The Rural Cultural Wealth Lab addresses some of the most critical issues facing rural people and places through the development of innovative metrics that identify opportunities to improve rural quality of life and quality of place. The RCW Lab considers the roles that arts, culture, entrepreneurship, and innovation play in forming the diverse assets within rural communities.
The Rural Cultural Wealth Lab is a National Endowment for the Arts Research Lab with additional support from the USDA and the University of Iowa.
To create a more robust conceptual framework for understanding the diverse assets within rural communities, RUPRI scholars developed the Comprehensive Rural Wealth Framework. This framework considers eight different types of wealth assets that may be found within a community.
The Role of the Arts & Cultural Capital in Rural Innovation & Entrepreneurship: Feb. 23 & 25, 2021
RUPRI is hosting a virtual research conference on the important role that arts and cultural capital play in rural innovation, community well-being, and rural community sustainability and resiliency. This virtual conference will ask the research community to explore issues of rural cultural capital through basic research and collaborations with researchers.
This section includes briefs and products from the Rural Cultural Wealth Lab, a member of the National Endowment for the Arts Research Labs.
March 2022 In a convening sponsored by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and USDA, RUPRI hosted Collaborations in Rural Arts & Cultural Wealth Practice &
This paper follows an extensive review of the research literature at the intersection of three broad areas—1) rural wealth creation and distribution 2) rural arts
February 23-25 2020 RUPRI and the RUPRI Rural Cultural Wealth-Lab will be hosting a virtual research conference, Role of the Arts and Cultural Capital in Rural
The New Conceptual Framework for Rural Cultural Wealth describes a conceptual framework within which the arts, culture, and cultural wealth can be understood, measured, and
Arts and Rural Prosperity: Capitol Hill Briefing Endorsed by the Congressional Arts Caucus, this May 2019 briefing explores the power of the arts and culture
Browse the RUPRI library for more work on the Rural Cultural Wealth Lab.
Browse the RUPRI library for more work on Cultural Wealth.
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