Northumbrian Exchanges: Creative Community Engagement in Rural Northumberland

AimsThis提案响应在农村诺森伯兰（英格兰人口稀少的县）的各种合作伙伴的需求，探索新的模式，知识交流有关农村文化经济。它汇集了创作实践和理论方面的多学科研究成果，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，以及制定这一机制的机制。在创意企业的一个新的硕士模块涉及学生在一个跨领域KE活动。该项目通过三个方面提供服务，每个方面都回应了伙伴组织确定的关键问题，如圣岛伙伴关系（HIP），阿伦黑德当代艺术（ACA）和阿尔温顿艺术节，他们希望开发与当地社区有关的新工作方式。我们将利用工作人员，学生和合作伙伴的专业知识，了解农村背景下的创造性参与，并测试解决需求的实用方法。如果解决方案涉及数字应用，我们将与兰开斯特领导的AHRC KE创意交流中心（纽卡斯尔的文化实验室是其中的合作伙伴）以及通过数字经济项目实现社会包容密切合作，特别是围绕建立虚拟网络，这是增强分散社区能力的重要手段。创意社区参与HIP成立于2009年，由当地社区和主要利益相关者在岛上运作，如诺森伯兰郡理事会和英国遗产。他们的目标是共同解决关键主题：游客管理;景观;社区和凝聚力。我们将引入一位艺术家作为创意思想家，以：-试点社区参与的创新方法-开发在景观中实现社区“声音”的方法。我们还将支持当地音乐家，最大限度地增加他们对自己社区的接触，并促进与学生和毕业生的互动。我们还寻求捕捉和促进对面临被忽视或灭绝危险的艺术形式的兴趣：-与乡村霍尔斯联系，为当地音乐家提供与我们的传统音乐专业学生和研究生共享的平台-与机构建立系统的，可持续的伙伴关系，无论是大型（如诺森伯兰国家公园）和小（如村霍尔斯）-提供与当地场地合作的活动和持续的教育活动。SME对当地文化经济的贡献ACA位于英格兰最高的村庄，专注于艺术家的居住，将成果传播给广大观众。我们将研究其驻留计划如何：-对当地经济的影响-有助于地方/身份感这将包括艺术家的驻留，学生/毕业生的商业安置和与其他项目合作伙伴的网络，研究城市中小企业战略的各个方面可能适合这种新的背景。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，通过大学员工，研究生和毕业生的创造性交流加强其影响。我们将：- 在指定节日期间举办表演和教育活动;为学生提供机会，在他们的正式课程与节日工作。链3：农村社区内的可持续创意企业的基础设施。视觉艺术在农村社区是基于在塔尔塞特，诺森伯兰郡。VARC希望利用我们的跨学科专业知识，使用研究人员来研究他们的计划的不同交付模式。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法，以促进实践的分享和认识，并与文化实验室建立数字网络。

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.