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And Towns: Understanding the role of culture in place-based decision-making

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In this episode of The Policy Pod, we discuss And Towns, a series of AHRC-funded projects that develop culture-led solutions by working with places and communities. Dr Joseph Owen and Isaac Fravashi bring their knowledge and expertise on place-based approaches in the discussion of four different projects:

  • Towns and the Cultural Economies of Recovery: a scoping project examining how English towns understood the role of culture in their recovery from the pandemic
  • Feeling Towns: a knowledge exchange project exploring place attachment that uses creative methods to understand what pride means to different communities
  • Neighbouring Data: an interdisciplinary research project analysing the use of qualitative and creative data in local authority and community-led decision-making
  • Poetry, Policy and Place: a research project assessing the role of poetry as a tool for community engagement and for representing felt and lived experience
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