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Reflecting Value's aim is to facilitate a reflective space for sharing successes and challenges associated with communicating cultural value, bringing together a range of new voices for discussion, debate and reflection. To find out more please visit: www.culturalvalue.org.uk/reflecting-value Follow us at @valuingculture on Twitter,
Episodes

Monday Mar 14, 2022
S2: Ep 5 Physically distanced, socially connected
Monday Mar 14, 2022
Monday Mar 14, 2022
Created in partnership with National Theatre of Scotland
This episode is hosted by Lewis Hetherington of National Theatre of Scotland who brings together six people who have been participants in creative work during the pandemic. The group explores their experiences of taking part in creative activity during the pandemic, and the positive impacts it had on them while in lockdown.
Guests
- Lewis Hetherington (National Theatre of Scotland) – host
- Stewart Gow and Carrie Bates – Coming Back Out Ball
- Charlotte Armitage and Kenneth Murray – Holding, Holding On
- Jaqui Smyth and Peter Sproul – Non Optimum
With thanks to National Theatre of Scotland partners:
Coming Back Out Ball
A National Theatre of Scotland and All The Queens Men co-production, in partnership with Eden Court and Luminate in association with Glasgow City Council.
Holding/ Holding On
Presented by National Theatre of Scotland as part of Care in Contemporary Scotland – A Creative Enquiry, written by Nicola McCartney
Non Optimum: When It’s Safe To Do So
Presented by National Theatre of Scotland as part of Care in Contemporary Scotland – A Creative Enquiry, created by Lucy Gaizely/21Common
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Get in touch at ccv@leeds.ac.uk

Monday Mar 14, 2022
S2: Ep 4 Learning through crisis
Monday Mar 14, 2022
Monday Mar 14, 2022
This episode is hosted by Anna Woolf from London Arts Health Forum who explores the impacts of the pandemic on practitioners and the people they work with. Daniel Regan and Bablu Miah join Anna to reflect on their pandemic experiences, discussing what they will take forwards in their practice and what they will leave in the pre-pandemic world.
Guests
- Anna Woolf (London Arts Health) hosts the conversation focused on changing practice and learning through crisis
- Daniel Regan (Arts Health Hub) on the impacts of covid on freelance artists and cultural practitioners.
- Bablu Miah (Trapped in Zone One) on how practice with young people changed as a result of the pandemic
We would love to hear what you thought about the episode – please share your thoughts on Twitter using #ReflectingValue
You can listen to Reflecting Value at Spotify, Apple Music or wherever you find your podcasts and don’t forget to rate, review and subscribe.
Get in touch at ccv@leeds.ac.uk

Monday Mar 14, 2022
S2 Ep 3: Gaming as culture
Monday Mar 14, 2022
Monday Mar 14, 2022
This episode explores the cultural experiences people have through playing video and board games. We talk to experts about the social value of gaming and the ways in which gaming design and culture can lead different communities to feel excluded.
Guests
- Marie Foulston on the ways games interact with our everyday lives, and how gaming is positioned in the wider cultural landscape [02:38 – 09:18]
- Dr Michael Heron (University of Gothenberg) on the accessibility of video and board games, and the [10:26 – 18:20]
- Stephanie Ijoma (Founder of NNESAGA) on creating safe spaces for marginalised gamers, and the ways the industry needs to change to support inclusive gaming. [19:17 – 26:53]
To find out more about each episode as well as transcripts, guest bios and resources, visit: culturalvalue.org.uk/reflecting-value
You can listen to Reflecting Value at Spotify, Apple Music or wherever you find your podcasts and don’t forget to rate, review and subscribe.
#ReflectingValue
Get in touch at ccv@leeds.ac.uk

Monday Mar 14, 2022
S2 Ep 2: Who holds the power?
Monday Mar 14, 2022
Monday Mar 14, 2022
This episode explores the power dynamics that underpin cultural participation and research. We discuss how where you live can impact on how you engage with culture and how authentic participatory research can help bring to the fore the voices of people who have previously gone unheard.
Guests
- Avant Cymru on the challenges of telling stories from the Welsh Valleys and the power dynamics at play in funding decision-making. [01:31 – 10:39]
- Dr Sylvan Baker (Royal Central School of Speech and Drama) on what it means to do authentic co-research with care experienced young people. [11:16 – 21:17]
- Dr Helen Graham (University of Leeds) on opening up ‘glass cases’ in museums to enable communities to interact more closely with material culture [22:09 – 31:40]
Resources referenced in this episode
To find out more about each episode as well as transcripts, guest bios and resources, visit: culturalvalue.org.uk/reflecting-value
You can listen to Reflecting Value at Spotify, Apple Music or wherever you find your podcasts and don’t forget to rate, review and subscribe.
#ReflectingValue
Get in touch at ccv@leeds.ac.uk

