Centre for Cultural Value
@valuingculture.bsky.social
We collaborate and engage UK-wide to advance understanding of arts, culture, heritage and screen. Based at the University of Leeds.
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Research Digest: Understanding Cultural Vitality - CultureHive
This research digest draws together research and practice on how to support the cultural vitality of places.
www.culturehive.co.uk
Are you curious about how we can better support stronger, more connected and vibrant communities?
In this research digest, Understanding Cultural Vitality, @rob-eagle.bsky.social explores the current research into the cultural vitality of places.
www.culturehive.co.uk/CVIresources...
In this research digest, Understanding Cultural Vitality, @rob-eagle.bsky.social explores the current research into the cultural vitality of places.
www.culturehive.co.uk/CVIresources...
From ambition to action – building better evaluation practice.
In this case study from @researchleeds.bsky.social discover more about a strategic collaboration between the Centre for Cultural Value and @leedscitycouncil.bsky.social
researchatleeds.leeds.ac.uk/embedding-ev...
In this case study from @researchleeds.bsky.social discover more about a strategic collaboration between the Centre for Cultural Value and @leedscitycouncil.bsky.social
researchatleeds.leeds.ac.uk/embedding-ev...
Embedding evaluation to strengthen cultural investment | Research and innovation at Leeds
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November 21, 2025 at 10:39 AM
From ambition to action – building better evaluation practice.
In this case study from @researchleeds.bsky.social discover more about a strategic collaboration between the Centre for Cultural Value and @leedscitycouncil.bsky.social
researchatleeds.leeds.ac.uk/embedding-ev...
In this case study from @researchleeds.bsky.social discover more about a strategic collaboration between the Centre for Cultural Value and @leedscitycouncil.bsky.social
researchatleeds.leeds.ac.uk/embedding-ev...
Are you curious about how we can better support stronger, more connected and vibrant communities?
In this research digest, Understanding Cultural Vitality, @rob-eagle.bsky.social explores the current research into the cultural vitality of places.
www.culturehive.co.uk/CVIresources...
In this research digest, Understanding Cultural Vitality, @rob-eagle.bsky.social explores the current research into the cultural vitality of places.
www.culturehive.co.uk/CVIresources...
Research Digest: Understanding Cultural Vitality - CultureHive
This research digest draws together research and practice on how to support the cultural vitality of places.
www.culturehive.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Are you curious about how we can better support stronger, more connected and vibrant communities?
In this research digest, Understanding Cultural Vitality, @rob-eagle.bsky.social explores the current research into the cultural vitality of places.
www.culturehive.co.uk/CVIresources...
In this research digest, Understanding Cultural Vitality, @rob-eagle.bsky.social explores the current research into the cultural vitality of places.
www.culturehive.co.uk/CVIresources...
We’re talking about the value of data in @artsprofessional.co.uk.
Data is vital to show culture’s impact, yet narrow, fragmented evidence continues to obscure its true value. What evidence is needed to drive fair investment and growth in the sector?
www.artsprofessional.co.uk/magazine/fea...
Data is vital to show culture’s impact, yet narrow, fragmented evidence continues to obscure its true value. What evidence is needed to drive fair investment and growth in the sector?
www.artsprofessional.co.uk/magazine/fea...
Making culture count: Why better data matters - Arts Professional
Data is vital to demonstrate culture’s impact, yet narrow, fragmented evidence continues to obscure its true value. Stephen Dobson and Liz Harrop of the Centre for Cultural Value argue that a UK Cultu...
www.artsprofessional.co.uk
October 17, 2025 at 9:45 AM
We’re talking about the value of data in @artsprofessional.co.uk.
Data is vital to show culture’s impact, yet narrow, fragmented evidence continues to obscure its true value. What evidence is needed to drive fair investment and growth in the sector?
www.artsprofessional.co.uk/magazine/fea...
Data is vital to show culture’s impact, yet narrow, fragmented evidence continues to obscure its true value. What evidence is needed to drive fair investment and growth in the sector?
www.artsprofessional.co.uk/magazine/fea...
