WP3: The Governance of Cultural Intermediation

Dr Beth Perry

Senior Research Fellow and Associate Director Centre for Sustainable Urban and Regional Futures (SURF), University of Salford Manchester

To critically evaluate the role of intermediaries in the changing governance of cultural economy initiatives and how different actors undertaking cultural intermediation operate

What?

Changing governance of cultural economy and content of cultural economy initiatives

Who?

Types and roles of cultural intermediation, resources, connections

Why?

Rationales and assumptions underpinning policy and practice

How?

Performing cultural intermediation in a changing context

Aims and objectives

Why does this matter?

Public sector funding cuts, localism and ‘Big Society’

Institutional support for capacity-building within communities shifting

CI cannot be understood without analysing contemporary governance and policy landscape

What and how? Actual and potential…

How does this contribute to the project and other work packages?

WP0: Theory and practice of cultural intermediaries, typologies and framings (‘cultural intermediaries’; ‘cultural economies’; ‘communities’)

WP2: historical / contemporary analysis, 2005-2015

WP 3: role of state, cultural economy and role of cities

WP 6: contribution to reflexive process, seminar, policy briefings and best practices

WP1: Values, assumptions and rationales; best practices; mapping and evaluation

WP 4: formal, conditions and contexts, framing community

WP 5: guiding frameworks for interventions and local panels

What are the main research questions?

What methods and approaches will be used?

Starting point of governance/institutional analysis – regulative, cognitive and normative analysis – but influenced by RF

National interviews (10) – ACE, RSA, DCMS, Creative Partnerships, A-N etc

Mapping local landscapes: policy frameworks, organisations, networks, individuals, communities

Case studies of forms of cultural intermediation informed by/informing WPs 1-5 – involving mini-placements and work shadowing as part of above

25 local interviews in each city-region

Diaries and biographies with 10 cultural intermediaries in each city-region and focus group

1 day policy/academic workshop through seminar series (WP6)

Exhibition of materials

Legal frameworks analysis / PhD

Partners, stakeholders and communities

CommunitiesWP4/5

AcademicTony Whyton; Paul

Benneworth; Louis Moreno; Justin O’Connor; Malcolm

EamesLinks to EU HERA network; AHRC Creative City Network

Arts and Cultural Delivery Organisations

Sampad; Brighter Sounds; Unity Radio; BBC; B’ham

Museums / Galleries /Library BBC;

Intermediary OrganisationsVisiting Arts; Creative

Partnerships; AIR; Community Development Trust; NHS; Arts

Council; Voluntary Arts Network; RSA

Artists/Creatives/Independent Intermediaries

Mitra Memarzia; Chris Jam; Laura Drane; Ruth Daniel;

Sheni Ravji-Smith

Policy-makers/InfluencersDCMS; Mcr and Bham City

Councils; Core Cities; British Council; NESTA

International

Local

Festivals/Events/Venues/SitesManchester International Festival; Unconvention; Islington Mill; Media City

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Outputs

Journal articles on governance, cities, cultural economy and cultural intermediaries

Policy and practice briefings Workshop on intermediaries in the cultural

economy Materials generated for exhibition and

multiplatform content UK conference paper Contributions to other aspects of project

(evaluation frameworks/best practices/guidance)