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Ecologies of Knowledge
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Ecologies
of knowledge
Dr. Dave Camlin, Sage Gateshead
dave.camlin@sagegateshead.com
Who?
Whose Knowledge Is It Anyway?
Creep
"I'm a creep, I'm a weirdo,
What the hell am I doing here?
I don't belong here."
(Radiohead 1993)
Philosophical / Epistemological Challenge
In bringing together HE and cultural / creative sector in collaborative knowledge development partnerships, how do we avoid / resist advancing forms of cultural knowledge capital which simply reinforce the exclusive nature of our institutions?
Why?
Why do we want to stimulate greater collaboration?
Warwick Commission (2015)
‘The wealthiest, better educated and least ethnically diverse 8% of the population forms the most culturally active segment of all:
- 28% of live attendance to theatre,
- 44% of attendances to live music,
- 28% of visual arts visits
Warwick Commission (2015)
Culture White Paper (2016)
‘Everyone should enjoy the opportunities culture offers, no matter where they start in life.’
Culture White Paper (2016)
Cultural Value report (2016)
‘Much debate about inequalities is built upon a narrow definition of arts and culture, seeing it through hierarchies of taste or public funding and operating with what has been called a ‘deficit model’.’
Cultural Value report (2016)
Everyday Creativity (2016)
‘We have created a culture in which ‘Art is what artists do,’ and that those without skill or talent in this area are discouraged from participating or practicing creativity. Those ‘non-creatives’ don’t feel sufficiently engaged in the rich cultural ecology of the UK. Arts and culture should be not just for everyone, but by, with and for everyone.’
What?
"What might 'other' forms of Cultural Knowledge capital look / feel like?"
Collaboration
Who with?
“What do we need to do differently to stimulate greater collaboration in knowledge development”?
Not only, but also...
Not just between the 8%, but with forms of knowledge that seem to exclude us, or which we feel aren’t 'legitimate'
Not only, but also...
I know what I know...
How can we think differently about the development of cultural knowledge capital? e.g.
Diffusion
Rather than reinforcing the boundaries of our cultural knowledge ecologies, how might we make them more diffuse?
Ethics
What is our ethical obligation to develop 'other' kinds of cultural knowledge capital? e.g. 'indigenous' knowledge? Dialogic knowledge? Distributed knowledge? Embodied knowledge? Interpersonal knowledge?
Equity
While politicians want to build walls, how can our partnership / collaborations contribute to a more equitable distribution of cultural knowledge capital?