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Centre for Cultural Value

@valuingculture.bsky.social

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We collaborate and engage UK-wide to advance understanding of arts, culture, heritage and screen. Based at the University of Leeds.

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Centre for Cultural Value @valuingculture.bsky.social · Mar 4

Today, we share news about the future of the Centre for Cultural Value and the funders who will be supporting our work as we take a deliberate and strategic pause to reflect, innovate and prioritise our long-term sustainability.

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What happens next? Taking time to reflect, learn and move forward - Centre for Cultural Value

As the Centre for Cultural Value's initial five-year funding period ends, we share our plans to take a deliberate and strategic pause to reflect, innovate and prioritise the Centre’s long-term sustain...

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Centre for Cultural Value @valuingculture.bsky.social · 14d

In this piece from @thespacearts.bsky.social, Centre associate @emmamcdoofus.bsky.social shares three simple and practical tips to help you get the most out of your evaluation & signposts evaluation resources available for free on our resources platform.

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Making space for unexpected outcomes | The Space

Setting clear goals and metrics is a vital part of evaluation but how can you plan to understand any unexpected outcomes from your work? Setting clear goals and metrics is a vital part of evaluation b...

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Centre for Cultural Value @valuingculture.bsky.social · 21d

What has one organisation learnt from 50 years of cultural placemaking?

Kathryn Welch explores the story of @junctionartsuk.bsky.social telling us more about creative placemaking across 50 years of economic, social, demographic and political change.

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Centre for Cultural Value @valuingculture.bsky.social · 28d

The Centre for Cultural Value has been selected as an international partner as part of The Arts Impact Partnership, a seven-year research initiative coordinated by @torontomet.bsky.social , Canada.

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Centre for Cultural Value @valuingculture.bsky.social · Aug 27

“What’s emerging is a new shape for the Centre, one that might mean doing less, but doing it better."

Six months into a deliberate and strategic pause, we share our initial reflections, the challenges and the unexpected rewards.

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Centre for Cultural Value @valuingculture.bsky.social · Aug 20

How can immersive art reshape cultural access, foster resilience, & position young people as co-creators and leaders of cultural change?

Read more about Crossover Labs’ Consensus Gentium & a new toolkit for adapting immersive work to non-traditional venues.

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Cultural Trends Journal @ctjournal.bsky.social · Aug 7

Cultural Trends – Volume 34, Issue 3
Does ‘cultural value’ mean the same thing everywhere?
Steven Hadley, Emma McDowell & Ben Walmsley analyse the Irish cultural policy context.

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#CulturalTrends #CulturalPolicy #CulturalValue #ArtsResearch

The mutability of cultural value: a critical analysis

The contemporary cultural value debate has been broadly UK-driven, albeit with European and international dimensions. However, the Covid-19 pandemic and the subsequent focus on sector working condi...

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Centre for Cultural Value @valuingculture.bsky.social · Aug 12

In our latest feature for‪ @artsprofessional.co.uk the Centre’s
@rob-eagle.bsky.social and Anna Kime explore why we need a deeper, more nuanced understanding of cultural vitality and share more about the Cultural Indicator Suite project.

Arts Professional @artsprofessional.co.uk · Jul 30

How can practitioners and policymakers measure the cultural vitality of their communities? A new project from the Centre for Cultural Value aims to deepen that understanding, as Rob Eagle and Anna Kime explain. www.artsprofessional.co.uk/magazine/fea...

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Centre for Cultural Value @valuingculture.bsky.social · Jul 30

In our latest feature for‪ @artsprofessional.co.uk, the Centre’s @rob-eagle.bsky.social and Anna Kime explore why we need a deeper, more nuanced understanding of cultural vitality and share more about the Cultural Indicator Suite project.

www.artsprofessional.co.uk/magazine/fea...

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Centre for Cultural Value @valuingculture.bsky.social · Jul 11

Working with The Audience Agency and supported by Research England, we have been leading a project to develop a Cultural Indicator Suite, a new framework that helps to communicate the holistic everyday cultural vitality of the places we live.

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Centre for Cultural Value @valuingculture.bsky.social · Jul 11

If you missed the online launch of the Cultural Indicator Suite, a recording of the session is now available to watch online.

At this event, we discussed the project to date, shared the framework of suggested indicators, and invited discussion and questions.

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Cultural Vitality: A discussion of national cultural indicators

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Centre for Cultural Value @valuingculture.bsky.social · Jul 4

In this video from @policyleeds.bsky.social, Centre director Stephen Dobson explains more about cultural vitality and the development of a cultural indicator suite framework.

For more about this work visit: www.culturalvalue.org.uk/understandin...

Policy Leeds @policyleeds.bsky.social · Jul 1

🎥 First up, how do we measure cultural vitality?

Stephen Dobson, Centre for Cultural Value, and The Audience Agency are developing new ways to capture everyday cultural life to inform #place-making and #investment in #culture.

Funded by @ukri.org Research England PSF.
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National scoping exercise for developing a Cultural Indicator Suite

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Centre for Cultural Value @valuingculture.bsky.social · Jul 2

And thank you to all those who attended and contributed to yesterday’s online launch event. A recording of the event will be available soon. Watch this space 👀

Centre for Cultural Value @valuingculture.bsky.social · Jul 2

Our interim report pulls together findings from recent research and insights gained from interviewing representatives from Local Authorities in England.

