Philadelphia and Camden Cultural Participation Benchmark Project

SIAP

Social Impact of
the Arts Project
University of Pennsylvania
www.sp2.upenn.edu/SIAP




Philadelphia and Camden Cultural Participation Benchmark Project

FINAL REPORT

June 2005


Prepared by
Mark J. Stern and Susan C. Seifert














The Benchmark Project was made possible by the generous support of the John S. and
James L. Knight Foundation. The views expressed are solely those of the authors.









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Social Impact of the Arts Project. University of Pennsylvania. 3701 Locust Walk. Philadelphia, PA 19104-6214.
Telephone: (215) 573-7270. E-mail: stern@sp2.upenn.edu and seifert@sp2.upenn.edu.


CONTENTS

Acknowledgements

I. Introduction
Approach and Methodology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Neighborhood Cluster Study Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

II. Community Cultural Participation in Regional Context
Changing Ecology of Community Culture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Regional Patterns of Cultural Participation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

III. North Philadelphia and Camden Cultural Participation—
A Resident Perspective
Residents’ Beliefs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Residents’ Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...