Creative and Civic Futures

Welcome to Creative and Civic Futures. This research theme covers projects focused on questions of climate change, community, and civil issues including minority groups and migrant experiences.

Manchester is a creative and cultural capital, holding a vast international and wide-ranging community. This has allowed for Creative Manchester to be well placed for key research topics within this theme of Creative and Civic Futures, research that has developed significantly in recent years.

Discover the wide range of projects Creative Manchester is involved in relating to Creative and Civic Futures.

British Pop Archive

The British Pop Archive is a national collection dedicated to the preservation and research of popular culture.

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Social and Cultural Inequalities

Exploring the robustness of moves towards diversity within the cultural sector during a time of crisis.

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Cottonopolis

Cottonopolis is an inter-disciplinary research project, seeking to examine and evaluate the socio-economic legacies of industrial cotton production in the city of Manchester.

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