In this piece from @thespacearts.bsky.social, Centre associate @emmamcdoofus.bsky.social shares three simple and practical tips to help you get the most out of your evaluation & signposts evaluation resources available for free on our resources platform.
www.thespace.org/resource/mak...
www.thespace.org/resource/mak...
Making space for unexpected outcomes | The Space
Setting clear goals and metrics is a vital part of evaluation but how can you plan to understand any unexpected outcomes from your work? Setting clear goals and metrics is a vital part of evaluation b...
www.thespace.org
September 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
In this piece from @thespacearts.bsky.social, Centre associate @emmamcdoofus.bsky.social shares three simple and practical tips to help you get the most out of your evaluation & signposts evaluation resources available for free on our resources platform.
www.thespace.org/resource/mak...
www.thespace.org/resource/mak...
What has one organisation learnt from 50 years of cultural placemaking?
Kathryn Welch explores the story of @junctionartsuk.bsky.social telling us more about creative placemaking across 50 years of economic, social, demographic and political change.
www.culturalvalue.org.uk/junction-art...
Kathryn Welch explores the story of @junctionartsuk.bsky.social telling us more about creative placemaking across 50 years of economic, social, demographic and political change.
www.culturalvalue.org.uk/junction-art...
September 17, 2025 at 1:44 PM
What has one organisation learnt from 50 years of cultural placemaking?
Kathryn Welch explores the story of @junctionartsuk.bsky.social telling us more about creative placemaking across 50 years of economic, social, demographic and political change.
www.culturalvalue.org.uk/junction-art...
Kathryn Welch explores the story of @junctionartsuk.bsky.social telling us more about creative placemaking across 50 years of economic, social, demographic and political change.
www.culturalvalue.org.uk/junction-art...
The Centre for Cultural Value has been selected as an international partner as part of The Arts Impact Partnership, a seven-year research initiative coordinated by @torontomet.bsky.social , Canada.
Read more >>> www.culturalvalue.org.uk/working-inte...
Read more >>> www.culturalvalue.org.uk/working-inte...
September 10, 2025 at 10:28 AM
The Centre for Cultural Value has been selected as an international partner as part of The Arts Impact Partnership, a seven-year research initiative coordinated by @torontomet.bsky.social , Canada.
Read more >>> www.culturalvalue.org.uk/working-inte...
Read more >>> www.culturalvalue.org.uk/working-inte...
“What’s emerging is a new shape for the Centre, one that might mean doing less, but doing it better."
Six months into a deliberate and strategic pause, we share our initial reflections, the challenges and the unexpected rewards.
www.culturalvalue.org.uk/taking-the-c...
Six months into a deliberate and strategic pause, we share our initial reflections, the challenges and the unexpected rewards.
www.culturalvalue.org.uk/taking-the-c...
August 27, 2025 at 9:23 AM
“What’s emerging is a new shape for the Centre, one that might mean doing less, but doing it better."
Six months into a deliberate and strategic pause, we share our initial reflections, the challenges and the unexpected rewards.
www.culturalvalue.org.uk/taking-the-c...
Six months into a deliberate and strategic pause, we share our initial reflections, the challenges and the unexpected rewards.
www.culturalvalue.org.uk/taking-the-c...
How can immersive art reshape cultural access, foster resilience, & position young people as co-creators and leaders of cultural change?
Read more about Crossover Labs’ Consensus Gentium & a new toolkit for adapting immersive work to non-traditional venues.
www.culturalvalue.org.uk/lessons-of-t...
Read more about Crossover Labs’ Consensus Gentium & a new toolkit for adapting immersive work to non-traditional venues.
www.culturalvalue.org.uk/lessons-of-t...
August 20, 2025 at 9:49 AM
How can immersive art reshape cultural access, foster resilience, & position young people as co-creators and leaders of cultural change?
Read more about Crossover Labs’ Consensus Gentium & a new toolkit for adapting immersive work to non-traditional venues.
www.culturalvalue.org.uk/lessons-of-t...
Read more about Crossover Labs’ Consensus Gentium & a new toolkit for adapting immersive work to non-traditional venues.
www.culturalvalue.org.uk/lessons-of-t...
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Cultural Trends – Volume 34, Issue 3
Does ‘cultural value’ mean the same thing everywhere?
Steven Hadley, Emma McDowell & Ben Walmsley analyse the Irish cultural policy context.
