Co-Constructive Humanities

Co-Constructive Humanities: The role of the Arts + Humanities in placemaking. A Knowledge Exchange project in the Faculty of Arts & Humanities, Uni of Sheffield

[Stephanie Pitts / SPARC @SPARCsheffield]

Still buzzing with ideas from yesterday's #Brooklynism symposium - how can artists make fairer cities? And how do we enable artists to *resist* being coopted into gentrification when corporate work pays the bills! @CoConHum @KelhamIsland https://t.co/TuyzunBkE8

[Arts & Humanities Knowledge Exchange @AHKExchange]

Ben also questions the heritage-focused approach: rather than only looking at the past, can we be more imaginative in how we imagine the future of the neighbourhood, the architecture, the community? #heritage #brooklynism

[Co-Constructive Humanities @CoConHum]

Last panel in our #brooklynism symposium today exploring the drivers for successful place-making: planning policy, development agendas & conservation.

[Arts & Humanities Knowledge Exchange @AHKExchange]

Ben McGarry from KINCA recognizes that #Kelham is an enclave and a community of apartments - their goal is to get people out of their apartments and participating in social inclusion and industrial & natural conservation #Brooklynism

[Amanda Tavares @am_tav]

In Kelham Island at the #Brooklynism symposium today. Reflecting on art and consumption, what makes an area ‘genuine’, regeneration as a process past and present, how to position myself as an arts researcher

[Arts & Humanities Knowledge Exchange @AHKExchange]

.@YellowArch sees current creatives as a continuation of people in Kelham trying to make a living, incl. former factories and the sex workers of a decade ago. 'Gentrification' doesn't accommodate this nuanced understanding & the variety of class and work it includes #Brooklynism

[Peterloo Estates @PeterlooEstates]

Interesting discussion on art, artists and regeneration at @KelhamIsland with @CoConHum @AHKExchange Is it, sadly, a self destructive relationship? #brooklynism

[Amy Ryall @amy_ryall]

Three crises that are changing or have changed Sheffield: climate change, ecological and social inequality. Can Kelham be part of the solution? #brooklynism

[Co-Constructive Humanities @CoConHum]

.@juliandobson on the role of stories in placemaking: the Speculators, the Saints and the Sandmartins. We should not let the prevailing narrative overshadow the others - remember the role of the local church, the natural ecosystem, and the interwoven nature of these #Brooklynism

[Co-Constructive Humanities @CoConHum]

Second panel on the “ingredients” of the place - what we’re given, what we bring With Dr Lucy Brown, @GeoFoodieOrg, Andy Cook @YellowArch, @juliandobson, Mark Hutchinson, @acbingham @unishefhistory & Karine Zbinden @ShefLanguages @AHKExchange @KelhamIsland #brooklynism

[Arts & Humanities Knowledge Exchange @AHKExchange]

Annie Thirlwell-Hicks @Anniefrax points out how conflicted many of us feel - we want to see artistic and creative output, but it easily becomes a conservative cycle of consumption by those who can afford it - making it impenetrable to genuine creatives and creativity #brooklynism

[Arts & Humanities Knowledge Exchange @AHKExchange]

SWB describes how @KIAC1 produced artwork to 'brighten up' an area they care about - which was immediately used by developers in marketing and sales material. To what extent are artists complicit in the way these are used? #brooklynism

[Professor Amanda Crawley Jackson @occursus1]

Our first panel of the day! With @Anniefrax @streetartsheff @JWilkinsonArts Simon Wigglesworth-Baker, Hannah Lamb #brooklynism @KelhamIsland @AHKExchange

[Stephanie Pitts / SPARC @SPARCsheffield]

SUCH a fascinating keynote from @awasielewski about the role of art in gentrification #Brooklynism @AHKExchange @CoConHum @KelhamIsland

[Co-Constructive Humanities @CoConHum]

Dr Amanda Wasielewski @awasielewski introduces the idea of #brooklynism via Bushwick and asks why artists are interested in occupying former industrial areas

[Arts & Humanities Knowledge Exchange @AHKExchange]

What have artists and artisans got to do with making a great neighbourhood? How creatives make new urban identities - Dr Amanda Crawley-Jackson getting the day started @occursus1 #Brooklynism

[Co-Constructive Humanities @CoConHum]

Dr Crawley Jackson introducing how subjects (History, English, Languages, Archeology, etc.) within the arts and humanities have a lot to contribute to placemaking and cities #Brooklynism

[Co-Constructive Humanities @CoConHum]

Nearly there. Registration, tea and coffee from 9.30