to consolidate these constructs and indicators,<br />
some arising from quantitative research and others arising from qualitative<br />
research, although there is clearly a good deal of overlap. By viewing this diverse<br />
body of research together, however, a general picture emerges of how the experience<br />
of arts and culture affects people over time (Table 2).<br />
The literature suggests that the impacts that individuals realise through cultural<br />
participation occur in a progression of three stages defined by their temporal<br />
proximity to the cultural event: concurrent impacts (sometimes measured<br />
through biometric research), experienced impacts (typically measured through<br />
post-event surveys and interviews), and extended impacts (typically assessed<br />
through retrospective interviewing and longitudinal tracking studies). While<br />
the boundaries between these stages are blurry and do not always track with the<br />
individual’s experience, we nevertheless find it useful to think about impacts<br />
as occurring in distinct stages as a means of understanding which impacts are<br />
captured through various research methodologies.<br />
Executive Summary 15<br />
UNDERSTANDING the value and impacts of cultural experiences