Micklethwaite, P., Potter, G., Bason, P., 2024.

'Reframing Stockport' - Innovation coloniality?

Manchester School of Art. Students undertook a placemaking exercise focused on culturally activating Stockport, a post-industrial town in Greater Manchester, UK. Students were supported in developing proposals to enhance the town's vibrancy, community engagement and creative economy. We here present a student project as a means of activating a larger partnership for Design Factory Manchester, and reflect on a risk of imposing a particular version of innovation on our intended beneficiaries.