Community Empowerment and Living Heritage in 2026: Community-Owned Culture and Heritage in Local Growth Plans
This briefing paper was written at the advent of the UNESCO 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage, and the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill coming into action in the UK. The paper provides an initial provocation as to whether 2026 could provide the strongest mandate yet for valuing community culture and […]
Cultural Recovery Evidence Review
Cultural Recovery Evidence Review This report by James Davies, City-REDI, University of Birmingham brings together academic and policy literature relevant to the theme of cultural recovery, drawing on interdisciplinary research and evidence for cultural policy and offering international case studies. It aims to give policymakers and local partnerships a current ‘state-of-play’, exploring key debates and […]
Assets – Cultural Recovery
And Towns Three AHRC-funded projects led by researchers at the University of Southampton developing understandings of culture, towns, recovery and pride. Areas of research Contact details Website Email: [email protected] Creative Industries Clusters Programme The Creative Industries Clusters Program unites cutting-edge research talent with companies and organisations from the UK’s four nations, marking a pioneering research […]
Cultural Recovery
Across the 4 nations of the UK, culture and heritage have a major role to play in place-based recovery and resilience. Understanding the cultural sector in a holistic manner that can capture the contributions that it makes to society and the economy is key to thinking about re-balancing regions, areas and nations.