Output details
35 - Music, Drama, Dance and Performing Arts
Queen Mary University of London
Points of Contact: 2009-13
Abstract
Research programme on cultural knowledge-transfer between UK/Brazil related to artists' responses to contemporary issues of social transformation/human development/urban regeneration.
Research Imperative
To facilitate creative learning and research dialogues between artists, arts organisations, policy makers and funders, Trusts and Foundations in Brazil and the UK.
Research Outputs
Annual programme of knowledge-exchange, residencies, public seminars/lectures, performances.
Intense Dreams: Reflections on Brazilian Culture and Performance. Monograph by Heritage with photos by Ratão Diniz. People’s Palace Projects Publications 2009. ISBN: 978-0-955511795-4.
"The game is violent!" (6,000 word article by Heritage), Critical Sociology 38.6 (November 2012), online ISSN 1569-1632.
Fórum Shakespeare. Seminars/workshops/professional training/academic seminars on Shakespeare in contemporary social contexts for actors, schoolteachers, postgraduate students, general public.
Rio Occupation London: 30 Rio artists making work in 50 public spaces in London in partnership with 15 London arts organisations for audiences of over 37,000. July/August 2012. 10-volume catalogue published: December 2013.
The Point of Culture: Brazil Turned Upside Down by Célio Turino. English-language version prepared and edited with critical introduction by Heritage (published and disseminated by the Gulbenkian Foundation, November 2013).
Cultural Olympic and Paralympic Forum in partnership with British Council and Brazilian Ministry of Culture, Rio de Janeiro: April 2013
Engagement with Wider Research Communities includes presentations at seminars on transformational arts practices in Brazil (e.g. Brazil: Ministry of Culture seminar in Pirienópolis, October 2009; Britain: Southbank Centre London, October 2010; Switzerland: World Economic Forum, Davos, January 2013).
Research Impact
New initiatives and creative partnerships on the social technology of the arts between UK/Brazil artists, arts organisations, academics and cultural agencies. Participating UK organisations include: Barbican Centre, B3 Media, DaDa Festival, Entelechy Arts, Freedom Studios, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Culture Liverpool, London 2012 Festival, National Theatre Wales, Paul Hamlyn Foundation, RSC, Sage Gateshead, Southbank Centre, V&A Museum, Voluntary Arts Network and Watershed Bristol.
