Gypsies, Roma and Irish travellers: histories, perceptions and representations – a review
Principal Investigator: Dr Jodie Matthews (University of Huddersfield)
2012
Amidst the prejudice suffered by the Gypsy, Roma/Romani and Irish Traveller communities today, various organisations have recognised the need to communicate some of the history of these peoples in Britain. Some of this work comes under the heading of Gypsy Roma Traveller History Month. 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
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
Linking communities to historic environments
Principal Investigator: Dr Alex Hale (Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland)
2011
The project aimed to bring together experts and practitioners to share experiences from both ends of the engagement spectrum. On the one end of the spectrum you have the ‘experts’ from national and regional organisations and on the other, the community participants who want to get involved. The project was to bring together both parties in a workshop format. Read more
Rural connective
Principal Investigator: Professor Michael Wilson
From 2011 to 2012
Rural Connective gives attention to the increasing interest to the rural areas and their relation and access to the digital technologies especially in light of such programmes as roll out of superfast broadband in Cornwall. This initiative is specifically interested in growing and extracting cultural and creative capital in rural communities, and in critically investigating those processes. Read more
Homing In : Sensing, Sense-Making and Sustainable Place-Making (an arts and social sciences collaborative network)
Principal Investigator: Professor Karen Henwood (Cardiff University)
From 2013 to 2014
The major societal problems of our time require interconnected, collaborative efforts to creatively and imaginatively address the risks, instabilities, uncertainties and rapid pace of change in human-ecological relationships. Climate scientists warn of the effects of dangerous climate change. Social scientists and policy makers seek alternative strategies capable of promoting better science-public communications, community resilience and social sustainability. Read more
Representing Communities: Developing the creative power of people to improve health and well-being
Principal Investigator: Prof Gareth Williams
From 2013 to 2017
The aim of this project is to establish how community representations produced through creative arts practices (e.g. story-telling, performance, visual art) can be used as forms of evidence to inform health-related policy and service development. This study will develop methods for using creative art forms as a mode of communication and knowledge exchange. Read more
Philosophy of Religion and Religious Communities: Defining Beliefs and Symbols
Principal Investigator: Daniel Whistler (University of Liverpool)
2012
The project consists in a review of the contributions philosophy of religion can make to debates surrounding religious discrimination. The question ‘when is it acceptable to prohibit the use of religious symbols?’ has become an extremely pertinent one for communities of all faiths in the UK. Read more
Environmental Values: Linking people, places and environmental actions
Principal Investigator: Steve Cinderby
2014
Pro-environmental behaviour initiatives (PEBC) are aimed at encouraging individuals to ameliorate pollution and the drivers of climate change. Whilst it may be hoped that pro-environmental behaviour learnt and undertaken in one context (e.g. Read more
‘Connectors, not Communities, in Preventing and Responding to Violence and Disaffection; Marginalised Youth and Complexities of ‘Community’
Principal Investigator: Basia Spalek
From 2014 to 2015
A critical theme emerging from three scoping studies conducted as part of the Connected Communities programme is that, in relation to marginalised young people and their “connections and disconnections” with communities, key individuals [‘connectors’] working within and across multiple communities often play a significant role in mediating many of the critical issues facing their lives. Read more
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