Co-producing legacy: What is the role of artists within Connected Communities projects? (AHRC-funded)

http://new.a-n.co.uk/news/single/connecting-artists-and-communities

This research project will explore how artists work within the AHRC Connected Communities programme. The programme has encouraged arts and humanities academics to work in different ways with communities to co-produce research across a range of disciplines. Many academics have worked with artists to realize ideas and help with a community engaged approach to research. At the same time artists have framed, challenged and theoretically informed engaged research.

The Co-producing legacy project is led by Kate Pahl, Helen Graham, Steve Pool and Amanda Ravetz. It combines established research methods with an innovative open ended ‘studio’ form of enquiry aimed at understanding how artists have been working across a range of Connected Communities projects. The studio methodology asks how artists come to know and which theories of change they carry with them when working with communities.

The team will be working with Castlefield Art Gallery, A-N artists network, Arts Council England and the AHRC Connected Communities leadership fellows to generate and disseminate findings.

The full project team include: Kate Pahl, Steve Pool, Amanda Ravetz, Helen Graham with Richard Steadman-Jones, William Gould, Irna Qureshi, Zahir Rafiq, Marcus Hurcombe, Kate Genever, Graham Jeffery, Anne Douglas, Johan Siebers, James Oliver, Katie Hill, Tessa Holland.

Research assistants: Hugh Escott and Kimberley Marwood