Always look forward to events with the fab team Centre for the History of People Place & Community. 5th September: An opportunity to think about the future of histories in places Arts and Humanities Research Council Urban Studies UofG Social Sciences

“Reviews of youth theatre are almost non-existent” - so I wrote about some for The Conversation. Lear is Not Okay, Almeida Theatre Youth Company AlmeidaParticipation theconversation.com/lear-is-not-ok…

I wrote a little bit about anti-intellectualism in British politics here, but at some point I’d like to update it with more explanation of how this became part of a culture war of deriding all arts and humanities academic research as simply “woke” nonsense
amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

CFP: “Peripheries research on the edge” 25-26 June workshop in lovely Cornwall 🇬🇧 hosted by EdgeNet, Regional Studies Association, CCRI & Institute of Cornish Studies 〓〓

Seeking papers which grapple w peripherality & marginalization in non-core regions

Info + apply here!
edgenet-rsa.weebly.com/cornwall-2024

On #WorldPoetryDay , we're delighted to announce our latest And Towns project--

| Poetry, Policy and Place |

This project seeks to activate the resistant purposelessness of poetry for policymaking and place-based research.

Read our introduction here:
andtowns.co.uk/post/poetry-po…

New! How can we better embed multiple histories, cultures&perspectives in heritage strategies?

Join Lizzy Craig-Atkins Historic England ICOMOS-UK & Sheffield&District African Caribbean Community Association at launch of Policy Brief

25 March:1-2

Sign Up ⬇️
eventbrite.co.uk/e/ahrc-place-p…

Thanks to the And Towns team Kenneth Gibb and everyone who came along today and engaged with Pride in Place. The Brief can be found ⬇️ and the animation and poem can be found here: andtowns.co.uk/how-proud

It is with immense sadness that we announce the closure of VAULT Festival and the cancellation of plans for our new London home, after failing to secure the funding required to continue. 🧵 1/8

In this weeks edition of our People, Place, Planet: Think Pieces, Rebecca Madgin and Michael Howcroft set out some of the key challenges for place-based policy.

theglasshouse.org.uk/blog-series/pe…

Rebecca Madgin Michael Howcroft Arts and Humanities Research Council

#WEdesign

Read our new Feeling Towns policy brief!

~ 'Pride in place' beyond the metrics ~

andtowns.co.uk/policy-engagem…

Great to listen, learn + speak at this panel. I focused on the need for a people-centred approach which is inclusive of and can validate people’s emotional attachments to their places. Thanks createstreets Onward Labour Together for invite + excited for day 2 of #Restitch24

Amazing also to hear from Khalilah Zakariya 🍉 about what a sense of community means, including speaking about community integration and the fulfillment of needs.

Thank you to all our speakers today!

We also heard from Michael Howcroft who talked about pride in place beyond measuring and metrics.

Michael spoke about an upcoming policy brief calling for more flexible processes so local authorities and stakeholders can self-define key terms like 'pride in place'.

It's great to hear from Mhairi Bowe SocPsy about a social identity approach to health. Studies, among others, looked at community identity during volunteering and mutual aid as well as the power of community for wellbeing and loneliness, and health service use during social prescribing.