Community development through participatory arts

Lessons learned from a community arts and regeneration project in South Liverpool

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ID23152913
AuthorsPeter Carey (0000-0002-0480-8053, Liverpool John Moores University, corresponding author)
Year2004
Volume39
Issue2
Pages123-134
Publication date2004-04-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCommunity Development Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0010-3802 • E-ISSN: 1468-2656
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/cdj/39.2.123
OpenAlexW2033700388
LanguageEN
Citations received10

The role of arts in encouraging participation and community development is increasingly recognized. This paper centres on a large-scale community arts programme in the Speke/Garston area of Liverpool, UK. This sought to increase community involvement though a variety of participatory arts initiatives within a single, unifying project known as ‘Closer’. Evaluation indicated that the project had met its aims of increasing participation (Carey and Sutton, 2002a). What was also apparent was that the experience of working on the project had been challenging, enlightening, enriching and frustrating for those involved. The lessons learned from this project are of value to communities, practitioners and policy-makers.

Citizen journalism · Community development · Community project · Economic growth · Participatory action research · Participatory development · Pedagogy · Political science · Public relations · Social science · Sociology · The arts · Variety (cybernetics) · Art Therapy and Mental Health · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Participatory Visual Research Methods

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