by Sophie Mamattah, Clare Edwards & Sharon McAulay | Dec 17, 2020 | Arts, Community, Cultural Regeneration, Culture, Events, Lonliness, Place, Power, Research profile
At the beginning of 2020, colleagues from STAR Project, Renfrewshire Council and the University of the West of Scotland organised a workshop, Paisley Art & Soul. The workshop brought together members of Renfrewshire’s local communities and other stakeholders to discuss the ways that art and culture affects individual and community prosperity and wellbeing. This co-produced research project aligns closely with the aims of Future Paisley, a wide-ranging cultural regeneration programme currently ongoing and, in which, local communities are collaborating with a broad range of partners to reshape the town’s future. (more…)
by Linzi Clark | Dec 10, 2020 | Community, COVID19, Culture, Digital, Events, Lonliness, Place, Power, Uncategorised
On an average Monday morning at Wallace Street, I start my working day greeted by Margaret with her little Chihuahua pup in arms. She tells me about her latest knitted dog coat purchase as other bodies start to shuffle through the narrow corridor. We settle in a semi-circle of kind faces and laughter, and I can hear the sound of mugs clinking and the smell of coffee brewing in the background.
Now, my morning begins with adjusting the volume of my laptop, fixing my fringe in the camera and making sure everyone can hear me ok. (more…)
by Niclas Hell | Nov 19, 2020 | Arts, Community, COVID19, Culture, Events
In March 2020, as offices and teaching moved online, I left Scotland for my native country of Sweden and haven’t been back since. In my research, I’m looking at the social and economic effects of festivals in Paisley, Scotland. On-site events research is, unsurprisingly, not the best line of work right now. (more…)
by Dearbhla Brodigan | Nov 12, 2020 | Arts, Community, COVID19, Culture, Events, Power
A couple of weeks ago, in October, CCSE premiered the latest instalment of #CCSEConversations series. On this occasion, CCSE Director Professor Gayle McPherson spoke with Gitte Zschoch – Director of EUNIC the network of European Union National Institutes for Culture. Gayle and Gitte discussed ‘the Effects of Covid-19 on European Cultural Relations and the implications for Policy Makers’. (more…)
by Andrew Smith | Nov 5, 2020 | Arts, Community, COVID19, Culture, Events, Place, Uncategorised
Given the UK Government’s handling of the coronavirus crisis you might expect an article about the COVID-19 circus to be another piece hammering the test and trace system or the confusing messaging. But this is a piece about an actual circus installed on Blackheath to coincide with the October half term holiday. It is the latest in a series of posts which examine the ways this prestigious open space in South East London is used as an events venue during the pandemic. (more…)
by Morag Thow | Oct 15, 2020 | Arts, Community, COVID19, Culture, Events, Place
The 2020 festival would have been our 19th in a row! Our festival started as a small afternoon event and grew into a multi event 23-day festival. They say that timing is everything and for the 2020 festival that was a very true comment! The scope of the festival can be seen I the list of events
(more…)
