CFSCT October Fellow Series: The Importance of Culture in Evaluating Community Well-Being: Developing Indicators of Cultural Capital
Well-being is associated with welfare policies, and it is often argued that the effectiveness of a policy is tied to a community’s endowment of assets. Despite growing research on social and natural capital, assets can be hard to quantify and the conceptualization and use of cultural capital in community development remains underdeveloped. In this talk, Pratyoosh will discuss an ongoing study to 1) develop multi-dimensional indicators of cultural capital, and 2) empirically test their associations with the adoption of food systems policies. By systematically quantifying indicators of cultural capital using publicly available data, the study aims to create measures that can be updated and augmented periodically and be accessible to all for informing community development. Pratyoosh is presenting on behalf of his collaborators Becca Jablonski (Visiting Associate Professor, Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University) and John Bovay (Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Virginia Tech). Contributors: Pratyoosh Kashyap Postdoctoral Associate Center for Food Systems and Community Transformation Virginia Tech Becca Jablonski Visiting Associate Professor Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management Cornell University John Bovay Associate Professor Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics Virginia Tech
October 24, 11:00 am ET
Well-being is associated with welfare policies, and it is often argued that the effectiveness of a policy is tied to a community’s endowment of assets. Despite growing research on social and natural capital, assets can be hard to quantify and the conceptualization and use of cultural capital in community development remains underdeveloped. In this talk, Pratyoosh will discuss an ongoing study to 1) develop multi-dimensional indicators of cultural capital, and 2) empirically test their associations with the adoption of food systems policies. By systematically quantifying indicators of cultural capital using publicly available data, the study aims to create measures that can be updated and augmented periodically and be accessible to all for informing community development. Pratyoosh is presenting on behalf of his collaborators Becca Jablonski (Visiting Associate Professor, Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University) and John Bovay (Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Virginia Tech).
Presenter: Dr. Pratyoosh Kashyap
Postdoctoral Associate, Center for Food Systems and Community Transformation