1st Edition
The Science of Arts Engagement Redefining Audience Research Through Psychobiological Studies of Arts Experiences
List of illustrative material
Foreword by Professor Ben Walmsley
Preface
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1 Defining the problem
Chapter 2 Toward a study of experience of engagement
Chapter 3 Methodology – critical realism for integrating perspectives
Chapter 4 Two cases – directed and semi-directed experience
Chapter 5 A New Mixed-Methods Research Design
Chapter 6 Bristol and Whist – internal processes of engagement in context
Chapter 7 From specific data to general understanding
Chapter 8 Adaptative engagement
Chapter 9 Conclusions – shaping arts engagement studies
Post scriptum. Insights from Whist and Step to the Line artists
Bibliography
Appendix A Pre-Experience Questionnaire
Appendix B Post-Experience Questionnaire
Appendix C Semi-structured interview questions – Whist
Appendix D All Bristol and Whist participants – main findings from questionnaires
Biography
Agnieszka Wlazeł is Honorary Research Associate in the Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway University of London, UK, and Vice President of Impact Foundation, Warsaw, Poland.
'Researchers have toiled for decades working to better understand the human response to art. Wlazel has pushed the envelope. My hope is that curators, artists, and producers – esp. those working in immersive paradigms – would join in this scholarly journey to better understand the levers of impact on mind, body and soul.'
Alan S. Brown, Managing Principal WolfBrown
'Wlazel’s book is an important contribution to audience research. An essential reading for anyone interested in contemporary virtual culture and audience engagement in general. It shows how we can understand, measure, and value the audience experience.'
Dr Aneta Mancewicz, Senior Lecturer in Drama and Theatre, Royal Holloway, University of London
