National Centre for Academic and Cultural Exchange (NCACE)

NEW CASE STUDIES We are delighted to have published our new series of case studies which correspond to the following NCACE theme - Health and Wellbeing. They were written in collaboration with project leaders from the Arts, Culture and Social Enterprise sectors and showcase KE initiatives that focus on mental health (Dreamachine, Narratives of Personal Renewal), older people's health (Aesop's Dance to Health, Saffron Hall - Together in Sound) and children's health (My Memory Forest). The arts/culture sectors featured include dance, music, illustration, creative writing, textiles and an immersive installation. The NCACE Case Studies included in the Collection look at different types of knowledge exchange (KE) collaborations between Higher Education and the arts and culture sectors. They constitute a valuable resource for individuals from either sector who may be looking to work in a collaborative project, demonstrating multiple ways in which HEI and the arts/culture sector have come together to address the biggest challenges facing society today. The next collection of case studies will focus on collaborations taking place in the field of Technology for Social Good. If you’re involved in a project that you’d like to put forward for consideration, please contact [email protected]. Visit NCACE Collection to view the case studies: https://lnkd.in/en5ZEwMy #Collaboration #CulturalKnowledgeExchange #KnowledgeExchange #HigherEducation #Partnership #Innovation #Health #Wellbeing

🚀 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗖𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 & 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻🌍✨ Discover powerful insights by outstanding thought leaders at our recent #NCACE #Policy event - Technology for Social Good, held on June 20th, 2024, where we explored; - Innovative partnerships and transformative new ideas such as Grief Tech - Reimagining a future with Care, Justice and Equitable Access - Creativity and Community in Ethics and AI - Collaboration, Digital Inclusion Creative Empowerment - Where we are and where we need to be... ✍️ 𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝘆𝗻𝗼𝗽𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁: https://lnkd.in/gi7KWGtT 🎧 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗻𝗷𝗼𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝘃𝗶𝗮 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱: https://lnkd.in/gdyR7zuT Our fantastic speakers: 🧠✨ Helen Manchester (BristolUni) / Granny Jackson’s Dead by Joshua Edelman (The Manchester Metropolitan University, Trinity College Dublin), Zoe Seaton (BIG TELLY THEATRE COMPANY) / Clare Reddington (Watershed.co.uk) / Lara Ratnaraja / NEW Centre for Performance, Technology, and Equity with Bryce Lease (The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama) / Sinead Ouillon (FabLab Coventry)/ Linden Walcott-Burton FRSA (Greater London Authority) / Hannah Conway (SoundVoice) / Dr Marc Garrett (Furtherfield) / Sarah Hayes (Bath Spa University) / Dr Idrees Rasouli (Cambridge School of Art Anglia Ruskin University) / and @rogerrobinsononline.com 𝗧𝗼 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗻 #evidencing #TechForGood 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 #NCACE_EvidenceRepository: https://lnkd.in/gtw74tnC #NCACE #TechnologyForSocialGood #Innovation #Collaboration #SocialImpact #DigitalInclusion #CreativeTech #HigherEducation #CommunityEngagement

NCACE Collection Summer Showcase on 16 July 2024 Join us for our Collection Summer Showcase, where we will be in discussion with some of the authors of our most recent publications. The NCACE Collection was launched as a new online resource to act as an archive and home for our commissioned research reports, essays and think-pieces, case studies, blogs and mini-toolkits. All of this work is on topics that relate to collaborations between Higher Education and the arts and cultural sectors; a praxis we often refer to as Cultural Knowledge Exchange. The Summer Showcase will present an opportunity to hear from some of our recent contributors and to explore ideas for what kinds of materials might be valuable to support our future understanding about collaborative practice and its power to generate a diverse panoply of impacts. Contributors include: Professor David Amigoni (Keele University), Dr Marc Garrett (Furtherfield), Dr Rebekka Kill, Thomas Hardy (Learning and Participation Director, Saffron Hall Trust) and Ali Winstanley (Artist) amongst others in conversation with Evelyn Wilson (Co-Director, NCACE) and Dr Laura J L Kemp (Senior Manager, NCACE). Register here: https://lnkd.in/e-rk6Ddg..

