Arts, Heritage and Liveability: Assessing the effectiveness of community arts and heritage initiatives in Kingston Upon Hull

艺术、遗产和宜居性：评估赫尔河畔金斯顿社区艺术和遗产倡议的有效性

基本信息

批准号：
ES/X006840/1
负责人：
Edward Brookes
金额：
$ 12.31万
依托单位：
University of Hull
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Fellowship
财政年份：
2023
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2023 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FX006840%2F1
关键词：
Arts Heritage Liveability Assessing effectiveness

项目摘要

This fellowship intends to develop a body of research and academic expertise which contributes to how we can understand and assess the effectiveness of community arts/heritage programmes on urban communities. This process begins with publishing two pieces of research from my PhD which will provide examples of how arts/heritage programmes have affected residents from the Robin Hood Gardens estate in East London. The first will explore how different forms of arts and heritage led regeneration have contributed to the changing representation of the estate and how it has impacted its demolition. This provides an important case study which will add to academic discussions which explore the emotional and physical impacts surrounding the destruction of home, and how this is linked to wider debates within regeneration policy. The second will focus on developing a range of investigative social science methods and a research framework which can be used by researchers to creatively assess the material and social impacts of arts/heritage interventions on other urban communities.These activities will be developed further by undertaking a research project in Hull, which will generate a discussion around two community arts groups (Absolutely Cultured & Back to Ours) and their role in improving arts access and local 'liveability'. Drawing upon interviews, focus groups, policy analysis and ethnography it will address calls within academic literature that seek to understand and demonstrate the effectiveness of arts/heritage focused engagement programmes. This research is significant, especially five years after the 2017 City of Culture, as it will explore the wide variety of arts/heritage regeneration schemes that have attempted to address local social and cultural deprivation since. It therefore builds on my previous work by extending its focus to community arts/heritage projects in Hull, while also exploring opportunities for policy intervention that can improve local wellbeing and quality of life.The research generated from these activities will then be shared through several different approaches, firstly the publications from the PhD will contribute to paper sessions at two major geography conferences (The American Association of Geographers Conference & The RGS-IBG Urban Geography Research Group Annual Conference). This will allow me to gather feedback on the projects research and bring Cultural Geography and Urban Studies into closer dialogue over how arts engagement can impact cities. Secondly, the data from the research project will produce a series of blog posts on the fellowship's website, an infographic, and a policy brief. The last two of these will be generated in partnership with Absolutely Cultured, Back to Ours and participants from the focus groups. By developing a policy brief the project will connect community arts and heritage programmes with the wider national levelling up agenda and will extend current cultural policy beyond short term economic and aesthetic considerations.Woven through each of these activities will be range of knowledge exchange and academic development opportunities. This will include teaching three guest lectures based on my current research, co-supervising three third year dissertations, as well as some limited administrative responsibilities. This will develop my range of academic skills and ensure that I am able to share the knowledge generated throughout the fellowship to university students through research informed teaching.Each of these fellowship activities will facilitate the application of my existing research to a set of contemporary societal issues and academic debates, this will allow me to advance towards my chosen career, alongside providing tangible benefits to Hull residents, local government, and community arts/heritage groups in the city.

该奖学金旨在发展一系列研究和学术专业知识，有助于我们如何理解和评估社区艺术/遗产项目对城市社区的有效性。这个过程首先要发表我的博士论文的两篇研究成果，其中将提供艺术/遗产项目如何影响东伦敦罗宾汉花园庄园居民的例子。第一部分将探讨不同形式的艺术和遗产主导的复兴如何促进了遗产地代表性的变化，以及它如何影响其拆除。这提供了一个重要的案例研究，它将增加学术讨论的内容，探讨围绕房屋破坏的情感和身体影响，以及这如何与再生政策中更广泛的辩论联系起来。第二个项目将侧重于开发一系列社会科学调查方法和研究框架，研究人员可以利用这些方法和研究框架创造性地评估艺术/遗产干预措施对其他城市社区的物质和社会影响。这些活动将通过开展以下活动进一步发展：赫尔的研究项目，将围绕两个社区艺术团体（Absolutely Cultured 和 Back to Ours）及其在改善艺术机会和当地“宜居性”方面的作用进行讨论。它将利用访谈、焦点小组、政策分析和民族志来解决学术文献中寻求理解和展示以艺术/遗产为重点的参与计划的有效性的呼吁。这项研究意义重大，尤其是在 2017 年文化之城成立五年后，因为它将探索各种艺术/遗产再生计划，这些计划自此以来一直试图解决当地的社会和文化匮乏问题。因此，它以我之前的工作为基础，将重点扩展到赫尔的社区艺术/遗产项目，同时还探索可以改善当地福祉和生活质量的政策干预机会。这些活动产生的研究结果将通过几个不同的项目分享首先，博士论文将在两个主要地理会议（美国地理学家协会会议和 RGS-IBG 城市地理研究小组年会）的论文会议上发表。这将使我能够收集有关项目研究的反馈，并使文化地理学和城市研究就艺术参与如何影响城市进行更密切的对话。其次，研究项目的数据将在该奖学金的网站上生成一系列博客文章、信息图表和政策简介。其中最后两个将与 Absolutely Cultured、Back to Ours 和焦点小组的参与者合作产生。通过制定政策简介，该项目将把社区艺术和遗产计划与更广泛的国家提升议程联系起来，并将当前的文化政策扩展到短期经济和审美考虑之外。这些活动中的每一项都将涉及知识交流和学术发展的范围机会。这将包括根据我目前的研究教授三场客座讲座，共同指导三篇三年级论文，以及一些有限的行政职责。这将发展我的学术技能，并确保我能够通过研究型教学向大学生分享在奖学金期间产生的知识。这些奖学金活动中的每一项都将促进我现有的研究应用于一系列当代社会问题和学术辩论，这将使我能够朝着我选择的职业方向前进，同时为赫尔居民、当地政府和城市的社区艺术/遗产团体提供切实的好处。