alisonmccandlishphd

Bidding for City of Culture status: revealing hidden heritage through creative research methods and the role of digital cultural asset mapping.

Alison Beverley McCandlish

Thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the University of the West of Scotland,

School of Media, Culture and Society for the award of Doctor of Philosophy

January 7th 2019

Contents Contents i Chapter Two Research Philosophy and Methodology 20 Chapter Three Creative research insights from digital cultural asset mapping 61 Chapter Four Creative research insights from cognitive mapping and digital storytelling 72 Chapter Five Learnings from multi-modal creative interventions for cultural asset mapping 84 Chapter Six Conclusions and Critical reflections on being a practitioner-researcher .Bibliography 116 List of Figures List of Abbreviations used throughout text Acknowledgements Abstract Chapter One Introduction 1.1 Introduction and Context 1.1.2 Paisley: context 1.2 Key Terms and Definitions Assets Asset mapping Community Community of practice Cultural Heritage Culture and value Heritage Hidden Heritage Participatory approaches Place Placemaking 1.2.1 Exploring Hidden Heritage 1.3 Objectives 1.4 Thesis Outline Chapter Two Research Philosophy and Methodology 2.1 Introduction to Research Philosophy and Methodology 2.2 Focus Question 2.3 Value Basis 2.4 Methods basis 2.4.1 Digital cultural asset mapping 2.4.2 Cognitive mapping 2.4.3 Digital storytelling 2.4.4 Multi-modal cultural engagement for cultural asset mapping 2.5 Ethical considerations of practice-based research 2.6 Conclusions Chapter Three Creative research insights from digital cultural asset mapping 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Learnings from digital cultural asset mapping 3.2.2 Assessing community assets from the digital cultural asset mapping data 3.2.3 Digital Cultural Asset Mapping Engagement Chapter Four Creative research insights from cognitive mapping and digital storytelling 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Cognitive mapping 4.2.2 Map styling 4.2.3 Classifying asset trends in the cognitive maps 4.2.4 The geography of personal cultural worlds 4.3 Digital Storytelling 4.3.1 Insights into cultural assets from digital storytelling Chapter Five Learnings from multi-modal creative interventions for cultural asset mapping 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Redefining and refining the digital cultural asset mapping categories using multi- modal methods 5.3 The importance of multi-use assets 5.4 Temporal Cultural Assets- The importance of revealing and paying respect to hidden, changing and lost layers of cultural assets 5.5 Places of self-care and policy connections on understanding cultural assets 5.6 Places of everyday interaction as cultural assets 5.7 Attributing a scale of meaning towards cultural assets Chapter Six Conclusions and Critical reflections on being a practitioner-researcher 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Reflections on personal development as a practitioner-researcher 6.3 Reflections on being a practitioner-researcher within a live city of culture bid 6.4 Defining Originality and Contribution to Knowledge Contribution to knowledge- Methods Contribution to knowledge- Practice Contribution to knowledge- Process and community engagement 6.5 Opportunities for further development of the research