Culture and Creative Arts
A sense of direction
Who are we? Where are we heading? Creativity is the key to understanding ourselves, the past, the present and the future. And it is the basis for new opportunities and enterprise.
The past must be approached creatively, so that it surrenders its secrets. It might resound to the clash of conflict. Research into weaponry and battlefields requires hands-on historical expertise, and draws on cutting-edge scientific techniques as well. The day-to-day life of communities is an important narrative too. Oral history allows the people tell their stories in their own words and brings the past alive in the most vivid way imaginable.
An overarching issue is the nature and meaning of Britishness and the study of identities in the UK and beyond. This calls on the expertise of historians, social scientists, political analysts and researchers from creative disciplines.
The arts are never static and music is taking new and exciting directions, aided by technology and world-class research. But creativity crosses the disciplines and moves into many areas, so researchers in fields such as digital media, art and design, architecture, sustainability and pedagogy have teamed up to pool their ideas.
Outlined below are the areas within the University where we are carrying out research related to this theme.
Academy for British and Irish Studies
Arms and Armour Research Group
Centre for Applied Childhood Studies
Centre for Applied Psychological Research
Centre for Oral History Research (COHR)
Centre for Precision Technologies (CPT)
Centre for Research in New Music (CeReNeM)
Centre for Research in the Social Sciences
Centre for Research Interdisciplinary Creative Practice
Centre for the Study of Music Gender and Identity (MuGi)
Computer Graphics, Imaging and Vision (CGIV)
Knowledge Engineering and Intelligent Interfaces
Learning Leadership and Employment Research Group
Making the Tudor Viol (AHRC funded project)
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