Culture and Community Ownership
“What Next for Scotland?” represents an ambitious initiative spanning twenty-four months, running until December 2027. This endeavor examines potential futures for Scottish communities during a critical juncture.
Project Scope
The programme employs creative methods to render land, power, and place comprehensible and meaningful.
It engages participants throughout rural and urban regions of Scotland, facilitating community reflection on land relationships during periods of climate challenges, societal disparities, and political flux.
Deliverables Cultural outputs include:
- Community-centered creative initiatives
- Podcast series examining land matters through compelling narratives
- Multilingual storytelling in Gaelic, Scots, and English
- Documentary highlighting female leadership in community ownership
- Traveling film festival focused on land-justice themes
Lasting Impact
The programme commits to producing transferable knowledge and implementable strategies enabling other communities to envision, coordinate, and execute similar efforts.
Cultural Programme
Programme Information
Funding & Support
WHAT IS CULTURE COLLECTIVE?
The programme is one of 23 Scotland-wide projects awarded funding through Culture Collective supported by Creative Scotland. Funded by the Scottish Government,
Culture Collective places creativity at the heart of community development, supporting artists and organisations to work directly with communities, respond to local priorities and create paid opportunities for creative practitioners.
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