{"id":391,"date":"2017-08-24T11:06:18","date_gmt":"2017-08-24T11:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/hassimpact\/?p=391"},"modified":"2017-09-14T15:25:14","modified_gmt":"2017-09-14T15:25:14","slug":"northern-bridge-and-ecologies-of-knowledge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/hassimpact\/2017\/08\/24\/northern-bridge-and-ecologies-of-knowledge\/","title":{"rendered":"Northern Bridge and Ecologies of Knowledge"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vital North Partnership Manager Rachel Pattinson writes about a recent event at the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, discussing different approaches to collaborative working<\/em><\/p>\n

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Seven Stories: The National Centre for Children\u2019s Books<\/a>\u00a0is a strategic partner to the\u00a0Northern Bridge Doctoral Training Partnership,<\/a>\u00a0funded by the\u00a0Arts and Humanities Research Council.<\/a>\u00a0In May, I joined staff from\u00a0Newcastle University,<\/a>\u00a0Durham University<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Queen\u2019s University Belfast,<\/a>as well as colleagues from\u00a0Northern Bridge\u2019s strategic partners,<\/a>\u00a0for Ecologies of Knowledge, a seminar held at the\u00a0Public Record Office of Northern Ireland<\/a>\u00a0in Belfast.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The seminar was suggested by\u00a0Sage Gateshead\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0Dave Camlin.<\/a>\u00a0It gave us the chance to reflect on our time working together on Northern Bridge so far, and\u00a0\u201cto explore some of the tensions and opportunities inherent in collaborative approaches to the generation of new knowledge.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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Newcastle University\u2019s Professor Mike Rossington addresses the Northern Bridge Ecologies of Knowledge seminar. Image courtesy of the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Of course, there are tensions; when you bring together any group of academic institutions, or cultural organisations, there is competition \u2013 for students, for audiences, for funding. And although learning is at the heart of what both universities and cultural venues do, the processes through which we generate knowledge are quite different. We speak different languages. We have different drivers. Working in collaboration requires negotiating all of these factors.<\/p>\n

Another tension which formed a focus of conversation during the day was the inequality of engagement with the arts.\u00a0The Warwick Commission\u2019s Enriching Britain, Culture, Creative and Growth Report<\/a>\u00a0states that\u00a0\u201cthe wealthiest, better educated and least ethnically diverse 8% of the population forms the most culturally active segment of all\u201d.<\/em>\u00a0How\u00a0to reach those beyond that 8% is certainly a challenge.<\/p>\n

But democratising culture and knowledge is becoming increasingly important in both the higher education and cultural sectors. The\u00a0Research Excellence Framework<\/a>\u00a0emphasises the impact of research \u2018beyond academia\u2019;\u00a0Arts Council England<\/a>\u00a0encourages the organisations they fund to reach more demographically diverse audiences.<\/p>\n

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Dave Camlin (Sage Gateshead) opens the seminar. Image courtesy of the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

From my experience of working on the\u00a0Vital North Partnership<\/a>\u00a0between Newcastle University and Seven Stories, collaboration holds exciting opportunities. Partnership helps to make our activities more interesting and diverse. At the intersections between universities, cultural organisations and communities, we can draw on our collective expertise to create new kinds of shared knowledge. And with increasing pressure on arts budgets, we can pool our resources and become more efficient.<\/p>\n

I explored the Vital North Partnership\u2019s unique ecology at the seminar, giving a Pecha Kucha presentation.\u00a0<\/a>It was also interesting to reflect on what role Northern Bridge, as\u00a0a Doctoral Training Partnership,<\/a>\u00a0has as part of our shared ecology. I think the ways in which universities and arts organisations collaborate is changing. We are asking different questions, and having new conversations. I work at this boundary \u2013 and I\u2019m interested to see where we\u2019re headed next.<\/p>\n

For more information about the Northern Bridge Doctoral Training Consortium, visit:\u00a0<\/strong>http:\/\/www.northernbridge.ac.uk\/<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

This post originally featured on Rachel’s blog, to find out more about the Vital North Partnership click\u00a0here.\u00a0<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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