🌃Come and see the beta of the Southampton Cultural Data Observatory in action in our online 'data scenarios' session on 22nd April 12pm! A collaborative initiative in partnership with Southampton Forward and SouthamptonCC to explore the city's cultural sector

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On #WorldPoetryDay , we're delighted to announce our latest And Towns project--

| Poetry, Policy and Place |

This project seeks to activate the resistant purposelessness of poetry for policymaking and place-based research.

Read our introduction here:
andtowns.co.uk/post/poetry-po…

A few things on cultural strategies.

Report: eprints.soton.ac.uk/485345/

Database: culturalstrategies.soton.ac.uk/#/

Coverage in Arts Professional:artsprofessional.co.uk/news/under-hal…

Feature in Arts Professional: artsprofessional.co.uk/magazine/artic…

Project page: southampton.ac.uk/publicpolicy/s…

Southampton Institute for Arts and Humanities Daniel Ashton Arts Professional Winchester School of Art University of Southampton School of Humanities at University of Southampton And Towns Arts and Humanities Research Council Makanani Bell Arts Council England Key Cities Local Government Association (LGA) 🌹Read more of Dan's work on cultural strategies here: southampton.ac.uk/publicpolicy/s…

For the #HeritageAndWellbeing conference with Historic England, SIAH hosted a 'Policy Panel' chaired by Susan Wilkinson, and presented on 'Heritage on the Doorstep as Wellbeing Resource: The Heritage and Wellbeing for NHS Staff Project' Jo Sofaer Prof Bryony Whitmarsh University of Southampton

Catherine Clarke Nicky Marsh And Towns Southampton Institute for Arts and Humanities CAMC: Before your school-time but Geoffrey Summerfield's classic & lasting late 1960s Penguin *Voices* & *Junior Voices* series has many poems & images for & by children - & adults - that may be useful in discussing *Poetry beyond Poetry* with older, 'sophisticated' students.

'Cultural strategies: Layers of place and policy' - Daniel Ashton considers the challenges of trying to align local authorities' cultural strategies to changing policy and geographic landscapes, for Arts Professional

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'Poetry makes nothing happen'?
What a superb blog post from Nicky Marsh (@AndTowns / Southampton Institute for Arts and Humanities) on #place , #poetry , #policy - and #purpose . I'm going to spend more time reading this - and thinking around it - later.

✍️What does it mean to say that literature and literary studies have purpose?

Read about the extremely exciting new project from the team behind And Towns (@nicky_marsh Joseph Owen) ⤵️

University of Southampton English at Soton Public Policy|Southampton (PPS) School of Humanities at University of Southampton

Tomorrow at JHG, join us for an evening of #poetry as we host Poetic Science, part of University of Southampton's #Science and Engineering Festival, and Biological Sciences Outreach Festival. FREE, book here >>> bit.ly/PoeticScience #Art #Science AndArt #Southampton #FreeEvents #WeAreUoS

Good work from our PPS members! 🥳

Thanks to the And Towns team Kenneth Gibb and everyone who came along today and engaged with Pride in Place. The Brief can be found ⬇️ and the animation and poem can be found here: andtowns.co.uk/how-proud

Happening in one hour ⬇️. All things pride, place and metrics with the And Towns team and Kenneth Gibb from CaCHE

What role will 'pride of place' play in the future of local cultural decision making?

Thanks Arts and Humanities Research Council for a fascinating Policy Briefing, sharing findings from 'Feeling Towns' led by Nicky Marsh Michael Howcroft Joseph Owen

We've taken extensive notes! # #futurelocalculture

Read our new Feeling Towns policy brief!

~ 'Pride in place' beyond the metrics ~

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Our new think-piece on lived experience and decision-making for Local Government Association (LGA) is also here!

andtowns.co.uk/post/lived-exp…

Interesting reading from And Towns considering the metrics being used for measuring 'pride in place' 👇

Get your ticket for Thursday's series launch from And Towns!

Read our new Feeling Towns policy brief!

~ 'Pride in place' beyond the metrics ~

andtowns.co.uk/policy-engagem…