Active citizenship, public engagement and the humanities: the Victorian model
Principal Investigator: Prof Eugenio Biagini (University of Cambridge)
2012
This project sought to give historical perspective to contemporary debates surrounding the role of the humanities in civil society. Read more
Careau and Ely rediscovering heritage project
Principal Investigator: Dr David Wyatt (Cardiff University)
From 2012 to 2013
Archaeologists from Cardiff University have teamed up with Ely and Caerau Communities First, local residents and the local schools to start the Caerau And Ely Rediscovering (CAER) Heritage Project, based in West Cardiff. Read more
Community gardening, creativity and everyday culture
Principal Investigator: Prof Andrew Church (University of Brighton)
From 2010 to 2011
This project seeks to demonstrate the potential, challenges and capacity of innovative shared creative activities for developing community connections and identities through transformative experiences. It does so in the context of the everyday cultural practice of community farming and gardening. It works with communities that are involved in communal food growing in Sussex, Manchester, and inner London. Read more
Community hacking
Principal Investigator: Chris Speed (Edinburgh)
From 2010 to 2011
Based in the Edinburgh suburb of Wester Hailes, the team of academics, community organisations and local activists have been exploring the affordances of social media to construct ‘bonds’ and ‘bridges’ between and across existing people and groups. Read more
Community web2.0: creative control through hacking
Principal Investigator: Dr Chris Speed (Edinburgh College of Art)
From 2010 to 2011
Community Hacking and its follow-on Ladders to the Cloud, are both part of a project that explores whether concepts emerging in relation to the Internet could usefully be applied to understandings of off-line contemporary relations and practices. Read more
Connected lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans communities? A scoping study to explore understandings and experiences of ‘community’ among LGBT people
Principal Investigator: Eleanor Formby
2012
This study examined understandings and experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) communities, and assessed implications for health and wellbeing. It was based on a review of existing literature, an online survey (627 respondents), and in-depth interviews and discussion groups with (44) LGBT people. Read more
On Shared Ground: Networks and Encounters around the Margins of Community Heritage
Principal Investigator: Dr Kimberley Marwood, University of Sheffield
2014
On Shared Ground examines the connected and disconnected networks of community participation in heritage research. By ‘disconnected’, we are referring to groups or individuals on the margins and edges of communities who have connections and relationships with a specific heritage landscape, but are not currently involved in the production of histories, narratives and discourses relating to those sites. Read more
Music Communities
Principal Investigator: Dr Siobhan McAndrew, University of Manchester
From 2012 to 2013
Social networks are critical for the creation and consumption of music. The ‘Music Communities’ programme investigated the core concepts and tools of social network analysis, and how they apply to the study of music. Read more
In Harmony Liverpool Research Network
Principal Investigator: Kerry Wilson, Liverpool John Moores University
From 2012 to 2013
The In Harmony Liverpool Research Network brought together an international community of interest to consider and debate the impact and value of the In Harmony Liverpool programme, led by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic (RLP). Read more
Connected Communities: All Our Stories at the Science Museum
Principal Investigator: Annika Joy, Science Museum
From 2013 to 2014
The All our Stories project enabled the Science Museum Group to gain insights into the needs of community heritage groups and to develop services to assist them in their research. Investigating our collections through the different lens they provide illuminated new perspectives on our practices of collecting, classification and study. Read more
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