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Common Cause. Creative Lives/The Stove. Kirsten McEwan Photography.

Research digest: Environmental heritage and place

This research digest draws together the current research on the relationship between cultural heritage, environments and place and what this means for organisations, practitioners, policymakers and funders.

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Sharing learning: How funders can support impactful research collaborations
Fun Palaces – Creative Cafe @ The Bureau Centre for the Arts, Blackburn 2022. Photo: Scott David Jackson
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Sharing learning: How funders can support impactful research collaborations

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To Leaf is to Learn - public art by Juanjo Novella and Simon Armitage (Photo by Mark Webster)
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Research Digest: Culture and placemaking

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Image: Derry-Londonderry 2013 (Derry City & Strabane District Council)
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How are UK Cities and Capitals of Culture evaluated?

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The Height of the Reeds, Opera North (Hull 2017) Photo: Tom Arber
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People and processes: who’s behind evaluations of UK Cities and Capitals of Culture?

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© Without Wall's Urban Astronaut, Wakefield Council. Photo: Andrew Benge
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My essential reads: the role of culture in place-based development

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Opera North's As You Are in the County Arcade, Leeds 2023. Photo: Justin Slee.
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UK Cities and Capitals of Culture evaluation reports: a quick guide

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