Let’s Get Real 6: Understanding the social purpose of digital technology for arts and heritage organisations
Culture24, in partnership with the Happy Museum Project, 64 Million Artists and Battersea Arts Centre, is currently working with 18 diverse arts and heritage organisations to better understand the social purpose of digital technologies for arts and heritage organisations.
Participating organisations
Beauty and Utility Arts (now Crafting Relationships)
Ditchling Museum of Art & Craft
Plymouth Museums Galleries Archives
Reading Museum & Museum of English Rural Life
Royal Pavilion & Museums, Brighton
Wandsworth Museum (Battersea Arts Centre)
What is LGR6 focusing on?
LGR6 wants to understand the social purpose of digital technologies for arts and heritage organisations. Our starting point is ‘How can arts and heritage organisations use digital culture, content and technologies to foster active citizenship and cultural democracy, for and with their communities, to achieve relevant social purpose?’
This explores the overlaps between recent work and discussions that reflects on cultural organisations’ purpose in a changing society, particularly the evolving nature of their civic role, and the significant work being undertaken by cultural organisations to adopt strong strategic digital practices.
These two areas of focus explore how cultural organisations need to change in response to an evolving environment. Yet both appear to be taking place separately, with different groups of professionals responding to separate agendas. We believe there is much that connects these two areas, particularly as the very nature of society is changing because of digital culture. Other sectors are urgently exploring the role of digital technology for social good and LGR6 will consider how the cultural sector can begin to understand and forge new connections to help support their work.
What are the timelines for the project?
The project runs from January 2018 to October 2018, with key findings being shared with the sector at the end of the project.
How do I find out more?
Download and read the thinking behind the project and the LGR approach.
Read about why we think this is an important area in this blog post by our Research Manager Sejul Malde.
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If you have any questions about the project please contact Sejul Malde on sejul@culture24.org.uk or 01273 523989.