Emergencies, emergences, engagement: cultural relations and climate action
Essay discussing telling better stories of the world we want to live in and shaping a new framing of climate change.
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Empowering a world without fossil fuels: a crisis of culture
Essay discussing how to shift away from a culture of fossil fuels.
Rethinking the unthinkable: what can educational engagements with culture offer the climate crisis?
Essay discussing a socio-cultural response to the climate emergency, inclusive of culture and education.
Not (just) a protest: the Youth Strike for Climate as cultural exchange and collaborative text
Essay discussing the School Strike for Climate, the global movement initiated by Greta Thunberg in August 2018.
Arts, Culture and Development – The Tricky Balancing Act
A new thought piece written by The Change Collective to explore the links between UK arts and international development from a practitioner’s point of view.
Crossing Points: UK-Australia / New Zealand / Pacific
Essay collection: islands in the stream – the UK’s relations with Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific region explored.
Exploring the Public Realm: My House is Your House - How Music Venues Enrich Life in a City Where Strangers Meet
September 2018: Dave Haslam examines how music venues provide spaces for new encounters.
Reflections on building inclusive and sustainable peace
September 2018: This collection of essays captures the discussions, reflections and recommendations from the 2018 Peace and Beyond Conference in Belfast.
Exploring the Public Realm: A teenage takeover of libraries
September 2018: This essay explores libraries and youth takeovers in three cities in the North of the UK, with youth challenging who owns ‘public’ – if interior – space.
Exploring the Public Realm: How can artistic and cultural participation affect individual and collective experience in the public realm and the city?
Research series: Diba Salem looks at Dubai, its architecture and what is ‘public’ in the middle east.