Resistance in creative learning is not from the institutions but from lack of awareness by locals.
- There is a social divide between the Thanet towns.
- Knowledge transfer means different things to different people but ultimately it is about sharing and exchanging beyond the divide.
- No one wants to feel like culture is being done un to them.
- We need to look at culture and decide how we are going to deliver it as a concept.
- If culture is going to be the focus there needs to be an agreement of what it is or ought to be and the role of institutions to help make it happen.
- If Margate feels abandoned then there is little hope for change- young people are a crucial means of turning this perception around.
- Culture needs to be a tool of raising aspirations.
- Margate as a place has low expectations.
Demographics:
- High unemployment
- Out of reach community groups
- High levels of deprivation
- There are a lot of negative connotations associated with Margate which is disseminated through the media, through its residents and so perpetuates.
- Negativity is only good to get funding but is ultimately bad for the town as it doesn't attract visitors.
1 comment:
Can you define culture as you see it please? Two definitions randomly selected from the internet are, 'the tastes in art and manners that are favoured by a social group', and 'a set of learned beliefs, values and behaviours; the way of life shared by the members of a society.' In both cases this implies that culture is a very moveable concept, depending upon where you are coming from (ideologically not geographically!). There is a strong feeling in Thanet that someone else's idea of 'culture' is being forced upon the locals. Your blog does not convince me that this is not the case, and niether does the current exhibition at the M&S building.
By the way, if you want people to believe that you represent 'culture', I think you check and edit your text more closely before you publish.
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