How do we know our neighbourhood is getting better? Creative and participatory research in North Central Regina, ‘Canada’s Worst Neighbourhood’
Dr. Marnie Badham, Research Fellow, Centre for Cultural Partnerships
Source: http://www.nccaregina.ca/cpted/
Communities like North Central are challenged to develop a long-term coordinated planning vision when they are burdened by stigma, complex social issues, and the crisis of poverty that require immediate response. Developing a shared understanding of progress across multiple stakeholders with competing interests is essential to building resilient communities, but how can we engage disengaged residents in communicating their wishes for their futures when methods of planning have historically excluded them? This presentation explores a creative practice-led research approach in the development of locally-determined cultural indicators.
Originally from Canada, Dr. Marnie Badham, works as an artist -researcher exploring representational practice (like policy, art, and research) and addressing social justice issues in collaboration with communities, particularly those in the margins. Marnie’s practice-led research is deeply embedded in local contexts from a participatory advocacy approach. Extending her doctoral research on socially-engaged art, self-determination, and cultural indicators, Marnie’s research also explores the politics of cultural measurement. Marnie is currently employed as a Research Fellow at the Centre for Cultural Partnerships at University of Melbourne researching community-based art and evaluation.
Chaired by Associate Professor Hannah Lewi, Associate Dean (Research) Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning
Discussant: Professor John Wiseman Deputy Director, MSSI Professorial Fellow, Melbourne School of Global and Population Health
Date: 1-2pm, Friday, 27 September 2020
Venue: Harold White Theatre, 727 Swanston St, University of Melbourne
Website: http://www.abp.unimelb.edu.au/events/canada-worst-neighbourhood