Project overview
Exploring the lived experiences of applying for funding is a vital way to identify funding challenges, collaborations and futures. To examine funding application opportunities and processes, this project will focus on arts professionals responsible for applying for funding 鈥 the pivotal, intermediary 鈥渃onnector鈥 role (Reddington in REACT, 2013) operating at the meeting point of funders, organisations and publics. Recognising the challenging conditions and passionate investments associated with this role and working in the arts, the concept of 鈥渁ffect鈥 will be developed to understand 鈥榤oments of resentment, kindness, grumpiness, ennui and feeling good鈥 (Wetherall, 2012). By combining theories of 鈥渁ffect鈥 with empirical research into funding processes and practices, this project will present distinctive insights into the delight and despair behind the data and decisions on arts funding, and establish priorities for future research projects.
