Northumbrian Exchanges: Creative Community Engagement in Rural Northumberland

本提案回应了诺森伯兰郡（英格兰人口最稀少的郡）农村地区不同合作伙伴的明确需求，探索与农村文化经济相关的知识交流新模式。它汇集了创造性实践和理论方面的多学科卓越研究，重点关注文化，特别是视觉艺术实践和音乐对农村发展的贡献及其实施机制。创意企业硕士课程的一个新模块涉及到学生跨领域的创意企业活动。该项目通过三个方面来实现，每个方面都回应了合作伙伴组织确定的关键问题，如圣岛伙伴关系（HIP）、艾伦黑德当代艺术（ACA）和阿尔温顿艺术节，他们希望开发与当地社区相关的新工作方式。我们将利用工作人员、学生和合作伙伴的专业知识，了解农村环境下的创造性参与，并测试满足需求的实用方法。在涉及数字应用的解决方案方面，我们将与兰开斯特领导的AHRC KE创意交流中心（纽卡斯尔文化实验室是合作伙伴）和通过数字经济项目开展的社会包容合作，特别是围绕建立虚拟网络，这是赋予分散社区权力的关键手段。主要的知识交流活动将分为三个主要部分：第一部分：创意社区参与知识交流计划于2009年由当地社区和在岛上运作的主要利益相关者，如诺森伯兰郡议会和英格兰遗产组织成立。他们的目标是共同解决以下关键主题：访客管理；景观;社区和凝聚力。我们将引进一名艺术家作为创意思考者，以：-试验创新的社区参与方式-发展在景观中实现社区“声音”的方法。我们还将支持当地音乐家，最大限度地提高他们在自己社区的曝光率，并促进与学生和毕业生的互动。我们还寻求捕捉和促进人们对被忽视或灭绝的艺术形式的兴趣，通过以下方式：-与乡村音乐厅联络，为当地音乐家提供与我们的学生和研究生在传统音乐方面的专家共享的平台-与大型机构（如诺森伯兰国家公园）和小型机构（如乡村音乐厅）建立系统的、可持续的合作伙伴关系-与当地场地合作提供活动和持续的教育活动。Strand 2: SME对当地文化经济的贡献aca位于英格兰最高的村庄，专注于艺术家的驻留，将结果传播给广泛的受众。我们将研究其驻地计划如何对当地经济产生影响，如何为地方/身份感做出贡献。这将包括艺术家的驻地，学生/研究生的商业实习，以及与其他项目合作伙伴的联系，研究城市中小企业战略的哪些方面可能适合这种新环境。我们还将评估科奎特和北泰恩山谷的小型音乐节对文化经济的影响，同时，通过涉及大学员工、研究生和毕业生的创造性交流，加强它们的影响。我们将：-在指定的节日举办表演和教育活动-为学生提供在正式课程中与节日合作的机会。第三部分：农村社区可持续创意企业的基础设施。乡村社区视觉艺术总部设在诺森伯兰郡的塔塞特。VARC希望利用我们的跨学科专业知识，使用一名研究人员来研究他们项目的不同交付模式。我们将探索通过开源机制在整个地区建立网络和分享最佳实践的方式，以促进实践的分享和认识，并与文化实验室发展数字网络。

AimsThis proposal responds to identified needs of various partners in rural Northumberland (the sparsest populated county in England), exploring new models of knowledge exchange relating to rural cultural economies. Bringing together multi-disciplinary research excellence in creative practice and theory, it focuses on the under-researched contribution of culture, particularly visual arts practice and music, to rural development and the mechanisms by which this is enacted. A new Masters module in Creative Enterprise involves students in a cross-cutting KE activity. The project delivers through three strands, each responding to key issues identified by partner organisations, such as the Holy Island Partnership (HIP), Allenheads Contemporary Arts (ACA) and Alwinton Festival, who wish to develop new ways of working relating to local communities. We will use the expertise of staff, students and partners to understand creative engagement within rural contexts and test practical ways of addressing needs. Where solutions involve digital applications, we will work closely with the AHRC KE Creative Exchange hub led by Lancaster in which Newcastle's Culture Lab is a partner, and the Social Inclusion through the Digital Economy project, especially around the establishment of virtual networks, a crucial means of empowering scattered communities.Key Knowledge Exchange Activities will be organised in three main strands: Strand 1: Creative Community EngagementHIP was formed in 2009 by the local community and key stakeholders operating on the island, such as Northumberland County Council and English Heritage. Their aim is jointly to address key themes: Visitor Management; Landscape; Community and Cohesion. We will bring in an artist as a creative thinker to:- pilot innovative means of community engagement- develop way to realise the community 'voice' within the landscape.We will also support local musicians, maximising their exposure to their own communities and facilitating interactions with students and graduates. We also seek to capture and promote interest in art forms in danger of neglect or extinction by:- liaising with village halls to provide platforms shared by local musicians with our student and graduate specialists in traditional music- developing systematic, sustainable partnerships with institutions, both large (eg Northumberland National Park) and small (eg village halls)- providing events and ongoing educational activities in partnership with local venues.Strand 2: SME's contribution to local cultural economyACA, in England's highest village, focuses on artists' residencies, disseminating results to a wide audience. We will examine how its residency programme:- impacts on the local economy - contributes to a sense of place/identityThis will include artists' residencies, student/graduate business placements and networking with other project partners, examining where aspects of urban SME strategies might be appropriate for this new context.We will also assess the impact of small music festivals in the Coquet and North Tyne Valleys on the cultural economy and, simultaneously, strengthen their impact through creative exchange involving University staff, postgraduates and graduates.We will:- facilitate performative and educational events at designated festivals- provide opportunities for students to work with festivals within their formal curriculum.Strand 3: Infrastructure for sustainable creative enterprises within rural communities.Visual Arts in Rural Communities is based in Tarset, Northumberland. VARC wish to draw on our interdisciplinary expertise, using a researcher to examine different delivery modes for their programme. We will explore ways of networking and sharing best practice across the region through open-source mechanisms to engender greater sharing and awareness of practices, developing digital networks with Culture Lab.