Contents
Overview of Household Spending on Culture
Table 1: Cultural items from New Zealand Classification of Cultural Activities
Activity
Activity Template
In recent years, spending on cultural goods and services by New Zealand households has increased at a higher rate than net total household spending. Between the years ended June 2001 and 2004, household spending on cultural goods and services increased by 8.6 percent per annum, while the net total expenditure on all goods and services increased by only 6.6 percent per annum.
| Classification |
Items |
| Heritage |
Antique furniture, antiques other than furniture, art galleries, museums, painting exhibitions admission |
| Library services |
Library subscriptions and donations, casual library charges and book hire |
| Literature |
Papers, magazines, books and other publications |
| Performing arts |
Theatre, ballet, concerts, plays admission |
| Music |
Records, CDs, stereo cassette tapes, hire of stereo cassette tapes, records and musical instruments |
| Visual arts |
Design services, wall decor (prints, paintings, etc), pottery furnishings, vases and ornaments, picture framing, cake decorations (non-edible), photographers' fees, magnifying and photographic equipment, artists' equipment, handcraft equipment, materials for pottery and ceramics, needlework cloth, handcraft materials, artists' materials, handcraft services |
| Film and video |
Purchase of video cassette tapes, purchase of DVD discs, hire of video cassette tapes, hire of DVD discs, admission charges to cinemas, contribution to cinema clubs |
| Broadcasting |
Audio-visual appliances (excluding telephone and accessories), public broadcasting fees, rental charges for television sets and video cassette reorders, credit costs for audio-visual appliances, servicing/repairs to audio-visual appliances, subscription to subscriber television, and installation and modification chargers for subscriber television |
| Community and government: Community cultural activities |
Religious artifacts, record, tape, video club subscription, community service club subscription, floral society subscription, cultural society subscription, charitable, church or civic organisation subscription or donation, and personal interest subscription |
Community and government:
Cultural education and training |
Music and singing lessons tuition fees, dancing lessons tuition fees, art courses, hobby classes tuition fees, speech/drama lessons tuition fees and preschool expenses |
1. Using the template below, ask students to predict what cultural items could be listed in each of the classification groupings. This could be completed in pairs. When they have completed their list, each pair joins up with another. Lists are compared and added to. Again, when complete, the groups of four join another, with lists being compared and added to. Continue adding until the whole class is included in the one group with one comprehensive list. Compare this list to the items included in Table 1.
2. Ensure that each student has a copy of the table. Again, using the template below, ask them to write out all of the cultural activities that they have taken part in since the beginning of the year (get their parents to help them complete this as part of homework).
3. Collect data from each student. Ask students how they could collate and display the information. You could divide the class into ten groups and get each one to make a graph of the class information for each classification category. There are a variety of ways it could be graphed – let the students decide for themselves. However, before they decide on how to graph the data, they must decide what the story is that they are telling.
4. When the graphs are complete, display them around the room. Students circulate and interpret the results, ending up with a class profile about their involvement in cultural activities.
5. Several classes could complete the same activity and then compare their results.
Heritage:
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Library services:
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Literature:
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Performing arts:
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Music:
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Visual arts:
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Film and video:
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Broadcasting:
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Community cultural activities:
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Cultural education and training:
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