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Asian Americans’ Arts Participation in Columbus, Ohio

Ji, Yanshuang
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1713126932413112

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2024, Master of Arts, Ohio State University, Arts Administration, Education and Policy.
The National Endowment for the Arts’ Survey of Public Participation in the Arts (SPPA) is the model source of arts participation data in the United States. In 2005, a gap between SPPA’s metrics and the understanding of immigrant groups was found, indicating the survey inadequately evaluates how the immigrant groups participate in the arts. In the U.S., Asian Americans are the fastest growing immigrant population and driving force in the economy. The collective and diverse customs and traditions of Asian Americans present both opportunities and challenges for scholars, leaders, and policymakers to understand them. As the importance and the need to learn this group grows across the society, the area of arts and culture is indispensable from the whole picture. This study builds on two rounds of pilot study, including personal interviews and observations where I found that the Asian American samples understand the arts in a very personal way, with significant variation. To provide fundamental insights about arts participation and perceptions among this group, this study reviews literature regarding the general public’s perspectives on what “art” is, the prominence of immigrants’ arts participation, and arts engagement during the COVID-19. In this research, I draw the evidence from 21 interviews in Columbus, Ohio to find out how Asian Americans understand and engage with arts. The findings show that arts are topics relate closely to people’s background, experiences, and values, which encompasses a wide array of creative expressions and traditions. Asian Americans’ rich culture and traditions affect immigrants’ daily lives to different extents. This study suggests SPPA’s survey instrument should include basic knowledge on the multiple cultural frames of reference in different groups of people, so that to understand the spectrum of ways people engage with the arts and cultural activities.
Tiffany Bourgeois, Dr. (Committee Member)
Rachel Skaggs, Dr. (Advisor)
57 p.
Arts Management; Asian American Studies; Social Research
arts participation; Asian Americans; immigrants; cognitive interviewing, survey design

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  • Ji, Y. (2024). Asian Americans’ Arts Participation in Columbus, Ohio [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1713126932413112

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Ji, Yanshuang. Asian Americans’ Arts Participation in Columbus, Ohio. 2024. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1713126932413112.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Ji, Yanshuang. "Asian Americans’ Arts Participation in Columbus, Ohio." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2024. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1713126932413112

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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