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ABSTRACT
This paper explores international policy approaches to inclusive cultural heritage within urban centres and communities. It defines and identifies hidden cultural assets, tangible and intangible, and examines how, and why, some cultural assets are hidden. We explore the use of two complementary digital methods: digital cultural asset mapping and digital storytelling to reveal hidden heritage and engage the local citizen’s voice. The paper draws on a local city example that had ambitions to influence international reach and policy agendas; a year-long practice-based research project in Paisley, a large town on the edge of a major city conurbation in Scotland, as set within the context of wider cultural heritage policy discussion. The research reveals how hidden cultural heritage can be used to inform governmental decision-making on a national and international stage and simultaneously inform policy and practical step changes in peri-urban cultural regeneration whilst contributing significantly to sustainable development goals.
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Paisley, Scotland, UK
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Alison McCandlish
Dr Alison McCandlish is a Research Associate in the School of Business and Creative Industries at UWS, having an academic background in Creative Media Practice, European Urban Conservation, Education and Town Planning. Her PhD concentrated on revealing hidden heritage through creative research methods and the role of digital cultural asset mapping in bidding for City of Culture Status. Alison is a Tutor of City Planning at the University of Glasgow and an Associate Tutor with University College of Estate Management. Alison is a member of the Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC), a chartered town planner (MRTPI), a recognised Historic Environment Service Provider under the IHBC HESPR scheme, and member of the Association of Illustrators. She runs an award winning freelance consultancy specialising in community engagement for arts and heritage projects and as part of this acts as newsblog consultant and digital media coordinator for the Institute of Historic Building Conservation.
Twitter @CrenellatedArts
Gayle McPherson
Professor Gayle McPherson holds a Chair in Events and Cultural Policy at the University of the West of Scotland (UWS). She joined the University in 2010 from Glasgow Caledonian University where she was a Professor in Cultural Policy and Head of Department of Cultural Business. Her research interests revolve around the interventions of the local and national state and wider agencies in events and festivity and the social and cultural impacts of large-scale events on communities. A key area of her work examines soft power, cultural diplomacy and the contribution of culture in fragile contexts. She recently completed research for the British Council on the Contribution of Art and Culture in Global Security and Stability and a study on Inclusive Cultural Heritage for Skills Development in Kenya. She has a range of external roles and acted as the Legacy and Evaluation advisor to Paisley 2021 UK City of Culture bid team, is member of European Cultural Parliament and is an expert advisor to the OECD on their Recommendation on Global Events and Local Development. She is a sub-panel and interdisciplinary member for REF2021 and is a panel college member for the AHRC and reviewer of many international journals.
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