Date: Friday 5th May 2023 12-4.30pm
Venue: Sir James Matthew Building, Southampton
Host: Daniel Ashton
This is an open invitation to a workshop exploring cultural strategies. Coordinated by researchers at the University of Southampton, it will be of interest to and welcome the insights of anyone involved in writing, reviewing and using cultural strategy documents.
The workshop will:
1. Present for discussion some of the emerging findings from the project, ‘Cultural strategies, compacts and futures: The role of local government in connecting culture with place, health and the environment’:
This project explores how cultural strategies and compacts are both deeply embedded in the specifics of an area and address common and widely identified (inter)national issues. Whilst issues of place, health and the environment often feature within cultural strategies and compacts, there is not a clear understanding of how local authorities do this differently. This project addresses this through identifying and thematically analysing cultural strategies and compacts in England. The resulting policy brief will offer critical reflections and new directions as cultural strategies are created for the first time by local authorities and renewed by others.
2. Share experiences, insights and perspectives from local government, funders, and those involved in commissioning and writing cultural strategies.
This project and event are in partnership with the Southern Policy Centre and funded by Public Policy Southampton at the University of Southampton.
The event is free-to-attend with lunch and refreshments provided.
Numbers are limited to 30, but future online events will also enable participation.
Please register using the Microsoft Form
here
.
Registration closes
Wednesday 26th April 2023
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Please direct any queries to Dr Dan Ashton (
d.k.ashton@soton.ac.uk
).