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Town Hall at Beatbox

Creative clusters and capacity building in communities: How can we create ecosystems of culture?

Wednesday, 05 Jul 202312:00 - 12:50Town Hall at Beatbox
Speakers
Prof Christopher Gaffney
Professor of Archaelogical Science
University of Bradford
Akil Scafe-Smith
Co-founder
Resolve Collective
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How can we foster creativity, build capacity in communities and create ecosystems of culture? What are the necessary approaches to supporting the existence and emergence of cultural practice, supporting grassroots culture in place, and expanding access to cultural actualisation/expression? With Rheanne Holm, Head of Neighbourhood Regeneration at London Borough of Lambeth ; Akil Scafe-Smith, Co-founder at Resolve Collective ; Maria Adebowale-Schwarte, CEO at Foundation for Future London and Prof Christopher Gaffney, Archaelogical Science at University of Bradford and chaired by Steve Taylor, academic, writer and researcher on cities, urban trends, music, arts and culture.

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