Environment & SustainabilityStories of change: Exploring energy and community in the past, present and future
Principal Investigator: Dr Joe Smith
From 2014 to 2016
The Stories of Change project aims to help to revive stalled public and political conversations about energy by looking in a fresh way at its past, present and future. The project draws on history, literature, social and policy research and the arts to encourage a more imaginative approach to current and future energy choices. Read more
Towards hydrocitizenship. Connecting communities with and through responses to interdependent, multiple water issues
Principal Investigator: Owain Jones Bath Spa University
From 2014
This 3 year project will investigate, and make creative contributions to, the ways in which citizens and communities live with each other and their environment in relation to water in a range of UK neighbourhoods. Read more
The Ethno-ornithology World Archive – EWA
Principal Investigator: Dr Andrew G. Gosler, University Research Lecturer in Ornithology & Conservation, Oxford University
From 2013 to 2015
Birds inspire people, their cultures, and their faiths, whilst also acting as important environmental indicators. Many people possess knowledge of birds that is rooted in a cultural, rather than in a scientific, context. This knowledge is largely undocumented, but is no less valid than scientific knowledge. Read more
Writing our history: Digging our past
Principal Investigator: Professor Elizabeth Harvey (University of Nottingham)
2012
Uncovering relics from the past or charting the heritage of a local community can be a painstaking and frustrating process for the amateur historian or archaeologist, often hampered by limited time and funding. Read more
Diasporic film in communities: A scoping study of the relationship between screen culture, stakeholders and communities
Principal Investigator: Dr Sarita Malik, Brunel University
2012
The Diasporic Film in Communities project set out to critically examine the role of Diasporic film culture in Diasporic communities. A case study approach was used to explore how three postcolonial publics (African-Caribbean, Chinese and South Asian) mobilise around film, interface with cultural organisations and reflect on their significance as film communities. Read more
Writing Our History and Digging Our Past: Phase 2
Principal Investigator: Dr Richard Gaunt (Nottingham University)
2013
In Phase 2 we are working with 14 groups and running a series of collaborative skills workshops ranging from recording oral testimony, using archives and preserving artefacts, to geophysical archaeological surveys. Read more
Transmitting musical heritage
Principal Investigator: Dr Kate Pahl (University of Sheffield)
From 2013 to 2014
Music is a cultural product of society, a sonic reflection of ideologies and behaviours – a performative heritage. When musical sound is transferred from player-to-player, or player-to-audience, we question what of this cultural meta-data travels with it, and how. Read more