Sharing Forgotten Stories Our blog this month Sharing Forgotten Stories is by Multidisciplinary Artist, Rawz. Oxford is renowned as a place of history and academic prominence. It attracts visitors from all over the world with its famous dreaming spires, and its connections with iconic fiction and ground-breaking research. Unfortunately this status on the international stage means that the voice of the local residents often gets drowned out amidst the bustling footsteps of tourists and students. For many residents, the heart of the city is a place they avoid unless absolutely necessary, and when they do enter, they are corralled through by closed doors, high walls, and the generic (often empty) shop fronts of international brands and souvenir gift stores. All while tripping over sightseers and loud, entitled young scholars who seem to feel much more welcome in the city’s centre than its long term residents do. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/e9QHsbiH University of Oxford #community #stories #storytelling

We're excited to highlight Rupert Lorraine's contribution to the upcoming "Culture, Collaboration and Knowledge Exchange: Technology for Social Good" event by the National Centre for Academic and Cultural Exchange (NCACE) this Thursday. This event is an opportunity to discuss and showcase collaborations between higher education institutions and the arts, that generate social and cultural good, through the use of both existing and emerging technologies. We are particularly looking forward to engaging in discussions on better imagining, understanding, and using technology to support people, place, and planet. Are you attending? What are you looking forward to about it? Comment below 👇 Alongside Rupert, there is an impressive line-up of contributors, and there are still a few tickets left! Find out more and register here: https://lnkd.in/eaN_paJG #tech #technology #culture #collaborations #artsandculture #higher_education

Register: https://lnkd.in/eaN_paJG.. Last chance to book on to our Culture, Collaboration and Knowledge Exchange: Technology for Social Good event, taking place next Thursday 20th June at 10am. Where research and the arts come together to generate social and cultural good using existing and emerging technologies. Through Culture and Collaborations on Technology for Social Good we aim to: - showcase innovative initiatives being co-developed by partners across Higher Education, the arts and cultural sector, technology, local authorities, and wider communities that demonstrate the diversity of creative technology collaborations for wider social good. - encourage dialogue and discussion on the notion of the social good and how we might better imagine, understand, design and creatively deploy technology to support people, place and planet. Contributors include: Hannah Conway (Co-Founder, SoundVoice), Dr Josh Edelman (Head of Manchester School of Theatre, The Manchester Metropolitan University), Dr Marc Garrett (Co-Founder, Furtherfield), Nema Hart (Director South West & Digital Inclusion, Arts Council England), Professor Sarah Hayes (Bath Spa University), Bryce Lease (Co-Director Centre for Performance, Technology and Equity, and Head of Knowledge Exchange, The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama), Rupert Lorraine (Director, The Arts Institute, University of Plymouth), Professor Helen Manchester (Co-I, Centre for Socio-digital Futures, University of Bristol), Sinead Ouillon (Coventry University), Lara Ratnaraja (Independent), Linden Walcott-Burton FRSA (Cultural Policy Officer, Greater London Authority), Dr Idrees Rasouli (Deputy Head, Cambridge School of Art, Anglia Ruskin University), Roger Robinson (Poet, writer, performer), Clare Reddington (CEO, Watershed) and Dr. Zoe Seaton (Artistic Director, BIG TELLY THEATRE COMPANY). Register: https://lnkd.in/eaN_paJG.. #tech #technology #culture #collaborations #artsandculture #higher_education

