Defining and assessing artistic co-creation: the TRACTION proposal

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/aris.75840
Keywords: opera, co-creation, participation, methodology, evaluation
Agencies: This research has received funding from the European Union Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 870610. Both authors are members of TransMedia Catalonia, a research group funded by the Catalan government (2017SGR113).

Abstract

This article presents research developed within the framework of the European project TRACTION, which aims to co-create operas in three different environments incorporating technological elements and with the ultimate objective of generating a social transformation. Through 19 interviews carried out in three different countries (Spain, Ireland, Portugal), a map of indicators that can be used to evaluate artistic co-creation is proposed. The value of the proposal is that the indicators are validated through a focus group with representatives from three diverse co-creation processes—in the Raval neighborhood in Barcelona, in different areas of Ireland, in a prison in Leiria—and serve as a general framework for very diverse environments. Likewise, the work contributes to the debate on the concept of co-creation through a thematic analysis of the definitions provided by the different interviewees. Central topics in the thematic analysis of the definitions are: collaboration, participant profile and role, goal and value, origin and development, and ethical and social aspects.

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Anna Matamala, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Anna Matamala, BA in Translation (UAB) and PhD in Applied Linguistics (UPF, Barcelona), is since 2009 an Associate Professor at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Leader of Transmedia Catalonia research group, Anna Matamala has participated (DTV4ALL, ADLAB, HBB4ALL, ACT, ADLAB PRO) and led (AVT-LP, ALST, VIW, NEA) funded projects on audiovisual translation and media accessibility. She is currently co-leading the national project RAD, leading the Erasmus + project EASIT and is leading a Work Package in the H2020 project TRACTION. Anna has taken an active role in the organisation of scientific events such as the Media for All or the ARSAD conferences, and has published extensively in international refereed journals such as Meta, The Translator, Perspectives, Babel, Translation Studies, among others. She is the author of a book on interjections and lexicography (IEC, 2005), co-author (with Eliana Franco and Pilar Orero) of a book on voice-over (Peter Lang, 2010), author of a book on audiovisual accessibility and translation (Eumo, 2019), and co-editor of various volumes on audiovisual translation and media accessibility. Joan Coromines Prize in 2005, and APOSTA Award to Young Researchers in 2011. She is currently involved in standardisation work at ISO.Website: gent.uab.cat/amatamala

Olga Soler-Vilageliu, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Olga Soler-Vilageliu is an associate lecturer at the Departament de Psicologia Bàsica, Evolutiva i de l'Educació at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, where she teaches Psychology of Language to undergraduate students of Speech Therapy and Psychology. Her main interest in research is language processing, and she is currently involved in projects on literacy learning (FAQTS). As a member of Transmedia Catalonia research group, she has participated in projects on audiovisual translation and media accessibility (HBB4All, ImAC, NEA, Mediaverse, Traction). Website: portalrecerca.uab.cat/en/persons/olga-soler-vilageliu-8

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Published
2022-04-21
How to Cite
Matamala A. y Soler-Vilageliu O. (2022). Defining and assessing artistic co-creation: the TRACTION proposal. Arte, Individuo y Sociedad, 34(3), 851-867. https://doi.org/10.5209/aris.75840
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Vol. 34 No. 3 (2022)
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Articles

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