Organising for Positive Social Change: The case of Punch Records

我的博士项目是两个研究中心之间的合作，这两个中心开发了媒体和文化方面的研究。这项研究本质上是干预性的，将与阿斯顿大学少数族裔创业研究中心(CREME)、莱斯特大学文化和媒体经济客串研究所以及Punch Records合作进行，他们是一家总部设在伯明翰的音乐推广公司。我将探索用于鼓励积极社会变革的战略类型，进一步探讨以市场为基础的小型组织促进积极社会变革的不同方式，以及内部和外部利益相关者如何体验积极的社会变革。我的跨学科研究的目的是进行基于行动的研究，这些研究将继续产生关于如何促进有意义的变化以及它以什么方式反映社会现实的简明理解。在Punch Records的支持下，我的博士学位将为促进伯明翰积极的社会变革做出贡献。我的研究将利用文化发展、民族创业和人才资本等主题，这些主题将作为框架，讨论少数民族工人手工艺的价值、他们的属性和专业知识。整理后的数据可供机构、社区利益公司和其他专业团体使用，以促进更佳的工作关系，特别是在创意界别内从事多元化工作的社区之间。“

"My PhD project is a collaboration between two research centres that develop studies in media and culture. The study will be interventionist in nature and will be undertaken in partnership with the Centre for Research in Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurship (CREME) based at Aston University, CAMEo Research Institute for Cultural and Media Economies at Leicester University, and Punch Records, who are a Birmingham based music promotion company.I will be exploring the types of strategies used to encourage positive social change, looking further into the different ways small market-based organisations promote positive social change, and how both internal and external stakeholders experience positive social change. The aim of my interdisciplinary study is to carry out action based research that will go on to produce succinct understandings of how meaningful change can be promoted along with what ways it reflects social reality. With the support of Punch Records, my PhD will contribute towards the promotion of positive social change in Birmingham. My research will draw on themes like cultural development, ethnic entrepreneurship, and talent capital, which will serve as frameworks to address the value of ethnic minority worker craftsmanship, their attributes and expertise. The data collated can lend itself to institutions, community interest companies and other professional bodies to help facilitate better working relationships, particularly amongst communities engaged in diversity within the creative sector."