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

这项研究将通过揭示激进主义者领导的创造性实践形式如何作为一种占据空间和建立社区认同的手段，来扩展现有的“文化激进主义”学术研究。其目的是了解这些活动的性质(例如，组织过程和方式)以及对地方的影响，包括对社会凝聚力、排斥和冲突的影响。文化激进主义的概念被用来描述各种各样的创造性实践，如文化干扰、颠覆和叛逆小丑，目的是挑战“看待和构建世界的主导方式”(Routledge，2010：4)。这种形式的激进主义往往与抵抗的政治、全球资本主义、威权政权、压迫性的社会和文化规范联系在一起。然而，除了将其用作抵抗全球不公正的一种形式外，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，推动对空间的特定要求，并建立地方认同。这项审查将为今后的研究奠定基础和概念框架，从而对这一探索不足的领域作出有价值的贡献。这一新的调查路线将基于关于文化激进主义、社区激进主义和创造性实践以及场所身份的文献的综合。通过这项工作，这项研究试图为互联社区方案的未来形态、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(如知识网、大英图书馆)中进行广泛的检索。第二阶段-对研究进行分类和分类：组织收集的文献，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的解释。阶段四-撰写综述：草稿，然后是最后的研究综述。该项目还包括协作活动的一个重要组成部分。由于社区成员在制定该提案方面发挥了关键作用，因此采用了参与性行动研究方法进行审查。这种接触将通过两个关键活动继续进行：对话咖啡馆和在布里斯托尔斯托克克罗夫特附近的公共研讨会/展览，斯托克斯克罗夫特是英国的文化活动中心。学术外展将通过在一系列会议和由英格兰西部大学主办的研讨会上介绍主要主题来进行，国际学者将在研讨会上讨论对文化激进主义和“场所”的审查和研究。这项为期9个月的研究将由迈克尔·布瑟博士主持，他将主持并撰写大部分综述。布瑟博士是一名早期职业研究员(2010年获得博士学位)，具有社区规划背景。简·阿尔瑟斯教授是一位文化研究的领军人物，他的工作重点是创造性抵抗的政治，他将扮演顾问和导师的角色。作为威斯康星大学艺术、创意产业和教育学院的研究主任，阿尔瑟斯教授将加强该项目与位于该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.