ABSTRACT
This article compares the notions of subjective well-being—which has been underscored as an aim for public policy—and optimism, studied by Oliver Bennett as an implicit cultural policy. It will give an overview of the high level of subjective well-being in Mexico according to several recent surveys and consider the relation that culture and arts have with subjective well-being in different countries. This will help to frame the proposal that happiness and life satisfaction could be promoted in Mexico through arts management and cultural policy.
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1. The publications are: Atlas de Infraestructura Cultural (CONACULTA Citation2003, Citation2010a); Encuesta Nacional de Lectura (CONACULTA INEGI Citation2006; CONACULTA Citation2015); Diagnóstico de Infraestructura Cultural (CONACULTA Citation2007); Estadísticas Básicas de la Cultura (CONACULTA Citation2008); Encuesta Nacional de Hábitos, Prácticas y Consumo Culturales (CONACULTA Citation2010b); Encuesta Nacional de Consumo Cultural de México (CONACULTA INEGI Citation2012); Encuesta a Públicos de Museos 2007–2008 (Silva and Vázquez Citation2008); and Análisis del Estudio de Público del Museo Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso 2010–2014 (Vázquez Citation2016).
CONACULTA (Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes). 2003. Atlas de Infraestructura Cultural [Atlas of Cultural Infrastructure]. Mexico City, Mexico: Author. CONACULTA (Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes). 2010a. Atlas de Infraestructura Cultural [Atlas of Cultural Infrastructure]. Mexico City, Mexico: Author. CONACULTA (Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes) INEGI. 2006. Encuesta Nacional de Lectura 2006 [National Reading Survey 2006]. Mexico City, Mexico: Author. CONACULTA (Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes). 2015. Encuesta Nacional de Lectura [National Reading Survey]. Mexico City, Mexico: Author. CONACULTA (Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes). 2007. Diagnóstico de Infraestructura Cultural [Analysis of Cultural Infrastructure]. Mexico City, Mexico: Author. CONACULTA (Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes). 2008. Estadísticas Bísicas de la Cultura [Basic Statistics of Culture]. Mexico City, Mexico: Author. CONACULTA (Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes). 2010b. Encuesta Nacional de Hábitos, Prácticas y Consumo Culturales [National Survey of Cultural Uses, Practices and Consumption]. Mexico City, Mexico: Author. CONACULTA (Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes) INEGI. 2012. Encuesta Nacional de Consumo Cultural de México [National Survey of Cultural Consumption in Mexico]. Mexico City, Mexico: Author. Silva, E., and U. Vázquez. 2008. Encuesta a Públicos de Museos 2007–2008: Informe de Resultados [Survey of Museum Audiences 2007-2008: Report of Results]. Mexico City, Mexico: CONACULTA. Accessed November 20, 2017. http://sic.gob.mx/estudios_publico/3.pdf. Vázquez Rosario, U. 2016. Análisis del Estudio de Público del Museo Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso 2010–2014 [Analysis of the Audience Study of the Museum Antiguo Colegio of San Ildefonso 2010-2014]. Mexico City, Mexico: Secretaría de Cultura. Accessed November 20, 2017. http://sic.gob.mx/estudios_publico/20.pdf. Additional information
Funding
This work was supported by UNAM-PAPIIT under grant [IN405116].