It lays out a practice-relevant vision for how the UK cultural sector can more effectively understand and support cultural vitality.

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Centre for Cultural Value @valuingculture.bsky.social · Jul 2

Understanding and measuring cultural vitality in the UK - Centre for Cultural Value

The Centre for Cultural Value has been leading a project to develop a Cultural Indicator Suite, a new framework that helps to communicate the holistic everyday cultural vitality of the places we live.

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Centre for Cultural Value @valuingculture.bsky.social · Jun 18

As the summer tourism season gets underway, we spotlight this think piece by @aliceborchi.bsky.social‬ & Carlo Alberto Petruzzi, highlighting recent events in Florence, a city caught between the pressures of mass tourism and preserving its cultural identity.

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Mass tourism, heritage, music, and debt: the curious case of opera and urban planning in Florence - Centre for Cultural Value

Researchers Alice Borchi and Carlo Alberto Petruzzi examine recent events in Florence, a city caught between the pressures of mass tourism and the need to preserve its cultural identity.

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Centre for Cultural Value @valuingculture.bsky.social · Jun 13

The Centre’s online evaluation course, Evaluation for Arts, Culture, and Heritage: Principles and Practice, has received numerous positive reviews, earning it a 4.7-star rating on FutureLearn.

Free-to-access for two weeks, and start anytime.

Learn more: www.culturalvalue.org.uk/evaluation-a...

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Centre for Cultural Value @valuingculture.bsky.social · Jun 6

"Whether you are new to evaluation or looking for fresh ideas, this is a space to connect, learn and grow your confidence".

@curiousminds.org.uk is launching the CultureEd Impact Network with an online event, featuring speakers from Orchestras Live, Goldsmiths and Storyhouse 👇

Curious Minds @curiousminds.org.uk · Jun 2

Join us for the launch of the CultureEd Impact Network. Everyone is welcome!

Curious Minds and the @valuingculture.bsky.social invite you to the first-ever CultureEd Impact Network session. Free online event - Monday 23rd June.

Join other professionals: cultureedimpactjune25.eventbrite.co.uk

Launch of the CultureEd Impact Network

Curious about how to do evaluation?

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Centre for Cultural Value @valuingculture.bsky.social · Jun 4

Are you interested in how everyday culture and cultural vitality might be measured and reported?

Join us for a free online event to discover more about the Cultural Indicator Suite and our aims for developing a framework for measuring cultural vitality.

www.ticketsource.co.uk/centre-for-c...

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Centre for Cultural Value @valuingculture.bsky.social · May 23

Visit our website to learn more about the FailSpace project

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Centre for Cultural Value @valuingculture.bsky.social · May 23

The team that created the FailSpace framework and toolkit has set up a free mailing list, which will be a space for sharing experiences of talking about failure and supporting each other in doing so.

Join the list >>> www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/weba...

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Centre for Cultural Value @valuingculture.bsky.social · May 21

As part of The Big Thing programme, The Centre's @rob-eagle.bsky.social will participate in a panel event, Touring Immersive: Case Studies.

Discover more about the session: thebigthing.eventive.org/schedule/tou...

Immersive Arts UK @immersiveartsuk.bsky.social · May 19

The Big Thing is a three-day event kicking off on the evening of Mon 9 June. The programme runs features inspiring talks, hands-on workshops, live performances, special announcements and opportunities for collaboration.

www.immersivearts.uk/news/the-big-thing-our-landmark-event-comes-to-bradford

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Centre for Cultural Value @valuingculture.bsky.social · May 7

How can we normalise conversations about failure? It can be tricky to know where to start.

This how-to guide takes you through a process of critically reflecting on failure, from starting conversations to sharing your learning. Available online or as a PDF download.

How to ... fail well - CultureHive

This how to guide, created by the FailSpace project team, will help you to understand how to better recognise, acknowledge and learn from failure and how to fail well.

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Centre for Cultural Value @valuingculture.bsky.social · May 2

In our latest feature for @artsprofessional.co.uk, Liz Harrop explores what it means to build a sustainable and regenerative cultural sector, and the Centre’s role as an infrastructure organisation in this complex and uncertain landscape.

Arts Professional @artsprofessional.co.uk · Apr 23

Like many cultural organisations, the Centre for Cultural Value finds itself at a crossroads. Its manager, Liz Harrop, explores how to build a more inclusive and sustainable sector.

Navigating the spaces in between - Arts Professional

Like many cultural organisations, the Centre for Cultural Value finds itself at a crossroads. Its manager, Liz Harrop, explores how to build a more inclusive and sustainable sector.

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Centre for Cultural Value @valuingculture.bsky.social · Apr 30

To learn more about the book Pandemic Culture and access a free e-book copy visit:

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Centre for Cultural Value @valuingculture.bsky.social · Apr 30

Thank you to @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social for recording the Pandemic Culture book launch symposium.

@benwalmsley.bsky.social was joined by fellow co-editors @abigilmore.bsky.social and @drdaveobrien.bsky.social to reflect upon the book’s themes and research findings.

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'Pandemic Culture' Book Launch & Symposium (17 September 2024)

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