Category: Art History and Cultural Practices (AHCP)

Building Cultural Diplomacy into the Agenda of Cultural Sustainability

Written by Dr Biyun ZhuThis project positioned cultural diplomacy at the heart of cultural sustainable development. It discussed how international cultural activities address cultural sustainable development goals (such as cultural diversity and equity) amid the...

Defining and Developing the UK’s First Arts and Culture Community Land Trust through Community-Led Research

Written by Emma Martin This project supported the initial development phase of the UK’s first Community Land Trust (CLT), dedicated to arts and culture, based in Wirral Arts and Culture CLT (WACCLT), Wirral, Northwest England. CLTs are democratic, non-profit...

Refugee Arts Networks: Extending the Frame

Written by Dr Szabolcs Musca  In November 2021, a group of academics, artists and activists gathered to ask: What are the strategies and challenges faced by refugee artists today? How can networks foster systemic change? How can we develop new frameworks driven by...

3D Scans of Cultural Organisations in Teaching, Learning and Cultural Engagement

Written by Dr Kostas ArvanitisSince June 2020, the Institute for Cultural Practices at The University of Manchester (UoM) have been working with museums, galleries and other cultural and heritage organisations in Greater Manchester to support their in-pandemic...

Sexuality Summer School 2021: Queering the Archive

Sexuality Summer School 2021: Queering the Archive

Written by Jackie Stacey, Sabine Sharp, and Janelle Hixon In May 2021, the Centre for the Study of Sexuality and Culture (CSSC) held its 14th Sexuality Summer School (SSS), organised this year around the theme of ‘Queering the Archive’ and taking place online over...