Read it here:
doi.org/10.1080/0954...
#CulturalTrends #CulturalPolicy #CulturalValue #ArtsResearch
Does ‘cultural value’ mean the same thing everywhere?
Steven Hadley, Emma McDowell & Ben Walmsley analyse the Irish cultural policy context.
Read it here:
doi.org/10.1080/0954...
#CulturalTrends #CulturalPolicy #CulturalValue #ArtsResearch
The mutability of cultural value: a critical analysis
The contemporary cultural value debate has been broadly UK-driven, albeit with European and international dimensions. However, the Covid-19 pandemic and the subsequent focus on sector working condi...
doi.org
August 7, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Cultural Trends – Volume 34, Issue 3
Does ‘cultural value’ mean the same thing everywhere?
Steven Hadley, Emma McDowell & Ben Walmsley analyse the Irish cultural policy context.
Read it here:
doi.org/10.1080/0954...
#CulturalTrends #CulturalPolicy #CulturalValue #ArtsResearch
Does ‘cultural value’ mean the same thing everywhere?
Steven Hadley, Emma McDowell & Ben Walmsley analyse the Irish cultural policy context.
Read it here:
doi.org/10.1080/0954...
#CulturalTrends #CulturalPolicy #CulturalValue #ArtsResearch
In our latest feature for @artsprofessional.co.uk the Centre’s
@rob-eagle.bsky.social and Anna Kime explore why we need a deeper, more nuanced understanding of cultural vitality and share more about the Cultural Indicator Suite project.
@rob-eagle.bsky.social and Anna Kime explore why we need a deeper, more nuanced understanding of cultural vitality and share more about the Cultural Indicator Suite project.
How can practitioners and policymakers measure the cultural vitality of their communities? A new project from the Centre for Cultural Value aims to deepen that understanding, as Rob Eagle and Anna Kime explain. www.artsprofessional.co.uk/magazine/fea...
www.artsprofessional.co.uk
August 12, 2025 at 11:37 AM
In our latest feature for @artsprofessional.co.uk the Centre’s
@rob-eagle.bsky.social and Anna Kime explore why we need a deeper, more nuanced understanding of cultural vitality and share more about the Cultural Indicator Suite project.
@rob-eagle.bsky.social and Anna Kime explore why we need a deeper, more nuanced understanding of cultural vitality and share more about the Cultural Indicator Suite project.
In our latest feature for @artsprofessional.co.uk, the Centre’s @rob-eagle.bsky.social and Anna Kime explore why we need a deeper, more nuanced understanding of cultural vitality and share more about the Cultural Indicator Suite project.
www.artsprofessional.co.uk/magazine/fea...
www.artsprofessional.co.uk/magazine/fea...
www.artsprofessional.co.uk
July 30, 2025 at 2:09 PM
In our latest feature for @artsprofessional.co.uk, the Centre’s @rob-eagle.bsky.social and Anna Kime explore why we need a deeper, more nuanced understanding of cultural vitality and share more about the Cultural Indicator Suite project.
www.artsprofessional.co.uk/magazine/fea...
www.artsprofessional.co.uk/magazine/fea...
If you missed the online launch of the Cultural Indicator Suite, a recording of the session is now available to watch online.
At this event, we discussed the project to date, shared the framework of suggested indicators, and invited discussion and questions.
youtu.be/STjbaiYhw30?...
At this event, we discussed the project to date, shared the framework of suggested indicators, and invited discussion and questions.
youtu.be/STjbaiYhw30?...
Cultural Vitality: A discussion of national cultural indicators
YouTube video by Centre for Cultural Value
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July 11, 2025 at 10:30 AM
If you missed the online launch of the Cultural Indicator Suite, a recording of the session is now available to watch online.
At this event, we discussed the project to date, shared the framework of suggested indicators, and invited discussion and questions.
youtu.be/STjbaiYhw30?...
At this event, we discussed the project to date, shared the framework of suggested indicators, and invited discussion and questions.
youtu.be/STjbaiYhw30?...
In this video from @policyleeds.bsky.social, Centre director Stephen Dobson explains more about cultural vitality and the development of a cultural indicator suite framework.
