Cultural intermediation: connecting communities in the creative urban economy

文化中介：连接创意城市经济中的社区

• 批准号: AH/J005320/1
• 负责人: Phil Jones
• 金额: $ 157.08万
• 依托单位: University of Birmingham
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2012 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FJ005320%2F1
• 关键词: Cultural; intermediation; connecting; communities; creative

Cultural intermediation is a process which connects different kinds of communities into the creative economy and wider society. It plays a critical role in raising aspirations, upskilling and building confidence, all of which are vital to allow people to engage with and benefit from one of the most dynamic sectors of the contemporary UK economy.Individual artists, professional networks, events, festivals, commissioning bodies, creative businesses, arts and cultural organisations both large and small can all play intermediary roles. Some of the most exciting opportunities for research in this area are occurring in the city regions. In part this is because of their size and multiplicity of cultural resources, but also because these areas have large concentrations of communities suffering multiple deprivation who are being left behind by the post-industrial creative economy.Investigations undertaken as part of developing this research project revealed that those individuals and organisations undertaking cultural intermediation are coming under significant pressure. Public sector funding cuts and a new agenda of localism are changing the relationship that intermediaries have with the state, requiring a reappraisal of their activities. The 'Big Society' agenda places an emphasis on community-led activities at the same time that the institutional support for capacity building in those communities through cultural intermediation is being squeezed. The creative sector is itself highly fragmented with weak connections between different sectors, different communities and policy processes. So-called 'hard-to-reach' communities remain disconnected, suffering multiple deprivation, social disenfranchisement and exclusion.Acknowledging the importance of cultural intermediation, the research asks to what extent these processes meet the needs of urban communities in the 21st century and how they might operate more effectively. The aim of the research is to discover how the value of cultural intermediation can be captured and how this activity can be enhanced to create more effective connection between communities and the creative economy. The objectives of the research are to: create new ways of measuring value; analyse the historic development of cultural intermediation to inform current practice; examine how intermediation fits within the existing policy landscape and the governance of relations between the different actors; explore the effectiveness of intermediation activity from a community perspective; design new forms of intermediation through a series of practice-based interventions; and reflect on the process of working across and between disciplines and sectors in order to enhance practice.The research has a number of key applications and wider benefits. In providing a means to capture the value of intermediation, policy makers and practitioners will be able to foster better practice. This is of particular importance given the shifts in the governance and funding landscape, particularly within the public sector. The historical material, will provide a crucial evidence base situating understandings of intermediation, providing lessons to current practitioners. Those creative intermediaries directly involved in the interventions will receive training in research methods in order to analyse and improve their own practice. A subsequent 'how-to' research guide will disseminate these lessons more widely. Academically the research will make a major contribution to debates on: creativity and valuation; the historical evolution of the creative economy; governance and localism; practice-based methods; interdisciplinarity and epistemic communities; and the role of culture in connecting communities.

文化中介是将不同类型的社区连接到创意经济和更广泛的社会中的过程。它在提升抱负、提高技能和建立信心方面发挥着关键作用，所有这些都是让人们参与当代英国经济最具活力的部门并从中受益的关键。个人艺术家、专业网络、活动、节日、委托机构、创意企业、艺术和文化组织，无论大小，都可以发挥中介作用。这一领域的一些最令人兴奋的研究机会发生在城市地区。这在一定程度上是因为这些地区的规模和文化资源的多样性，但也因为这些地区有大量遭受多重剥夺的社区，他们被后工业创意经济甩在了后面。作为开发这一研究项目的一部分，调查显示，那些承担文化中介作用的个人和组织正面临巨大的压力。公共部门资金削减和新的地方主义议程正在改变中介机构与国家的关系，需要重新评估它们的活动。“大社会”议程将重点放在社区主导的活动上，同时通过文化中介为这些社区的能力建设提供的体制支持正在受到挤压。创意部门本身高度分散，不同部门、不同社区和政策进程之间的联系薄弱。所谓的“难以触及”的社区仍然没有联系，遭受多重剥夺、社会权利被剥夺和被排斥。认识到文化中介的重要性，这项研究询问这些过程在多大程度上满足了21世纪城市社区的需求，以及它们如何才能更有效地运作。这项研究的目的是探索如何挖掘文化中介的价值，以及如何加强这一活动，以便在社区和创意经济之间建立更有效的联系。这项研究的目的是：创造衡量价值的新方法；分析文化调解的历史发展，为当前做法提供信息；审查调解如何适应现有的政策格局和不同行为者之间关系的治理；从社区的角度探索调解活动的有效性；通过一系列以实践为基础的干预措施，设计新的调解形式；反思跨学科和部门之间的工作过程，以加强实践。这项研究有许多关键的应用和更广泛的好处。通过提供一种获取中介价值的手段，政策制定者和从业者将能够促进更好的做法。鉴于治理和筹资格局的转变，这一点尤其重要，特别是在公共部门。这些历史材料将为理解调解提供重要的证据基础，并为当前的实践者提供经验教训。直接参与干预的创造性中间人将接受研究方法方面的培训，以便分析和改进自己的做法。随后的“如何”研究指南将更广泛地传播这些经验教训。在学术上，这项研究将对以下方面的辩论做出重大贡献：创造力和价值；创意经济的历史演变；治理和地方主义；以实践为基础的方法；跨学科和认知型社区；以及文化在连接社区中的作用。

项目成果

Demystifying cultural intermediaries: Who are they, what do they do and where can they be found in England?

揭秘文化中介：他们是谁，他们做什么，在英国哪里可以找到他们？

• 发表时间: 2013
• 作者: De Propris, L

Culture, creativity and community: reflections on the urban economy

文化、创造力和社区：对城市经济的思考

• 发表时间: 2014
• 作者: Jones, P

Creating ambiances, co-constructing place: a poetic transect across the city

营造氛围，共建场所：贯穿城市的诗意横断面

• DOI: 10.1111/area.12262
• 发表时间: 2016
• 期刊: Area
• 影响因子: 2.2
• 作者: Jones P

Time, rhythm and the creative economy

• DOI: 10.1111/tran.12122
• 发表时间: 2016-07
• 期刊: Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers
• 影响因子: 3.3
• 作者: Phil I. Jones;S. Warren

Photography as an agent of transformation: education, community and documentary photography in post-war Britain

摄影作为变革的推动者：战后英国的教育、社区和纪实摄影

• DOI: 10.1080/00309230.2014.997757
• 发表时间: 2015
• 期刊: Paedagogica Historica
• 影响因子: 0.5
• 作者: Grosvenor I