Cultural Democracy

This academic text explores the process of making contemporary performance in social contexts. Nicola Shaughnessy, 2012.

Documentary film from the civil rights movement exploring how the arts might be used to awaken pride in Black culture and as a means to develop Black consciousness. Dir. Woodie King Jr, 1978

Meanwhile In An Abandoned Warehouse is a fortnightly podcast featuring interviews, conversations and opinion an all things community, participatory and applied arts with four years of back episodes available to view.

This edited collection gathers together leading voices in theatre and performance studies to debate the politics of participation and find points of connection across a range of performative forms including community theatre, live art, applied theatre, one-to-one performance and marathon running. Anna Harpin & Helen Nicholson, 2017

Conference proceedings, recorded sessions and materials from the last 10 years of this USA socially engaged arts event. Creative Time, 2020

Conference proceedings, key note speeches and links to contributors to this conference exploring the connections between participatory theatre and activism. Collective Encounters, 2016

A literature review organised into key words and ideas connected to participatory performing arts with definitions, analysis and links to research sources. Chrissie Tiller Associates, 2014.

An excellent toolkit, described as: A “relationship guide” to forging strong and sustainable creative partnerships between local governments and artists. USA specific but with lots of relevance for practitioners internationally. Blade of Grass / Animating Democracy, 2020.

A virtual residency between Arlene Goldbard and Francois Matarasso discussing the possible future for community arts. This link is to a recording of a zoom conversation on the topic. 2020