How does an arts organization transition into a more active and equitable climate constituent? BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art as case study.

在波罗的海教授安德烈·菲利普斯（Andrea Phillips）和阿利斯特·斯科特（Alister Scott）教授以及波罗的海自己的凯蒂·希克曼（Katie Hickman）对该项目的进一步潜在方向的指导下，本案例研究将建立在最近对东北艺术机构（Donkin & Hudson, 2019）及其与当地和社区的关系的研究基础上，以及在考虑制度变革方法时如何考虑这一点。考虑到波罗的海对其可持续发展价值观的肯定和发展实际工作，例如与慈善机构朱莉的自行车合作监测环境影响，本案例研究将其定位为一个使命驱动的艺术组织，就像在一座再生的工业建筑中一样运作，并寻求以当地社区的需求为中心（Carnegie & Drencheva, 2019）。波罗的海总部位于盖茨黑德，这是英国经济最贫困的地区之一，这一因素往往是参与艺术的障碍，波罗的海承认这一事实，并试图在其“扶贫”中解决这一问题（儿童东北，2020）。考虑到这一点，案例研究将侧重于社区参与和合作如何在生态可持续性和社会正义方面带来积极的制度和行为改变。随着波罗的海认识到自己的“可持续发展和气候变化行动机构”（Julie’s Bicycle 2020），生活在周边地区的人们在多大程度上可以拥有这个机构，如果可以，如何拥有？

RationaleWith guidance from BALTIC Professor Andrea Phillips and Professor Alister Scott, as well as BALTIC's own Katie Hickman on further potential directions for the project, this case study will build on recent work on arts institutions in the North East (Donkin & Hudson, 2019) and their relation to their local area and communities, and how this can be taken into account when considering an approach for institutional change. Considering BALTIC's affirmation of and developing practical work on its values of sustainability, for instance its partnership with the charity Julie's Bicycle to monitor environmental impact, this case study positions it as a mission-driven arts organisation, operating as it does from a regenerated industrial building and seeking to centre the needs of its local community (Carnegie & Drencheva, 2019). BALTIC is based in Gateshead, one of the UK's most economically deprived areas - a factor that is often a barrier to participation in the arts, a fact BALTIC acknowledges and seeks to address in its "poverty proofing" (Children North East, 2020). With this in mind, the case study would seek to focus in on how community engagement and cooperation can lead to positive institutional and behavioural change with regards to ecological sustainability and social justice. With BALTIC recognising its own "agency to act on sustainability and climate change" (Julie's Bicycle 2020), to what extent can this agency be owned by people living in the surrounding area, and if so, how?