Managing evaluation: A community arts organisation's perspective
Arts & HealthPublished 4 April 2012Open access
Peter L. Swan, Sarah Atkinson
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While not completely resisting outside demands for evaluation, the organisation was seen to intentionally rework demands for evidence into processes it felt it could work with, thus enabling its ethos to be maintained.
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While not completely resisting outside demands for evaluation, the organisation was seen to intentionally rework demands for evidence into processes they felt they could work with, thus enabling their ethos to be maintained.
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