The report takes place in the context of the Erasmus+ project “URB_ART – Supporting Community Development through Urban Arts Education”. This project aims to support low-skilled adults in marginalised communities through activities and concepts of Urban Arts Education. Social inclusion and empowerment of this target group are the focus of the project activities and results.

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Urban Arts Education is defined from the conceptual triangle of arts education, urban adult education and urban arts. Thus, it encompasses the creative development of the individual as well as the understanding of regional and international art and culture in large, densely populated urban areas with a diverse population. Dealing with art in the community of low qualified adults from marginalised groups overcomes socio-cultural barriers and provides access to new social groups. Here, trans-disciplinary art offers function as communication instruments for intercultural dialogue and social integration. This project is being conducted with partner organisations from the United Kingdom, Slovenia, Iceland, and Portugal.

This is the Austrian report of the transnational survey of URB_ART that was prepared by EDUCULT and only illustrates the Austrian results of the Baseline Survey on transdisciplinary and multilingual Urban Arts Education. EDUCULT is an institution based in Vienna which focuses on conducting research and organizing events in the spheres of arts, culture, and education.

The "Baseline Survey on transdisciplinary and multilingual Urban Arts Education" will formulate national and transnational needs and challenges with regard to marginalisation in the fields of culture and education as well as success indicators with regard to Urban Arts Education, taking into account concepts of transdisciplinarity, metro- and multilingualism.

The report presents the results collected in Austria and is thus a partial result of the transnational survey.