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Derby Festé 2023

Research Digest: Lifelong Cultural Engagement

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How may the value and impact of engaging with culture evolve across someone's lifetime? Are our cultural tastes set in childhood? Or is there scope for our behaviours to change? If so, what can affect these shifts? These questions are worth exploring for many reasons. For instance, cultural organisations might ...

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We Gather Exhibition at the Crafts Council Gallery, 2021. Vessels sculpture by Francisca Onumah. Photo by Ben Deakin.

How to … amplify diverse voices in research and evaluation

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Dr Karen Patel provides practical tips on amplifying diverse voices in cultural sector research and evaluation ...

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Crafts Council Living Labs. Photo: Gene Kavanagh

How to … approach anti-racist audience and community research

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This guide will help you think about some practical ways to carry out research that actively challenges racism and unconscious bias. It includes a case study from the Crafts Council's Collaborate project ...