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It's important to remember that while the huge increase in digital participation we've seen from the cultural sector in recent weeks is a win for cultural accessibility, this simply isn't possible for all cultural organisations and practitioners. https://twitter.com/Indigo_H_J/status/1247387833960034306
In this article, I draw on my doctoral research to provide examples of community collecting organisations and remote Indigenous art centres, but digital disadvantage in the cultural sector extends far beyond these sites.
The slashing of cultural sector funding is devastating – see @beneltham's incisive analysis – & we should absolutely be focussed on this, but I worry about what happens to our smaller, regional, community organisations when they can't easily pivot to online service delivery.
Will audiences turn to the major/metropolitan institutions that can? What of cultural experiences that don't translate to the digital? Will funding decrease further?
These are BIG questions that an op ed can't do justice to, but I think they're really important. HMU if you wanna think these things through together.
Tagging in some orgs who might be interested in this article: @ArtsHub @DiversityArtsAu @artsculturegov @tandi_will @NAVAvisualarts @RegionalArtsVic @RegionalArtsNSW @RegionalArtsWA @Art_Almanac @_esther