For more about this work visit: www.culturalvalue.org.uk/understandin...
For more about this work visit: www.culturalvalue.org.uk/understandin...
🎥 First up, how do we measure cultural vitality?
Stephen Dobson, Centre for Cultural Value, and The Audience Agency are developing new ways to capture everyday cultural life to inform #place-making and #investment in #culture.
Funded by @ukri.org Research England PSF.
youtu.be/paYj0pWZH34
Stephen Dobson, Centre for Cultural Value, and The Audience Agency are developing new ways to capture everyday cultural life to inform #place-making and #investment in #culture.
Funded by @ukri.org Research England PSF.
youtu.be/paYj0pWZH34
National scoping exercise for developing a Cultural Indicator Suite
YouTube video by Policy Leeds
youtu.be
July 4, 2025 at 9:25 AM
In this video from @policyleeds.bsky.social, Centre director Stephen Dobson explains more about cultural vitality and the development of a cultural indicator suite framework.
For more about this work visit: www.culturalvalue.org.uk/understandin...
For more about this work visit: www.culturalvalue.org.uk/understandin...
Working with The Audience Agency and supported by Research England, we have been leading a project to develop a Cultural Indicator Suite, a new framework that helps to communicate the holistic everyday cultural vitality of the places we live.
Read more 👇
www.culturalvalue.org.uk/understandin...
Read more 👇
www.culturalvalue.org.uk/understandin...
Understanding and measuring cultural vitality in the UK - Centre for Cultural Value
The Centre for Cultural Value has been leading a project to develop a Cultural Indicator Suite, a new framework that helps to communicate the holistic everyday cultural vitality of the places we live.
www.culturalvalue.org.uk
July 2, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Working with The Audience Agency and supported by Research England, we have been leading a project to develop a Cultural Indicator Suite, a new framework that helps to communicate the holistic everyday cultural vitality of the places we live.
Read more 👇
www.culturalvalue.org.uk/understandin...
Read more 👇
www.culturalvalue.org.uk/understandin...
As the summer tourism season gets underway, we spotlight this think piece by @aliceborchi.bsky.social & Carlo Alberto Petruzzi, highlighting recent events in Florence, a city caught between the pressures of mass tourism and preserving its cultural identity.
www.culturalvalue.org.uk/the-curious-...
www.culturalvalue.org.uk/the-curious-...
Mass tourism, heritage, music, and debt: the curious case of opera and urban planning in Florence - Centre for Cultural Value
Researchers Alice Borchi and Carlo Alberto Petruzzi examine recent events in Florence, a city caught between the pressures of mass tourism and the need to preserve its cultural identity.
www.culturalvalue.org.uk
June 18, 2025 at 1:14 PM
As the summer tourism season gets underway, we spotlight this think piece by @aliceborchi.bsky.social & Carlo Alberto Petruzzi, highlighting recent events in Florence, a city caught between the pressures of mass tourism and preserving its cultural identity.
www.culturalvalue.org.uk/the-curious-...
www.culturalvalue.org.uk/the-curious-...
The Centre’s online evaluation course, Evaluation for Arts, Culture, and Heritage: Principles and Practice, has received numerous positive reviews, earning it a 4.7-star rating on FutureLearn.
Free-to-access for two weeks, and start anytime.
Learn more: www.culturalvalue.org.uk/evaluation-a...
Free-to-access for two weeks, and start anytime.
Learn more: www.culturalvalue.org.uk/evaluation-a...
June 13, 2025 at 10:03 AM
The Centre’s online evaluation course, Evaluation for Arts, Culture, and Heritage: Principles and Practice, has received numerous positive reviews, earning it a 4.7-star rating on FutureLearn.
Free-to-access for two weeks, and start anytime.
Learn more: www.culturalvalue.org.uk/evaluation-a...
Free-to-access for two weeks, and start anytime.
Learn more: www.culturalvalue.org.uk/evaluation-a...
"Whether you are new to evaluation or looking for fresh ideas, this is a space to connect, learn and grow your confidence".
