Midlands3Cities Creative Economy Engagement Fellowship Programme
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Nottingham
Department Name: Sch of Cultures, Languages & Area Studie
Abstract
The project will support fellowships that aim to support:
To support the career development of talented early career researchers and nurture future leaders.
To support the broader skills development of high-calibre recent doctoral graduates or early career post-doctoral researchers in the art and humanities, particularly in relation to working with creative economy partners to support the wider impact of research.
To support projects which will contribute to the Creative Economy.
To support research which is cross-disciplinary, collaborative and innovation-orientated.
To support the career development of talented early career researchers and nurture future leaders.
To support the broader skills development of high-calibre recent doctoral graduates or early career post-doctoral researchers in the art and humanities, particularly in relation to working with creative economy partners to support the wider impact of research.
To support projects which will contribute to the Creative Economy.
To support research which is cross-disciplinary, collaborative and innovation-orientated.
Planned Impact
See Case for Support
Organisations
People |
ORCID iD |
| Paul Grainge (Principal Investigator) |
| Description | The addition of the CEEF scheme to existing Midlands3Cities (M3C) partnerships has raised the profile of arts and humanities research in relation to HEI-industry collaboration, as facilitated by M3C. This is demonstrated in the summaries of the the research from the projects: • developing the East Midlands region as a supportive infrastructure for commercial artistic activity and as a provider of significant work opportunities for visual artists. • promoting the inclusion of Central and Eastern European (CEE) artists in the UK creative economies. • Directly informing the UNESCO Cities of Literature digital strategy by creating a cohesive record of the rich diversity of poetry in Nottingham, reporting on the social, cultural and economic benefits of a digital archive of poetry performance in Nottingham. • designing content that will be used to provide technical instruction on 'sound-based music' within the education system • providing the first detailed academic study of gender imbalance at UK jazz festivals, including a report to Cheltenham Jazz Festival that outlines evidence of these barriers and challenges and a series of recommendations for addressing them by 2022. • developing a digital community sound map of the North of England to provide National Science and Media Museum (NSMM)'s audience with a platform for collecting and interpreting sound histories to develop their understanding of sound-as-heritage and provide NSMM curators with new understanding of their listening audiences and how best to shape future sound exhibitions for them. |
| Exploitation Route | The success of running the CEEF scheme is in three key areas: 1) enabling M3C to develop a concrete 'routes out' and early career offer that has enabled the DTP to connect its doctoral training provision to post-PhD employment and skills development; 2) cementing new partnership and collaborative opportunities for Midlands3Cities in the region; 3) catalysing collaborative partnerships that have emerged through the individual CEEF projects, leading to enhanced links with individual departments and centres at the ROs. This year's CEEF fellowships have had a range of impacts. A key example, demonstrating all of the above, would be Antoinette Burchill's project 'It Takes a Region to Make an Artist': Researching and Developing the East Midlands Visual Arts Economy. In ways similar to Sophie Frost's CEEF project in 2017 (which led to a major public event, 'A Digital Roadmap for the Arts' focusing on digital transformation in the arts sector in the Midlands), Burchill worked with the Contemporary Visual Arts Network to produce the first in-depth survey of the visual arts in the East Midlands. Its purpose was to take stock of the region's visual arts sector, identifying its key institutions, as well as its strengths and constraints, and to discover what members of the community might need in order to fulfil their professional and artistic potential. The legacy of CEEF is captured in this project. Not only has the fellowship catalysed a key regional creative economy network and given it tools for thinking, it has fostered relations between a host of individual artists and partner organisations in the region, and consolidated institutional links with the University of Leicester's Research Institute for Cultural and Media Economies (CAMEo). Burchill produced a major report from her project and a public event attended by 60 partners. While the legacy of the project will be a targeted increase of artistic and economic opportunities for visual arts practitioners within the East Midlands, the CEEF Fellowship has had a major impact on Burchill herself, who says it has been 'transforming'. This is not to single out one CEEF project above others (Cullen's project would tell a similar story, her work with UNESCO City of Literature providing a costed model for a digital hub shared with UNESCO Creative Cities, with an emphasis on how local academic and creative economy strategic partnerships can help develop cross-sector creative and cultural collaborative networks). However it helps illustrate, in concrete ways, how the CEEF scheme provides rich legacies for partners, universities and Fellows alike. |
| Sectors | Creative Economy,Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections |
| Description | Findings have been submitted, as requested, in a separate report on the Creative Economy Engagement Scheme (CEEF) to the AHRC. This has been submitted by Midlands3Cities and by each individual CEEF Fellow as related to the following project areas • developing the East Midlands region as a supportive infrastructure for commercial artistic activity and as a provider of significant work opportunities for visual artists. • promoting the inclusion of Central and Eastern European (CEE) artists in the UK creative economies. • Directly informing the UNESCO Cities of Literature digital strategy by creating a cohesive record of the rich diversity of poetry in Nottingham, reporting on the social, cultural and economic benefits of a digital archive of poetry performance in Nottingham. • designing content that will be used to provide technical instruction on 'sound-based music' within the education system • providing the first detailed academic study of gender imbalance at UK jazz festivals, including a report to Cheltenham Jazz Festival that outlines evidence of these barriers and challenges and a series of recommendations for addressing them by 2022. • developing a digital community sound map of the North of England to a) provide National Science and Media Museum (NSMM)'s audience with a platform for collecting and interpreting sound histories to develop their understanding of sound-as-heritage and provide NSMM curators with new understanding of their listening audiences and how best to shape future sound exhibitions for them. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2019 |
| Sector | Creative Economy,Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections |
| Impact Types | Cultural |
| Description | Creative Economy Engagement Fellowship engagements as part of 6 postdoctoral placements |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This has been reported separately, as requested by the AHRC, by each Creative Economy Engagement Fellow on an individual basis. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |