Media, Community and the Creative Citizen

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• Media, Community and the Creative Citizen

Dave Harte Birmingham City University Dr Emma
Agusita University of West of
England http//creativecitizens.co.uk/
_at_crtvcitizens
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Central Research Question
How does creative citizenship generate value for
communities within a changing media landscape and
how can this pursuit of value be intensified,
propagated and sustained?
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Our hypothesis

• Substantial unmeasured and untapped resource
  among communities of creative citizens.
• Web 2.0 technology offers the potential to
  increase the impact and sustainability of these
  communities.
• Better knowledge better policy design more
  inspiring examples more value

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Management
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Case 1 Hyperlocal publishing
With Talk About Local and Ofcom
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Case 2 Community-led design
With The Glass-House Community Led Design and
Nestas Public Service Lab
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Case 3 Creative Communities
With The Moseley Exchange, South Blessed and
Knowle West Media Centre
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What are the key innovative and exciting elements
of this project?

• To evaluate the wider significance of communities
  of creative citizens, offering new insights and
  tools to communities, policy-makers, investors,
  business partners and social entrepreneurs.
• By grounding this work in three very different
  case studies, to demonstrate its breadth of
  applicability.
• A reference point in understanding the evolution
  of the UK creative economy in the digital age
  The Creative Citizen Unbound a landmark book for
  2014/15.

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How will this help build vibrant and prosperous
communities in the UK?

• Our TAXONOMY OF THE CREATIVE CITIZEN will inspire
  and educate
• Demonstrating the social, economic and cultural
  potential of creative citizenship will engage
  policy-makers, partners and investors. This will
  result in better POLICY AND INVESTMENT DECISIONS.
• Our work will inform better REGULATORY DECISIONS
  with regard to e.g. planning, intellectual
  property and public service media, based on
  stronger evidence of the value of investment in
  creativity.
• NEW TOOLS our project will help stimulate
  knowledge exchange and co-creation of practical
  tools for high ambition creative citizenship.

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Analytical framework
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CREATIVE NETWORKS THE PLACE OF EVERYDAY
CREATIVITY
Seeking insights into the scale, ambition and
potential of everyday or vernacular creative
practices in relation to more formal creative
production.
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ONLINE PLATFORM, SHOPFRONT STUDIO
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Phase 1 PHASE 2 PHASE 3
INVESTIGATE CO-CREATE EVALUATE
SB as a community asset Co-creation of projects The value of creative citizenship
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POLITICS of ENGAGEMENT

• - Discourse of co-creation with/on
• - Expectancy and direction the research
  relationship
• - Navigating relational spaces

Emma3.agusita_at_uwe.ac.uk
http//southblessed.co.uk/
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• creativecitizens.co.uk

Dave Harte Birmingham City University Dr Emma
Agusita University of West of
England http//creativecitizens.co.uk/
_at_crtvcitizens