Community Music: History and Current Practice, its Constructions of ‘Community’, Digital Turns and Future Sounding
This document brings together and reviews research under the headings of history and definitions; practice; repertoire; community; pedagogy; digital technology; health and therapy; policy and funding, and impact and evaluation. Read more
New Connectivities: Civil Society, the ‘Third Sector’ and Dilemmas for Socially and Economically Sustainable Healthcare Delivery
This project aimed at better understanding the development of new forms of connectivity between health-related civil society organisations, user communities and healthcare stakeholders. Read more
Architecture >< Community
This scoping study looks at the role architecture plays in humanities research into the cohesion and/or disintegration of communities. Read more
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Linking Communities to Historic Environments: A research review summary
The Linking Communities to Historic Environments (LCHE) research review assessed the broad range of projects and approaches that state-related organisations and civil society heritage bodies apply to engaging people with the historic environment. Read more
Carnivalising the Creative Economy: AHRC-funded Research on and with British Jazz Festivals, Video
A short film in which UK music and media academics and leading jazz festival directors discuss collaborative research and knowledge exchange. Read more
Soundpost Fiddle Weekend 2013: Video
For Transmitting Musical Heritage we ran a Fiddle Weekend bringing 15 tutors from the UK, USA and Morocco to talk about their music. 80 people came on the weekend to share this experience. Read more
Connecting Communities through Research: Sheffield Babelsongs, Video
Sheffield Babel Songs is a community group that collects and shares songs and memories about them, from Sheffield’s international population. This concert was held to raise funds to produce a songbook of the material the group has collected. Read more
Declaration Kriol: Rafiki Jazz, Video
The Declaration Kriol project, devised for Transmitting Musical Heritage, brings onstage an expanded Rafiki Jazz collective in an inspired live show where global folk heritage traditions come up against the digital domain and our own very British babble of migrated languages. Read more
Connected Communities Festival: The Full English Quartet, Video
The Full English is a groundbreaking project delivered by the English Folk Dance and Song Society drawing together the most important early 20th century collections into the most comprehensive searchable database of British folk songs, tunes, dances and customs in the world. Read more
Transmitting Musical Heritage: Documentary Preview, Video
A special preview of the documentary Transmitting Musical Heritage – featuring the projects Soundpost, Babelsongs and Declaration Kriol. Read more
Project › Transmitting musical heritage