This page provides useful resources and links from each Knowledge Exchange Network event.
SEMINAR 5
The fifth and final session was hosted by the Cultural Lab and the Newcastle University and focused on the role of the technology on the participation and engagement in arts.
We enjoyed presentations from Miss Sarah Cook - Lecturer and Researcher, University of Sunderland; Rachel Clarke - Artist & PhD student, Culture Lab, Newcastle University; Roots and Wings (CIC) and Georgina Chatfield (RSA)
You can find the presentations below.
a) Collective Making as a Resource for Bespoke Participatory Design
Rachel Clarke, artist & PhD student, Culture Lab, Newcastle University
Download here.
b) “The role of technology in Citizen Power Peterborough: what we are learning”
Georgina Chatfield, Senior Developer, Arts and society, RSA
Download here.
c) Multimedia design for people, paper and pixels
Roots and Wings (CIC), Newcastle based arts and design organisations
Download here.
SEMINAR 4
The role place and geography play in levels of arts engagement
20 Sept 2011
Hosted by the Institute of Cultural Capital, Art & Design Academy, Liverpool
Download seminar programme here.
Cultural geographies of participation and engagement- why places matter Dr Abigail Gilmore, Director of the Centre for Arts Management & Cultural Policy,
University of Manchester
View ‘Prezi’ presentation here
Understanding hot & cold spots of arts engagement
James Doeser Research & Knowledge Officer, Arts Council England
Download here
Addressing place-related challenges and the impact on participation Sarah Thornton, Artistic Director, Collective Encounters
Download here
Placing the Rural; a rural perspective on placemaking and social geography Dr Ian Hunter, Project Director & Lead Artist, LITTORAL
Download Creative Rural Communities proposal here
SEMINAR 3
Psychological levers and barriers to participation and engagement in the arts
Old Broadcasting Place, Leeds
25 May 2011
Seminar agenda Downloadhere
How to dance like no-one’s looking
Phil Russell, Creative Director, Hoot
Exploring the well-being impact of a Liverpool Community Cultural Champion
Ruth Melville, Associate, Institute of Cultural Capital
Finding cultural forms for personal experience:
a psychosocial perspective on how museums engage participants
Dr Myna Trustram, Renaissance North West & Professor Lynn Froggett, UCLAN
Participatory Arts & Narrative Construction
Toby Lowe, Chief Executive, Helix Arts
SEMINAR 2
Class, Ethnicity & Taste
Contact Theatre, Manchester
Hosted with the Centre for Research on Socio-Cultural Change, University of Manchester/Open University and the Institute for Cultural Practices, University of Manchester
21 January 2011
Seminar agenda- Download here(PDF. 37 kb)
Welcome and introduction to the Network for new members
Leila Jancovich, Senior Lecturer
UK Centre for Events Management, Leeds Metropolitan University
Download here (PDF. 155 kb)
Patterning of cultural taste and participation in the UK
Professor Mike Savage, Department of Sociology, University of York
Download here (PDF. 918 kb)
The Pitch Party: Creating a collaborative and open platform for programming and producing
Baba Israel, Artistic Director, Contact Theatre
Joined by Alex Browning of Contact’s Young Programming & Producing Team
Video resource:
SEMINAR 1
Introduction to the Knowledge Exchange Network
Broadcasting Place, Leeds Met
23 September 2010
Seminar Agenda- Download here
Issues in participation and engagement in the Arts
Presented by Leila Jancovich, Senior Lecturer
UK Centre for Events Management, Leeds Metropolitan University
Download here (PDF. 171 kb)
Meanings and politics within participation
Presented by Dr Andrew Miles, Senior Research Fellow,
ESRC Centre for Research on Socio-Cultural Change (CRESC),
The University of Manchester
Download here (PDF. 247 kb)
Introduction to the workshop sessions
Presented by Professor Franco Bianchini, Professor of Cultural Planning & Policy
School of Cultural Studies
Faculty of Arts, Environment & Technology, Leeds Metropolitan University
Download here (PDF. 79 kb)
