Bethany Rex

Leverhulme ECF @CCMPSWarwickUni. Interested in museums, austerity, museum closures, commercialisation, professional ethics and policy.

[Bethany Rex @bethanyrex]

Woken up this morning wanting to know how local government spending on culture has changed since the onset of austerity? My paper with @Peter_Soc is available open access @CulturalTrends_ looking at spending patterns between 2009/10 - 2018/19 https://t.co/T5pBgyE65A. #museums

[Local Government Studies @LGStudies]

New in LGS@50 in '‘Change? Decay? Promise?: fifty years of local government cultural services in the UK' @bethanyrex &Clive Gray show how ideological preferences of different administrations have created a highly uncertain&challenging operating environment https://t.co/CPkAR8vc1h

[CCMPS Warwick Uni @CCMPSWarwickUni]

Now out & Open Access from @bethanyrex & Clive Gray
‘Change? Decay? Promise?: fifty years of local government cultural services in the UK 👇👇https://t.co/yVmufyZndp

[CamJRES @CamJRES]

📢🔥 New Call for Papers for a new themed issue...

How Places are Contesting the Privatisation of Local Public Services
https://t.co/QLEuQzqkza
Abstracts due but 1st November 2024

Editors: @JudithClifton6, Ron Martin, @_mia_gray, David McDonald

[Bethany Rex @bethanyrex]

Niche request - anyone use NVivo 14 on Mac find it crashes each time you hit the CAPS key?! Any fixes?

[Alistair Brown @acbrown511]

Great opportunity here to lead our @HeritageFundUK Research, Data and Insight work and help to inform how we support the heritage sector across the UK. Check out the job details for more info👇

https://t.co/ZAnMAFwd81

[Bethany Rex @bethanyrex]

Lovely to see my work with @Peter_Soc cited in this think-piece linked to the @BritishAcademy_ cultural infrastructure project. Feel like I only ever tweet about that article which is funny what with it being an unexpected lockdown project.

[Bennett Institute for Public Policy @BennettInst]

. @LGAcomms think piece—The case for "cultural infrastructure"

@michaelkenny_, @OJGarling & @StephCoulter8 highlight the value & impact of culture, heritage & sport not only economically but also in shaping people’s sense of wellbeing & local attachment.

https://t.co/veaiHEKQpL

[Pietari Kaapa @pietarikaapa]

Centre for Cultural and Media Policy Studies, University of Warwick, is excited to announce our One Day Postgraduate Conference: Being Human in the Media & Creative Industries: Policies and Practices, CFP: https://t.co/BbP14309vu 19th June 2024.
@CCMPSWarwickUni @ArtsWarwick

[Dr. Kate Mattocks @mattockska]

Reposting this as citizens' assemblies are in the news. Here I explore their use in #broadcasting #policy and #Regulation

[Santiago Alfaro @salfarorotondo]

A great piece of work! @BenWalmsley: "To demystify the processes involved in policymaking, the @valuingculture collaborated with the @DCMS to develop a new resource for academic researchers: How to shape cultural policy through research" https://t.co/DomSbNALBi

[Bethany Rex @bethanyrex]

@Miss_HVA What kind of thing are you looking for Hannah? Xx

[Bethany Rex @bethanyrex]

Great to see cuts to culture being discussed in @guardian but these averages create a false picture of similarity. As my work w/ @Peter_Soc shows, the real story is not about uniform cuts but variation and thus deepening inequalities in service provision. https://t.co/L6EmzKEf0h

[Pippa Crerar @PippaCrerar]

Analysis by @guardian shows between 2010-11 & 2022-23 real terms council spending fell in all areas bar social care:
- cultural services cut by 43%,
- roads & transport by 40%
- housing by 35%
- planning & development by a third
And more planned cuts ahead…

[Dr Nuala Morse @nualamorse]

Working on #museums and heritage, care work, care ethics, emotion work, hope ...? get in touch
CFP edited book info below
@SDObjects @LeicsMusStud

[Dr. Kate Mattocks @mattockska]

Anyone working on #culturalpolicy in Canada since 2015 (J Trudeau era)? #canadianculturalpolicy

[Bethany Rex @bethanyrex]

@Abi_Gilmore @Palgrave wahoo! v well done xx

[Bethany Rex @bethanyrex]

I was lucky enough to have a sneak preview of this and can say it's great - must read for anyone interested not only in parks but also local government & cultural/social infrastructure

[Prof Abi Gilmore @Abi_Gilmore]

So it turns out Blue Monday is when Culture, Participation, Policy and the Municipal Public Park is published @Palgrave
Thanks to everyone who helped get it out - for all who love & understand the cultural importance of parks 💚

Link here (not yet OA): https://t.co/h9CIltiLOG

[Bethany Rex @bethanyrex]

@bushofears @DrJennie_Morgan sorry for massive delay - yes aiming to set up some sort of discussions about this - a small handful of us working on this now - in the spring. will keep you posted. hope you're well.

[Bethany Rex @bethanyrex]

@HECreativEcon thanks - slow progress (new parent, etc.) - i've already done the research, so it'll be about museums - desperately need more work on libraries though. Wonder if @DrAliceCorble knows anyone doing this?

[Bethany Rex @bethanyrex]

Really need to get on with writing my book on museum closures

[Mapping Museums Lab @MuseumsMapping]

Hampshire Cultural Trust (HCT) has given Fareham Borough Council 12 months’ notice that it will be closing Westbury Manor Museum at the end of this year

https://t.co/30f7git8Um

[Bethany Rex @bethanyrex]

@FionaCandlin @MuseumsMapping tell me about it!!

[Bethany Rex @bethanyrex]

@FionaCandlin @tootinghistory the west hill building (where the museum was when it was run following the hintze donation) is now leased to a nursery - the collections remain in storage in the basement