Posts tagged Keele University
Where Are the Trees? Where Are the Birds? - Raphael Daden
Where Are the Trees? Where Are the Birds? - Raphael Daden

Urban Wilderness CIC commissioned sculptor Raphael Daden to create a Sky Works canopy installation in Longton, combining light and birdsong to explore the absence of nature in the town centre and reimagine the public realm after dark.

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2024, Artist Development, Audio, Collaboration, Community-led, Community Engagement, Exhibition, Installation, Outdoor Arts, Placemaking, Public Art, Sculpture, Socially Engaged ArtJenny HarperRaphael Daden, Sky Works, Where Are the Trees Where Are the Birds, Longton, Public Art, Light Installation, Sound Art, Urban Wilderness CIC, Moony Club, Placemaking, Town Centre Regeneration, Biodiversity, Wilder Connections, Keele University, Stoke Creates, CASCADE Funding, Evening Economy, Community Volunteers
Participatory Storytelling for Nature Recovery
Participatory Storytelling for Nature Recovery

Urban Wilderness CIC collaborated with Keele University and Natural England to explore how participatory storytelling can deepen community connection to sensitive natural landscapes. A fieldwork encounter at Wybunbury Moss revealed how creativity helps young people build meaningful relationships with place.

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2022, Research & Development, Audio, Collaboration, Community-led, Film, Workshop, Academic PartnershipJenny HarperParticipatory Storytelling, Nature Recovery, Natural England, Keele University, Environmental Humanities, Creative Engagement, Community Connection, Wybunbury Moss, Young People, Arts-Based Research, Environmental Change
Decommissioning the Twentieth Century
Decommissioning the Twentieth Century

A major AHRC-funded research project led by Keele University in partnership with Urban Wilderness CIC, exploring how 20th-century industrial and energy infrastructure becomes heritage — and how communities can shape that process.

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2021, Artist Development, Collaboration, Community-led, Consultation, Research & Development, Heritage, Industrial HeritageJenny HarperIndustrial Heritage, Decommissioning, Heritage, Landscape Change, Energy Infrastructure, Community-led, Chatterley Whitfield, Fawley, West Burton, Blackstone Edge, Keele University, Urban Wilderness CIC
TRACOBAND – Lola Adodo
TRACOBAND – Lola Adodo

TRACOBAND is a choreographed outdoor dance performance by artist Lola Adodo, blending live percussion, community volunteers and historic-inspired movement. Presented at Keele University and All Saints Community Garden during The Happenings 2021.

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2021, Artist Development, Collaboration, Outdoor Arts, Performance, Public Art, Research & DevelopmentJenny HarperPerformance, Outdoor Arts, Dance, Site-Specific, Women, Community Volunteers, Percussion, Artist Collaboration, Keele University, All Saints Community Garden, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, Lola Adodo, The Happenings
Towards an Urban Commons
Towards an Urban Commons

Towards an Urban Commons brought together academics, artists, activists and community organisations to explore how brownfield land could be reimagined as community-managed urban commons. The Urban Commons Network was established on 20 April 2020 to develop principles, frameworks and shared visions for future governance.

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2020, Collaboration, Community-led, Consultation, Research & Development, SymposiumJenny HarperUrban Commons, Brownfield Land, Community-led, Placemaking, Regeneration, Governance, Social Inclusion, Heritage, Research, Activism, Academics, Artists, Community Organisations, Keele University, Ben Anderson, Social Justice, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire