Based on original research, this book looks at the role of community organisations as intermediaries between community and culture, analysing the role they play in mitigating the worst effects of social exclusion. The authors examine the necessity to engage communities with diff…
Heritage as Community Research' explores the nature of contemporary heritage research involving university and community partners. Discussing heritage as a process of research and involvement with the past, the book uses a diverse range of case studies to show that the research …
With a diverse range of case studies, and chapters co-written between academics and community partners, this book shows that co-produced research can be an empowering force by which communities stake a claim in the places they live.
"Bringing together academics, artists, practitioners and 'community activists', this book explores the possibilities for, and tensions of, social justice work under the contemporary drive for community-orientated 'impact' in the academy. Threading a line between celebratory acco…
Focusing on the history and theory of community in urban policy, and including a unique set of case studies that draw on artistic and cultural community work, <i>After Urban Regeneration</i> engages with debates on how urban policy has changed and continues to change following t…
Focusing on the history and theory of community in urban policy, and including a unique set of case studies that draw on artistic and cultural community work, this book engages with debates on how urban policy has changed and continues to change following the financial crash of …