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.
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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.
Empowering a world without fossil fuels: a crisis of culture
Essay discussing how to shift away from a culture of fossil fuels.
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.
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.
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: In the city, everyone is an artist
September 2018: Shriya Malhotra writes about working with collective Partizaning in Moscow and the differences between being a public artist and an activist in Moscow and Delhi.
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.
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.