@curiousminds.org.uk is launching the CultureEd Impact Network with an online event, featuring speakers from Orchestras Live, Goldsmiths and Storyhouse 👇
@curiousminds.org.uk is launching the CultureEd Impact Network with an online event, featuring speakers from Orchestras Live, Goldsmiths and Storyhouse 👇
Join us for the launch of the CultureEd Impact Network. Everyone is welcome!
Curious Minds and the @valuingculture.bsky.social invite you to the first-ever CultureEd Impact Network session. Free online event - Monday 23rd June.
Join other professionals: cultureedimpactjune25.eventbrite.co.uk
Curious Minds and the @valuingculture.bsky.social invite you to the first-ever CultureEd Impact Network session. Free online event - Monday 23rd June.
Join other professionals: cultureedimpactjune25.eventbrite.co.uk
Launch of the CultureEd Impact Network
Curious about how to do evaluation?
cultureedimpactjune25.eventbrite.co.uk
June 6, 2025 at 1:52 PM
"Whether you are new to evaluation or looking for fresh ideas, this is a space to connect, learn and grow your confidence".
@curiousminds.org.uk is launching the CultureEd Impact Network with an online event, featuring speakers from Orchestras Live, Goldsmiths and Storyhouse 👇
@curiousminds.org.uk is launching the CultureEd Impact Network with an online event, featuring speakers from Orchestras Live, Goldsmiths and Storyhouse 👇
Are you interested in how everyday culture and cultural vitality might be measured and reported?
Join us for a free online event to discover more about the Cultural Indicator Suite and our aims for developing a framework for measuring cultural vitality.
www.ticketsource.co.uk/centre-for-c...
Join us for a free online event to discover more about the Cultural Indicator Suite and our aims for developing a framework for measuring cultural vitality.
www.ticketsource.co.uk/centre-for-c...
June 4, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Are you interested in how everyday culture and cultural vitality might be measured and reported?
Join us for a free online event to discover more about the Cultural Indicator Suite and our aims for developing a framework for measuring cultural vitality.
www.ticketsource.co.uk/centre-for-c...
Join us for a free online event to discover more about the Cultural Indicator Suite and our aims for developing a framework for measuring cultural vitality.
www.ticketsource.co.uk/centre-for-c...
The team that created the FailSpace framework and toolkit has set up a free mailing list, which will be a space for sharing experiences of talking about failure and supporting each other in doing so.
Join the list >>> www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/weba...
Join the list >>> www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/weba...
May 23, 2025 at 1:28 PM
The team that created the FailSpace framework and toolkit has set up a free mailing list, which will be a space for sharing experiences of talking about failure and supporting each other in doing so.
Join the list >>> www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/weba...
Join the list >>> www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/weba...
As part of The Big Thing programme, The Centre's @rob-eagle.bsky.social will participate in a panel event, Touring Immersive: Case Studies.
Discover more about the session: thebigthing.eventive.org/schedule/tou...
Discover more about the session: thebigthing.eventive.org/schedule/tou...
The Big Thing is a three-day event kicking off on the evening of Mon 9 June. The programme runs features inspiring talks, hands-on workshops, live performances, special announcements and opportunities for collaboration.
www.immersivearts.uk/news/the-big-thing-our-landmark-event-comes-to-bradford
www.immersivearts.uk/news/the-big-thing-our-landmark-event-comes-to-bradford
May 21, 2025 at 11:08 AM
As part of The Big Thing programme, The Centre's @rob-eagle.bsky.social will participate in a panel event, Touring Immersive: Case Studies.
Discover more about the session: thebigthing.eventive.org/schedule/tou...
Discover more about the session: thebigthing.eventive.org/schedule/tou...
How can we normalise conversations about failure? It can be tricky to know where to start.
This how-to guide takes you through a process of critically reflecting on failure, from starting conversations to sharing your learning. Available online or as a PDF download.
This how-to guide takes you through a process of critically reflecting on failure, from starting conversations to sharing your learning. Available online or as a PDF download.
How to ... fail well - CultureHive
This how to guide, created by the FailSpace project team, will help you to understand how to better recognise, acknowledge and learn from failure and how to fail well.
www.culturehive.co.uk
May 7, 2025 at 9:53 AM
How can we normalise conversations about failure? It can be tricky to know where to start.
This how-to guide takes you through a process of critically reflecting on failure, from starting conversations to sharing your learning. Available online or as a PDF download.