Monday Mar 14, 2022
S2 Ep 1: The digital r(evolution)?
Monday Mar 14, 2022
Monday Mar 14, 2022
This episode explores the different ways that cultural organisations and practitioners use the digital to engage with audiences. We explore the role of Tik-Tok in growing engaged audiences; how the digital can help build connections with communities at a hyper-local level; and the ways in which African communities are taking back ownership of their heritage through the process of digitization.
Guests
- Rebecca Black (Royal Opera House) on the ways in which the Royal Opera House uses TikTok to be more playful with its audiences. [02:20 – 07:53]
- Dr Harry Weeks (University of Newcastle) on the impacts of COVID-19 on museums and how the digital is helping them to connect with communities at a hyper-local level [08:38 – 17:12]
- Chao Tayiana (African digital heritage specialist) [18:09 – 28:00]
Resources referenced in this episode
- Royal Opera House’s TikTok page – https://www.museumofbritishcolonialism.org/
- Harry Weeks’s piece in Arts Professional - https://www.artsprofessional.co.uk/magazine/article/why-digital-isnt-enough
- Chao’s Museum of British Colonialism - https://www.museumofbritishcolonialism.org/
To find out more about each episode as well as transcripts, guest bios and resources, visit: culturalvalue.org.uk/reflecting-value
You can listen to Reflecting Value at Spotify, Apple Music or wherever you find your podcasts and don’t forget to rate, review and subscribe.
#ReflectingValue
Get in touch at ccv@leeds.ac.uk

Monday Mar 14, 2022
Reflecting Value: a new season
Monday Mar 14, 2022
Monday Mar 14, 2022
Hosted by Dr Robyn Dowlen, Reflecting Value shares the successes and challenges of communicating cultural value, bringing together a range of thought-provoking contributors for discussion and reflection.
In season two, we speak to the people at the intersections of cultural participation from researchers to practitioners, cultural curators to participants.
Edited and produced in house by Mikey Nissenbaum

Wednesday Mar 24, 2021
Ep 4: From where we stand
Wednesday Mar 24, 2021
Wednesday Mar 24, 2021
Hosted by Emily Zobel-Marshall this episode is ‘in conversation’ with Kully Thiarai, Amanda Huxtable, Keranjeet Kaur Virdee, Sharon Watson and Kathy Williams, five Leeds-based cultural leaders. Together they explore the health and wellbeing of the cultural sector workforce, and intersections with ethnicity and gender.
This episode features discussion of the death of George Floyd and violence against people from Black and Asian communities.
Host
Dr Emily Zobel Marshall (Leeds Beckett University) - Lecturer in School of Cultural Studies
Guests
- Kully Thiarai (Leeds 2023)
- Amanda Huxtable (Creative Producer and Director)
- Keranjeet Kaur Virdee (South Asian Arts UK)
- Dr Sharon Watson (Northern School of Contemporary Dance)
- Kathy Williams (RJC Dance)
Recommended Reading
- Afua Hirsch – Brit(ish): On Race, Identity and Belonging
- Layla Saad – Me and White Supremacy: A Guided Journal
- Reni Eddo-Lodge – Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race
- Akala - Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire
- Brook, O’Brien and Taylor – Culture Is Bad For You
To find out more about each episode as well as resources from each please visit: culturalvalue.org.uk/reflecting-value

Wednesday Mar 24, 2021
Ep 3: Whose safe spaces?
Wednesday Mar 24, 2021
Wednesday Mar 24, 2021
When you take a closer look at who participates in culture, health and wellbeing research projects you’ll see that similar kinds of people are represented time and time again. So, what barriers to access are we creating when we bring culture, health and research together? And what can we do to enable a diverse range of people to fully participate in cultural programmes designed to address health and wellbeing needs?
This episode features a discussion about hate crime against a disabled woman. If you want to skip over this, the timings are as follows: [15:22 – 15:50]
In this episode we speak to The Culture Box team (Professor Victoria Tischler, Dr Hannah Zeilig and Dr Errol Francis) Grace Quantock and Tamsin Cook and Anne Collins (Mafwa Theatre).
To find out more about each episode as well as resources from each please visit: culturalvalue.org.uk/reflecting-value

Wednesday Mar 24, 2021
Ep 2: Making room for one another
Wednesday Mar 24, 2021
Wednesday Mar 24, 2021
In the second episode of Reflecting Value we focus on the specific role of culture in addressing health and wellbeing needs.
Research in the area of culture, health and wellbeing is often quick to jump to reporting outcomes, with the reporting of the processes underpinning these outcomes often falling by the wayside. So how do we find the right balance between showcasing outcomes, whilst also highlighting the process? And how might we research and evaluate the process?
In this episode we speak to Tim Joss (Chief Executive and Founder of Aesop), Hannah Dye (Head of Programmes at Breathe Arts Health Research) and Dr Kate Dupuis (Schlegel Innovation Leader in Arts and Ageing)
To find out more about each episode as well as resources from each please visit: culturalvalue.org.uk/reflecting-value

Tuesday Mar 23, 2021
Ep 1: Bringing two worlds together
Tuesday Mar 23, 2021
Tuesday Mar 23, 2021
This episode explores the ways in which the cultural sector is conveying its value to the health and social care sector. The successes they have celebrated, the challenges they have encountered, and the adaptations they needed to make to speak the language of health and wellbeing.
In this episode we speak to Veronica Franklin-Gould (Arts4Dementia) Professor Sue Pavitt (School of Dentistry, University of Leeds) & Dr Shamaila Anwar (National Institute for Health Research) Mike Chitty (Former Head of Applied Leadership for the NHS Leadership Academy)
Music used:
Bach Cello Suite no. 1 in G major, BWV 1007 sourced from Musopen
To find out more about each episode as well as transcripts and resources from each please visit: culturalvalue.org.uk/reflecting-value