A new research report looking at place-making in Scotland and how it can progress sustainability outcomes and act as agents of change. It includes detailed case studies of three platforms and organisations working in different contexts across Scotland, and identifies themes and lessons learned that are common to them.
Place-based cultural practitioners can help shape more sustainable futures and act as agents of change in their communities. Using the Scottish context, this report includes an overview of place policy and a scan of current cultural organisations engaged in place-making, with case studies of three socially-engaged practices and how these respond to local themes while simultaneously introducing important eco-social agendas.
Commissioned by CreaTures (the EU-Horizon 2020 project on Creative Practices for Transformational Futures), in late 2021, to explore how creative practitioners are making change, this report fills a gap by addressing the goals and methods of long-term engagement and collaborative projects that are hard to observe in the lifetime of a single project. In this sense, the report captures the importance of both place and time in the work of changing cultures to make fair and liveable futures.
The report was created by Gemma Lawrence, culture/SHIFT Manager at Creative Carbon Scotland, and Emma Hall, PhD researcher at the University of Glasgow, with contributions from Joss Allen, Co-Artistic Director (maternity cover) / Alternative Economies Manager, ATLAS Arts; Rachel Grant, Curator, Fertile Ground; and Katharine Wheeler, Partnerships and Project Development, and Matt Baker, Orchestrator, The Stove Network.
Developmental editing was supplied by Ann Light, University of Sussex, with additions from Ben Twist, Director, Creative Carbon Scotland. Savannah Vize handled the design and layout for CreaTures.
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