At the juncture of funding, policy, and technology: how promising is match-funding of arts and culture through crowdfunding platforms?
Despite its ubiquity in arts and culture, crowdfunding has limitedly been instrumentalized in policy settings. Yet, with joint contributions by friends, fans, governments, and quasi-public institutions, match-funding of arts and culture through crowdfunding platforms may have benefits: increased revenues for makers and cultural fields, transparency in funding allocation, and stronger community engagement. Drawing upon interviews…
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The Artists’ Critique on Crowdfunding and Online Gift-Giving
Crowdfunding is known as a funding solution for creative projects. Creators and business ventures consider crowdfunding as an outlet for promoting creative projects and raising funds. The literature and the media coverage overemphasized its benefits without taking into account key limitations for specific sectors. Based on exploratory, qualitative data gathering, this article investigates what artists…
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Scriptie: Crowdfunding Backers Driven from Within? – A study of backer motivations in crowdfunding forum posts.
This thesis examines the motivations individuals may have for supporting cultural crowdfunding campaigns through the analysis of online forum posts. In a context where the cultural and artistic industries face uncertainty linked to diminished subsidies and subsequent reduced funds, considerations pertaining to new sources of funding are crucial, further stressing the need to better understand…
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