Participatory ArtsStarting 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
Engagement Activities. Telling the final showcase story via Storify
View the Ritual Reconstructed story through social media on the link below. Read more
Postcard/Mounted Images selection
Gallery of images produced from photographs taken in the main by Mary Humphrey (the professional photographer who worked with us on this project as a volunteer), and also one or two images submitted to the ‘ritual bricolage’ section of the Ritual Reconstructed website (see materials submitted by Sef Townsend) and a still from the World Aids Day video (embroidered dove from Read more
Conference Presentations
Bucks New University Talking Ideas festival January 2015 Consortium for Research Excellence, Support and Training (CREST) May 2015 Connected Communities Festival. University of East Anglia, July 2015 International Visual Methods 4, University of Brighton, September 2015. Bucks New University. Using Assessment to enhance learning. Staff Development Conference, March 2016. University of Foggia Seminar. Italy. Read more
Supporting discussion notes. The Ritual Year (LGBQTI Jewish Ritual Cycle)
The summaries contained within the link below outline the key moments in the Jewish ritual year, which commences with the Festival of Rosh Hashanah (The Jewish New Year or ‘Head of the Year’) and moves through the annual cycle in conjunction with set ritual activities (which may take place either in the home or in Schul (Synagogue). Read more
Hydrocitizenship Case Study Websites
These four websites form case studies of the Hydrocitizenship project and provide an array of information and resources about the work of the project on a local level. Read more
Activating the archive: rethinking the role of traditional archives for local activist projects
This article explores the way archival material has the potential to become a core component of activism, through an evaluation of an AHRC-funded collaborative research project on the histories and futures of local food in Liverpool. Read more
Starting from Values: Evaluating Intangible Legacies of Connected Communities Projects
We set out to explore the following question: ‘what difference have Connected Communities projects made: what are their legacies?’ Community-engaged research tends to be evaluated in research terms. This does not reflect the broader legacies for all partners and participants. ‘Starting from values’ re-sets the balance and provides a mechanism for understanding and valuing different perspectives. Read more
Performing Abergavenny: creating a connected community beyond divisions of class, locality and history
How can we use the arts and humanities to support community cohesion in Abergavenny? This was the question that a group of Abergavenny citizens and the researchers asked. This project was jointly designed, created and produced by researchers and townspeople in partnership with town and county councils and a number of community groups. Read more