🚀 Take a deep dive into highlights from our 4th #NCACE Annual Showcase 'The Power of Collaborative Action IV: Pioneers, Change-makers, and Liminal Spaces', 23rd May '24 - Our blog post 👉 https://lnkd.in/eZDdfr3T 👈 offers access to engaging 📢 audio recordings, slides & resources. This event explored boundary-breaking #cultural #KnowledgeExchange #collaboration practices, featuring pioneering audacious individuals and their projects that tackle some of society's most challenging problems: 🌟 Touretteshero - Jessica Thom and Dr Will Renel on #Tourettes syndrome as a catalyst for inclusivity, challenging institutional #ableism 🌟 Shades Of Noir -Aisha Richards on #Antiracism, nettiquette, Be-Yondering and #reparation 🌟 Research England - Despite a #GeneralElection announcement on the day before, Rachel Tyrrell shares some deep insights into #policy #funding #metrics, capturing #impact and connecting cultural KE with the agenda for #economicgrowth 💬 Panel 1 on Collective Action: Citizen Science and Cultural Heritage preservation in global collaboration, featuring; 🌟 The Decolonising Memory Project - Bristol's memory of #enslavement through #dance - Dr Jessica Moody University of Bristol, Cleo Lake Community Activist/Artist, Kwesi Johnson_ The Cultural Assembly & Future Creatives 🌟 The Rock Art Safari Project - Creating digital and virtual reality in Kenya - Selina Busby The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, Dr Max Dean, Centre for Performance, Technology and Equity, Peter Mwashi Litonde, Founder, Smiles Africa Charity 🌟 Chaired by Pauline Rutter (Artist, Activist, and Researcher) 💬 Panel 2 Discussion on Sustainable Change: Creative approaches to community empowerment and #mentalhealth support through #arts #education collaboration, featuring; 🌟 The Camberwell Model - shibboleth shechter, Alice White and Natascha Ng, Camberwell College of Art University of the Arts London 🌟 CINEMA NATION C.I.C. on a framework for sustainable partnerships by addressing power imbalances - Michael Pierce and Monika Rodriguez 🌟 The Lullaby Project on participatory music-making in #perinatal #mentalhealth - Kerry Wilson Liverpool John Moores University, Jo Ward (Change Maker) and Karen Irwin Live Music Now) 💬 Closing Remarks by Matt McCullum Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and Evelyn Wilson (NCACE) on the transformative potential of collective action. 🔗 Links to presentations are available in our Padlet! https://lnkd.in/ePu7wB9U

NEW NCACE BLOG Our new blog The Selectivity of Storytelling is by NCACE Story Associate Dr. Josh Weeks (Josh is part of the StoryArcs Programme, supported by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)). What is a story? And more to the point, what makes a good one? Within academia, there is a field called ‘narratology’ that is dedicated to such questions. There is also a growing body of popular works, such as Into the Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell them (2013) by the British script editor and TV producer John Yorke, which consider the meanings, mechanics and social importance of story in more accessible terms. According to Yorke, ‘[s]torytelling is an indispensable human preoccupation, as important to us all – almost – as breathing’ (2013: xviii). He also suggests that in ‘stories throughout the ages there is one motif that continually recurs – the journey into the woods to find the dark but life-giving secret within’ (2013: xviii). While both of these claims may be true, it is also important to acknowledge the selectivity upon which stories depends, which reflects and informs the various power structures within which we live our lives. Read the full blog here: https://lnkd.in/eD6_6Ter NCACE Blogs: https://lnkd.in/eKYvYYGK #Storytelling

A limited number of places remaining for our upcoming annual policy workshop Culture, Collaboration and Knowledge Exchange: Technology for Social Good on 20th June. The workshop will discuss and showcase the impacts and potentials of collaborations and transdisciplinary research projects between HEIs and the arts that generate social and cultural good, through the use of both existing and emerging technologies. With the intense proliferation of interest in uses of, and concerns about technologies such as AI, this timely workshop seeks to highlight partnerships, projects and opportunities that bring research and the arts together to create positive social benefits through engaging and exploiting diverse technologies. Contributors include: Hannah Conway (Co-Founder, SoundVoice), Dr Josh Edelman (Head of Manchester School of Theatre, The Manchester Metropolitan University), Dr Marc Garrett (Co-Founder, Furtherfield), Dawn Greenberg (Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), Professor Sarah Hayes (Bath Spa University), Professor Bryce Lease (Co-Director Centre for Performance, Technology and Equity, and Head of Knowledge Exchange, The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama), Rupert Lorraine (Director, The Arts Institute, University of Plymouth, Professor Helen Manchester (Co-I, Centre for Socio-digital Futures, University of Bristol), Sinead Ouillon (Coventry University), Lara Ratnaraja (Independent), Linden Walcott-Burton FRSA (Cultural Policy Officer, Greater London Authority), Dr Idrees Rasouli (Deputy Head, Cambridge School of Art, Anglia Ruskin University), Clare Reddington (CEO, Watershed), Zoe Seaton (Artistic Director, Big Telly) and others. Register here: https://lnkd.in/eGWzTGeV.. #tech #technology #culture #collaborations #artsandculture #higher_education