This how-to guide takes you through a process of critically reflecting on failure, from starting conversations to sharing your learning. Available online or as a PDF download.
In our latest feature for @artsprofessional.co.uk, Liz Harrop explores what it means to build a sustainable and regenerative cultural sector, and the Centre’s role as an infrastructure organisation in this complex and uncertain landscape.
Like many cultural organisations, the Centre for Cultural Value finds itself at a crossroads. Its manager, Liz Harrop, explores how to build a more inclusive and sustainable sector.
Navigating the spaces in between - Arts Professional
Like many cultural organisations, the Centre for Cultural Value finds itself at a crossroads. Its manager, Liz Harrop, explores how to build a more inclusive and sustainable sector.
buff.ly
May 2, 2025 at 10:34 AM
In our latest feature for @artsprofessional.co.uk, Liz Harrop explores what it means to build a sustainable and regenerative cultural sector, and the Centre’s role as an infrastructure organisation in this complex and uncertain landscape.
Thank you to @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social for recording the Pandemic Culture book launch symposium.
@benwalmsley.bsky.social was joined by fellow co-editors @abigilmore.bsky.social and @drdaveobrien.bsky.social to reflect upon the book’s themes and research findings.
youtu.be/_2o0pKDpuSw?...
@benwalmsley.bsky.social was joined by fellow co-editors @abigilmore.bsky.social and @drdaveobrien.bsky.social to reflect upon the book’s themes and research findings.
youtu.be/_2o0pKDpuSw?...
'Pandemic Culture' Book Launch & Symposium (17 September 2024)
YouTube video by School of Arts, Languages and Cultures
youtu.be
April 30, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Thank you to @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social for recording the Pandemic Culture book launch symposium.
@benwalmsley.bsky.social was joined by fellow co-editors @abigilmore.bsky.social and @drdaveobrien.bsky.social to reflect upon the book’s themes and research findings.
youtu.be/_2o0pKDpuSw?...
@benwalmsley.bsky.social was joined by fellow co-editors @abigilmore.bsky.social and @drdaveobrien.bsky.social to reflect upon the book’s themes and research findings.
youtu.be/_2o0pKDpuSw?...
Writing for @artsprofessional.co.uk, Liz Harrop explores what it means to build a sustainable and regenerative cultural sector, and the Centre’s role as an infrastructure organisation in this complex and uncertain landscape.
www.artsprofessional.co.uk/magazine/fea...
www.artsprofessional.co.uk/magazine/fea...
Navigating the spaces in between - Arts Professional
Like many cultural organisations, the Centre for Cultural Value finds itself at a crossroads. Its manager, Liz Harrop, explores how to build a more inclusive and sustainable sector.
www.artsprofessional.co.uk
April 25, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Writing for @artsprofessional.co.uk, Liz Harrop explores what it means to build a sustainable and regenerative cultural sector, and the Centre’s role as an infrastructure organisation in this complex and uncertain landscape.
www.artsprofessional.co.uk/magazine/fea...
www.artsprofessional.co.uk/magazine/fea...
The Centre is connecting with international colleagues to transform knowledge into practical action.
As members of a COST Action (CIRCUL’ARTs), we will be part of a network developing innovative methodologies that stimulate solutions for sustainable cities.
www.culturalvalue.org.uk/transforming...
As members of a COST Action (CIRCUL’ARTs), we will be part of a network developing innovative methodologies that stimulate solutions for sustainable cities.
www.culturalvalue.org.uk/transforming...
Transforming knowledge into practical outcomes - Centre for Cultural Value
The Centre for Cultural Value is connecting with international academic colleagues as part of a new COST Action
www.culturalvalue.org.uk
April 4, 2025 at 9:57 AM
The Centre is connecting with international colleagues to transform knowledge into practical action.
As members of a COST Action (CIRCUL’ARTs), we will be part of a network developing innovative methodologies that stimulate solutions for sustainable cities.
www.culturalvalue.org.uk/transforming...
As members of a COST Action (CIRCUL’ARTs), we will be part of a network developing innovative methodologies that stimulate solutions for sustainable cities.
www.culturalvalue.org.uk/transforming...