conf21day1breakout3 Archives - Centre for Cultural Value https://www.culturalvalue.org.uk/tag/conf21day1breakout3/ Centre for Cultural Value Wed, 05 Feb 2025 15:45:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://www.culturalvalue.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/favicon.png conf21day1breakout3 Archives - Centre for Cultural Value https://www.culturalvalue.org.uk/tag/conf21day1breakout3/ 32 32 Benjamin Dunn https://www.culturalvalue.org.uk/people/benjamin-dunn/ Mon, 25 Oct 2021 14:56:52 +0000 https://www.culturalvalue.org.uk/?post_type=people&p=3640 Ben Dunn is visiting lecturer and research associate at the University of Leeds, based at the Centre for Cultural Value. His current work contributes towards a national research project exploring ... Read more

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]]> Ben Dunn is visiting lecturer and research associate at the University of Leeds, based at the Centre for Cultural Value. His current work contributes towards a national research project exploring the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on the UK’s cultural sector, working with cultural organisations and policy makers in Greater Manchester to examine impacts and responses within the city-region’s cultural ecology. Informed by a background as a performance practitioner in contemporary and applied settings, his research examines the relationship between theatre practice and social context, with a focus on collectivism, politics, and ontology

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]]> John Wright https://www.culturalvalue.org.uk/people/john-wright/ Mon, 25 Oct 2021 14:54:38 +0000 https://www.culturalvalue.org.uk/?post_type=people&p=3625 John synthesises and summarises relevant research and helps make it as accessible as possible to the cultural sector. His current focus is an extensive review of research and practice relating ... Read more

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]]> John synthesises and summarises relevant research and helps make it as accessible as possible to the cultural sector. His current focus is an extensive review of research and practice relating everyday creativity and participation.

John completed his PhD in 2020 which examined artist-led collectives through the lens of friendship to better understand the values art and locality.

John is co-founder of artist-led collective The Retro Bar at the End of the Universe and has a curatorial background in both museums, galleries and in artist-led activity. His research interests include collectivism in art, the role of place in shaping artist-led activity and the intersections between cultural policy and visual arts ecologies.

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]]> Karen Gray https://www.culturalvalue.org.uk/people/karen-gray/ Mon, 25 Oct 2021 11:10:54 +0000 https://www.culturalvalue.org.uk/?post_type=people&p=3595 Karen is a researcher with a particular interest in how to value arts, health and wellbeing work and in the effects on and for cultural participation of inequalities related to ... Read more

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]]> Karen is a researcher with a particular interest in how to value arts, health and wellbeing work and in the effects on and for cultural participation of inequalities related to ageing and health. Her recent doctoral study explored the challenges of evaluating arts activities for people living with dementia. Alongside her work for the Centre for Cultural Value, she currently also holds research posts at the Universities of Bristol and Exeter and is a freelance evaluator.

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