[ecrea] event: Cities of Culture: Exchanging Experience and Learning Lessons

CITIES OF CULTURE:

EXCHANGING EXPERIENCE AND LEARNING LESSONS
sponsored by the Leverhulme Trust

Date: 22nd and 23rdJune 2016

Venue: Foresight Centre, 1 Brownlow Street, University of Liverpool

We would like to invite you to our research dissemination and knowledge 
exchange event on Cities of Culture: Exchanging Experience and Learning 
Lessons at the University of Liverpool on 22nd and 23rd June 2016.

European Capital of Culture and UK City of Culture programmes are 
emblematic of the contemporary deployment of culture as a potentially 
curative force in public policy, charged with transforming the social 
and economic fortunes of the contemporary city. This event brings 
together key figures from past, present and future European Capitals of 
Culture and UK Cities of Culture, along with academic researchers, in 
order to share learning and develop reflective perspectives on the aims, 
impact, legacy and future of Capital/City of Culture initiatives. An 
interactive workshop format will facilitate discussion between those who 
have delivered and experienced cultural programmes, those who have 
evaluated cultural programmes and those who are in the process of 
designing cultural programmes.

Speakers include:

Philip Boland, School of Planning, Queen’s University Belfast

Beatriz Garcia, Institute of Cultural Capital, University of Liverpool

Fran Hegyi, Executive Director, Hull 2017

Shona McCarthy, Chief Executive, Derry~Londonderry Culture Company

Clare McColgan, Director of Culture, Liverpool 2008

Oonagh McGillion, Legacy Officer, Derry and Strabane District Council

Rebecca Matthews, Chief Executive Officer, Aarhus 2017

Phil Redmond, Creative Director, Liverpool 2008

Marina Vryonidou, Chief Operating Officer, Pafos 2017

We look forward to seeing you there.

To book a place email Dorothy Lynch ((dorothy /at/ liverpool.ac.uk)). Please 
note that we have 50 places and these will be handed out of a first come 
basis.

CITIES OF CULTURE:

EXCHANGING EXPERIENCE AND LEARNING LESSONS

Sponsored by the Leverhulme Trust

Date: 22nd and 23rdJune 2016

Venue: Foresight Centre, 1 Brownlow Street, University of Liverpool

Explanation of the event

In public policy culture is viewed as possessing curing qualities that 
can help transform the social and economic fortunes of the contemporary 
city; this is particularly evident with regard to the European Capital 
Culture (ECoC) and UK City of Culture (UKCoC) programmes. Given this, in 
an era of austerity securing major cultural events has become a 
strategic priority for city leaders. However, there are some interesting 
debates on the design and delivery of cultural events and here we 
provide a forum for debate and dissemination on the experiences of 
previous cities of culture. It is not intended to be a seminar driven by 
academic research, rather we see it as an interactive workshop 
facilitating discussion between those who have delivered and experienced 
cultural programmes, those who have evaluated cultural programmes or 
those who are in the process of designing cultural programmes. 
Essentially, we see it as developing dialogue between those who are/have 
been involved – in its broadest definition - in cities of culture. It is 
an opportunity for participants to exchange experiences and learn 
lessons from each other so this necessitates exploring the comparative 
experiences of cities from the UK and Europe.

This seminal event is important in the learning curve for future cities 
of culture, and especially for those involved in, exposed to and 
affected by such high profile events. Here we will focus on the key 
issues surrounding the planning and implementation of cities of culture; 
more specifically, it is about knowledge transfer and how future cities 
of culture can learn from previous incumbents. This would have benefits 
in terms of the exchange of critical know-how, and the experience of the 
steep learning curve that is delivery of a high profile cultural event 
with high expectations. In addition to the insights of those involved in 
design and delivery, there will also be academic input with regard to 
external evaluation of “success” and what this means for different 
social, economic, gendered and ethnic groups in the city, and 
differential interpretations of impact and legacy. Such a dialogic 
exchange will place knowledge in-time regarding the unfolding of new 
cities of culture programmes.

Indicative timetable

Day 1: June 22

11-11:30am

Introduction to the event

Philip Boland

11:30am-1pm

Aims and objectives of Liverpool 2008 ECoC, and Derry~Londonderry (D~L) 
2013 UK CoC

This session will discuss the core objectives of the respective cultural 
events in both cities, and what they anticipated would be delivered in 
terms of social outcomes and economic outputs. Here speakers focus on 
how culture would transform Liverpool and D~L, and the range of 
socio-economic benefits that would emerge. The aim is to stimulate 
debate on what cities of culture are charged with achieving.

Speakers:

Phil Redmond (TBC), Creative Director, Liverpool 2008

Shona McCarthy, Chief Executive, D~L Culture Company

Chair: Philip Boland

Lunch

2-3:30pm

Practitioner and people perspectives: Liverpool and D~L

This session is about teasing out the variable interpretations of 
success, impact and legacy in Liverpool and D~L. We move beyond what was 
promised in the bid documents, to listen to the experiences and views of 
those involved in delivering the events, those charged with impact and 
legacy and actual recipients – i.e. local people. Participants will 
share and debate their differential experiences of a cultural event.

Speakers:

Claire McColgan, Director of Culture, Liverpool 2008

Oonagh McGillion, Legacy Officer, Derry and Strabane District Council

Discussants:

Susan Fitzpatrick, York St. John University

Noelle Donnell, Hummingbird NI, Derry

Dalton Kehoe, Rosemount Resource Centre, Derry

Chair: Brendan Murtagh

4-5:30pm

Legacy and lessons from Liverpool and D~L

This session draws on the findings of extensive research projects on 
Liverpool (Impacts08) and D~L (Leverhulme13). Here academics will 
augment the experiential content of previous sessions with a discussion 
of their key findings. In particular they intend to stimulate debate on 
the curing qualities of culture, and what is realistically achievable 
from cities of culture events.

Speakers:

Beatriz Garcia, Institute of Cultural Capital, University of Liverpool

Philip Boland, School of Planning, Queen’s University Belfast

Chair: Michael Parkinson

5:45-6:15pm

Reflective thoughts on cities of culture

This session will provide a summary of the day’s discussions, intending 
to stimulate some reflective thinking and debate on exchanging 
experience and learning lessons.

Speaker: Philip Boland

Day 2: June 23

11-11:15am

Introduction to Pafos, Hull and Aarhus

Philip Boland

11:15am-1:45pm

Future cities of culture: what lessons have been learned?

This session, based on the previous day’s discussions, is intended to 
offer future cities of culture the opportunity to tell us what they 
intend to achieve and, more importantly, what lessons they have learned 
from the exchange of experience from Liverpool and D~L.

Speakers:

Marina Vryonidou, Chief Operating Officer, Pafos 2017

Rebecca Matthews, Chief Executive Officer, Aarhus 2017

Fran Hegyi, Executive Director, Hull 2017

Chair: Michael Parkinson

Lunch

2:30-4pm

Summary and future exchange

This final session opens up discussion for participants on the value of 
the workshop, and how we intend to take the experience forward.

Chair: Philip Boland

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*Prof. Simeon Yates **|***Director


Institute of Cultural Capital
John Foster Building
80-98 Mount Pleasant
Liverpool, L35UZ


Email: (simeon.yates /at/ liverpool.ac.uk)
Email: (s.j.yates /at/ ljmu.ac.uk)


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