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Creative City Making: Collaboration and Innovation as Drivers for Positive Change
Gillian Easson, Creative Consultant, Dundee, Scotland, UK
Dundee shares some key similarities to Ulyanovsk...
City of industry - academic and industrial heritage
City of sport
City of cultural facilities
City of creative industries
City of challenges - regeneration
http://bit.ly/ZgUp5s
http://www.nesta.org.uk/enterprise-toolkit
http://www.nesta.org.uk/digital_rnd_scotland
My background
http://www.creativedundee.com
Collaboration and Partnerships
• Built on shared vision, values and trust
• Uses strengths of everyone involved, but also stretches the team
• Joint effort and rewards for all
City stories: cultural collaborations
Creative Dundee amplifies, promotes and connects the city’s talent.
NETWORKS TO CONNECT & DEVELOP CREATIVE COMMUNITIES1
Providing opportunities for new and established talent
www.pechakucha.org
Partnership project between V&A at Dundee and Creative Dundee
CREATIVE CLUSTERS & REPURPOSING OF SPACES2
Fleet Collective - utilising redundant industrial spaces to offer workspace and collaborative work
Other Dundee - Quartic Llama and National Theatre of Scotland List types of creatives
Fleet Collective - designers, architects, games and software developers, writers, PR specialists, film makers, working collectively
www.fleetcollective.com
Vanilla Ink - jewellery incubator providing space, mentoring and support to new designers - attracting and retaining talent in the city
www.vanillainkstudios.co.uk
Iconic, contemporary public art
CAPITALISING ON THE CITY’S ASSETS3
Focusing on ways to create interest and shine a spotlight on the city
Other Dundee - Quartic Llama and National Theatre of Scotland Other Dundee - Quartic Llama and National Theatre of Scotland
DIGITAL PLACE MAKING4
Crowd sourcing a downloadable guide to the city
Dundee bids to become UK City of Culture 2017
COMPETITIONS AND AWARDS5
Crowd sourcing cultural views from citizens www.wedundee.com
ENABLING PRIDE IN PLACE 6
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What surprises you about the city?
CO-CURATING WITH CITIZENS7
Cultural experiences - where next?
• Importance of peer reviews • High quality not high culture• Blend of digital and online experiences
Brief reflections in Ulyanovsk - cultural and heritage offer
Brief reflections in Ulyanovsk - huge wealth of talent
Brief reflections in Ulyanovsk - emerging contemporary tourism