Creative Participation in Place-making
This project explored how three ‘pioneer communities’ in Newcastle, Cumbria and Bristol use creativity to involve themselves in place-making and planning practices after initial struggles to have a voice in process. Read more
Stimulating Participation in the Informal Creative Economy
SPICE (Stimulating Participation in the Informal Creative Economy) investigated the informal creative economies that grow up around cultural heritage in England. Read more
The role of complexity in the creative economies: connecting people, ideas and practice
The research project explored the importance of complexity theory approaches and methods in investigating aspects of the creative economy. Read more
Harnessing Creative Clusters to Civil Society and the Digital Economy
This project sought to understand the creative and activist practices of issue-based clusters, and to explore the ways in which these practices might be helped or hindered by digital technologies. Read more
University of the Village
University of the Village interrogated the barriers facing rural communities in accessing university outreach programmes. Read more
Beyond the Campus: Higher Education and the Creative Economy, Video
Love Story is a short animated film on collaborations between academia and creative practitioners. Read more
Using 3D Print Technology to Bring Lost Buildings Back to Life, Video
The project uses the latest technologies in 3D computer animation, 3D printing, 3D modeling and mobile geo-location to observe, analyse, understand and interpret historic buildings and the people and artefacts associated with them. Read more
Project › Digital building heritage
On Shared Ground: Video
The film brings together footage collected by community participants using Go-Pro cameras, oral history recordings and spoken word performances to explore what hill forts at three different locations mean to those that use them. Read more
Measuring Big Society: Video
Original animation commissioned by the Universities of Glasgow & Edinburgh as part of a campaign to measure how the concept of ‘Big Society’ will work across different areas of the UK. Read more
Project › Measuring big society
Community gardening, creativity and everyday culture: Video
This film tells the story of a one-day event in September, 2012, in Tablehurst Farm in Sussex, which was designed to celebrate the cooperation of three different food growing communities. Read more
