Creative Citizens come together

A Cardiff-led research team is gearing up to deliver the UK's first conference on Creative Citizenship. The conference is the culmination of a 30-month multidisciplinary research project; 'Media, Community and the Creative Citizen' led by Ian Hargreaves, Professor of Digital Economy at the Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies. Creative citizenship is the everyday engagement and participation of groups and individuals using creative resources. The research has explored how three types of creative citizenship add value to communities: hyperlocal news publishing; community-led design and creative networks. The research teams will report their initial findings to the conference, which will also feature keynote addresses from Geoff Mulgan, Chief Executive of innovation charity Nesta and Paola Antonelli, Curator for Architecture and Design at New York's Museum of Modern Art. The event takes place at the Royal College of Art (RCA) in London on September 18 and 19 to coincide with London Design Week. There will be workshops, policy debates and, in partnership with the University's Centre for Community Journalism , a series of discussions and workshops in a pop-up news café.