Cultural activism in the community: creative practice, activism and place-identities

这项研究将扩大现有的奖学金有关“文化行动主义”的活动家领导的形式的创造性实践的方式，可以作为一种手段，声称空间和建设社区的身份发光。其目的是了解这些活动的性质（例如，组织的过程和方式）;以及对地方的后果，包括对社会凝聚力、排斥和冲突的影响。文化行动主义的概念已被用来描述各种各样的创造性实践，如文化干扰，颠覆和反叛小丑，旨在挑战“观察和构建世界的主导方式”。这种形式的行动主义通常与抵抗政治有关;全球资本主义，专制政权，压迫性的社会和文化规范。然而，除了作为一种抵制全球不公正的形式之外，越来越多的证据表明，活动家领导的创造性实践形式可以作为一种方式来推进对空间的特定要求并建立地方身份。这篇评论将为未来的研究建立一个基础和概念框架，从而为这一探索不足的研究领域做出宝贵的贡献。这一新的调查路线将基于对文化行动主义，社区行动主义和创造性实践以及地方身份的文献的综合。通过这项工作，该研究旨在为互联社区方案的未来形式、重点和优先事项提供信息。审查将通过以下四项活动进行：第一阶段-进行检索：简短的审查过程，然后在广泛的研究数据库中进行广泛的检索（例如，WEB of Knowledge，大英图书馆。第二阶段-对研究进行分类和归类：整理收集的文献，并对关键主题、论点、研究方法和理论进行分类。第三阶段-分析和综合：对收集到的文献进行详细解释。第四阶段-撰写综述：先写草稿，然后是最终的研究综述。该项目还包括合作活动的重要组成部分。由于社区成员是形成提案的关键参与者，因此审查采用了参与性行动研究方法。这种参与将通过两个关键活动继续下去：在英国文化活动中心布里斯托的斯托克斯克罗夫特附近举办对话咖啡馆和公共讲习班/展览。学术推广将通过在一系列会议和西英格兰大学主办的专题讨论会上介绍主要主题进行，国际学者将讨论对文化行动主义和“地方”的审查和研究。这项为期九个月的研究将由Michael Buser博士管理，他将进行并撰写大部分评论。Buser博士是一位早期职业研究员（2010年获得博士学位），具有社区规划背景。教授简·阿瑟，在文化研究的主要学者，其工作重点是创造性的阻力的政治，将执行咨询和指导的作用。作为UWE艺术，创意产业和教育学院的研究总监，Arthurs教授将加强该项目与位于学院数字文化研究中心的互联社区知识中心的联系。

This study will extend existing scholarship about 'cultural activism' by shining light on the ways activist-led forms of creative practice can serve as a means of claiming space and building community identities. Its aim is to understand both the nature of these activities (e.g., processes and ways of organising); as well as the consequences for localities, including the implications for social cohesion, exclusion and conflict. The concept of cultural activism has been used to describe a diverse range of creative practice such as culture jamming, subvertising, and rebel clowning intended to challenge 'dominant ways of seeing and constructing the world' (Routledge, 2010: 4). This form of activism is often associated with a politics of resistance; to global capitalism, to an authoritarian regime, to oppressive social and cultural norms. However, in addition to its uses as a form of resistance to global injustices, there is growing evidence to suggest that activist-led forms of creative practice can serve as a way to advance particular claims to space and build place-identities. This review will make a valuable contribution to this under-explored area of inquiry by establishing a foundation and conceptual framework for future research. This new line of enquiry will be based on a synthesis of literatures on cultural activism, community activism and creative practice, and place identities. Through this work, the study seeks to inform the future shape, focus and priorities of the connected communities programme. The review will proceed through the following four activities: Phase one - conducting the search: a short review process followed by an extensive search across a wide range of research databases (e.g., Web of Knowledge, the British Library). Phase two - categorising and classifying the research: organisation of collected literature and classification of key themes, arguments, research methods, and theories. Phase three - analysis and synthesis: a detailed interpretation of collected literature. Phase four - writing the review: a draft, and then final research review. This project also includes a significant component of collaborating activities. The review is informed by a participatory action research approach as community members have been key players in shaping the proposal. This engagement will continue through two key events: a dialogue café and public workshop/exhibition in the neighbourhood of Stokes Croft, Bristol, a centre of cultural activism in the UK. Academic outreach will proceed through presentation of major themes at a series of conferences and a symposium sponsored by the University of the West of England where international scholars will discuss the review and present research on cultural activism and 'place'. The nine-month study will be managed by Dr Michael Buser who will conduct and write the bulk of the review. Dr. Buser is an early career researcher (receiving his PhD in 2010) with a background in community planning. Professor Jane Arthurs, a leading scholar in cultural studies whose work focuses on the politics of creative resistance, will perform an advisory and mentoring role. In her capacity as Director of Research for UWE's Faculty of Arts, Creative Industries and Education, Professor Arthurs will strengthen the project's ties to the Connected Communities Knowledge Hub located in the faculty's Digital Cultures Research Centre.