A GIS Data Base about arts and culture in Mexico Worked through a network Over 83,000 items registred Published Atlas, surveys, documentation center, etc.

A GIS Data Base about arts and culture in Mexico

Worked through a network

Over 83,000 items registred

Published Atlas, surveys, documentation center, etc.

New version More interaction with users Atracting wider audiences Furhter developing network structure

More interaction with users

Atracting wider audiences

Furhter developing network structure

Culture is complex and value-laden Problem of boundaries The broader the definition, the harder it is to make it operational for measuring purposes Need for comparativeness Some things can be measured but not all, and there are limits to what you can interpret from what you measure Easier to measure production and consumption of cultural goods and services than their impacts

Culture is complex and value-laden

Problem of boundaries

The broader the definition, the harder it is to make it operational for measuring purposes

Need for comparativeness

Some things can be measured but not all, and there are limits to what you can interpret from what you measure

Easier to measure production and consumption of cultural goods and services than their impacts

Data is produced... but fragmentarily, inconsistently and uncoordinated Need for data mediators that express informed opinions about quality and applicability of data The work of an observatory does not necessarily end with gathering and disseminating information The interest of the observatory lies more in policy than in simple understanding

Data is produced... but fragmentarily, inconsistently and uncoordinated

Need for data mediators that express informed opinions about quality and applicability of data

The work of an observatory does not necessarily end with gathering and disseminating information

The interest of the observatory lies more in policy than in simple understanding