Revaluing Temporary Urban Use was a collaboration connecting urban researchers with art and architectural practitioners to discuss value practices around temporary urban use. The project with Public Work Ltd focused on researching the values of practitioners, local authorities and users around selected projects in Hackney Wick, London.

Together Carthage and SOAS examined ideas of authorship and song ownership in relation to the griot tradition, which has been handed down through the generations since the Mande Empire in the 13th Century.

Theatre Peckham and Royal Central School of Speech and Drama undertook research into young people’s engagement with drama, theatre and performance, to support Theatre Peckham in establishing a performing arts course for post-16s aspiring to enter into education and employment in the creative and cultural sectors. Theatre Peckham wanted to ask young people directly about the value they placed on such education and participation in the arts – what was it worth to them?

SPACE initiated this project due to concerns that affordable premises for creative workspace in London are at risk, wanting to have a stronger advocacy tool than reports and statistics. The project helped to work out key messages and consider the complexities of conveying certain concepts – for instance a creative hub or an eco-system, which are challenging to explain or quantify.

The primary aim of the project was to investigate what science fiction fans might offer mainstream cultural enterprises as a significant consumer group and how the cultural value of such a group might be defined. The project surveyed the extent of geek influence across the creative and cultural industries and sought to identify what value could be created in the intersection between these organisations and audiences.

As part of this, the project looked into Reprezent’s creative radio training through which young people will create radio features and gain exposure in all aspects of advanced editing, show planning, presenting, and recording, enabling the development of communication and technical skills which further enhances opportunity enables entry into the creative industry.

The project used Social Network Analysis to help evaluate what impact the crits had on the individual networks of early career artists. The six month project involved interviews with ten participants, five who self-identified as ‘self taught’ and five fine arts graduates.

The six-month long project, in collaboration with a researcher from the Institute of Education, sought to demonstrate the value of the arts in causing people to cease and refrain from offending, a process known as ‘desistance’.

Heidi Hinder designs and creates art objects, wearable items, and interactive experiences for gallery exhibition, commission, and sale. With a background in literature, film and television, and degree studies in jewellery and silversmithing, Hinder’s work seeks to tell thought-provoking stories through beautifully crafted objects.

The project was a longitudinal research project, gathering quantitative and qualitative data from 63 Clean Break alumni aiming to better understand, celebrate and share the diverse contributions and value that Clean Break’s alumni bring to the cultural landscape and to their communities. It culminated in a written report, Celebrating Success, which tells the women’s stories and providing some evidence of their cultural value and also in an accompanying photographic and audio exhibition, The Changing Face of the Arts, which celebrates and promotes the women’s contributions to their communities and the cultural landscape, which have resulted from their engagement with Clean Break and the arts.