Civil Society & Social InnovationConnected Communities and Online Casinos: A New Way of Socializing and Gaming
Connected Communities and Online Casinos: A New Way of Socializing and Gaming The internet has revolutionized the way we interact with each other and has given rise to a new form of community building: connected communities. With best mobile casinos becoming more and more popular, they are quickly becoming an integral part of these communities. Read more
Collaborative Fiction Writing With Community Groups: A Practitioner Guide
This guide aims to provide some insight into the ways two projects have approached writing with community groups, and a starting-point for others who may want to engage in similar projects. One project, Life Chances, produced a co-written fictional novel, and the other project, Stories2Connect, produced 48 short stories. Read more
80by18 Final Report
The 80by18 Project aimed to open up the city of Bristol as a resource for young people and encourage participation in the public, civic and commercial lives of cities. The project resulted in a website with ’80 things to do in Bristol before you’re 18′ generated by young people themselves. Read more
Universities, Cities & Communities: Co-Creating Urban Living Report
How can cities engage with their their citizens to address longstanding issues and open up new possibilities? This report brings together projects from the Connected Communities Programme and Urban Living Partnership, in order to address the question of urban engagement. Read more
Adventure Playground
Our community worker Patrick Meleady and artist Steve Pool are leading a research project that explores social cohesion, with a focus on the artist in residence. Steve will support the work of the playground and blog about the experience of residency. Read more
Project › Taking Yourselves Seriously
Imagining the Past and Future of Community Podcast
In this podcast from the Sociological Review our Digital Fellow Mark Carrigan speaks to Mick Carpenter and Ben Kyneswood about Imagine Hillfields, part of a national project looking at the ways society imagines its present and future. Read more
Evaluating the Legacy of Animative and Iterative Connected Communities Projects: reflections on methodological legacies
There is a growing interest in the idea that research impact matters and that as researchers we should seek to maximise the impact of our research wherever possible. Read more
Servicing Utopia: A Toolkit for Architects and Designers
Servicing Utopia is a digital toolkit which aims to support planners, architects and designers to critically and creatively rethink notions of access in relation to the toilet design process. Read more
Project › Around the Toilet
Starting from Values: Introducing a Legacies Project
Booklet produced for the Starting from Values: Evaluating Intangible Legacies project. The publication presents a brief outline of the context for the Starting from Values project, the main case studies and some key learning and outcomes. Read more
Starting from Values: Evaluating Intangible Legacies
Browse the non-linear report from the Starting from Values: Evaluating Intangible Legacies project. Read more
