Timothy J. Senior
Medievals and moderns in conversation: Co-designing creative futures for under-used historic churches in rural communities
Senior, Timothy J.; Metcalfe, Tom; McClean, Stuart; Wilson, Alexander; Bowen, Simon; Ailes, Marianne; McGregor, Ed
Authors
Tom Metcalfe
Dr Stuart McClean Stuart.Mcclean@uwe.ac.uk
Associate Professor Public Health (Health & Wellbeing)
Alexander Wilson
Simon Bowen
Marianne Ailes
Ed McGregor
Abstract
For many living in rural areas, the loss of traditional community assets and increased social fragmentation are a common feature of everyday life. The empty village church is a poignant symbol of these challenges; yet, these are sites that hold considerable potential for new placemaking solutions that respond to the needs of communities today. This means looking beyond “the traditional village church” to recognise a longer history of church adaptation and resilience within the lives of communities. In this paper we ask: how can co-design, projected through a Wicked problems and Clumsy solutions lens, help imagine new futures for communities and their historic churches today? Clumsy solutions consider a plurality of different perspectives on the nature of problems and their resolution to deliver more effective solutions with broad appeal. In the search for clumsiness, we turn to ‘long history’ and ‘slow technology’ for inspiration, uncovering deeper resonance with historical communities of place and anchoring that continuity within church sites themselves. Our paper demonstrates how Wicked/Clumsy thinking can account for the challenges faced by rural communities today, bootstrap co-design activities in the development of clumsy solutions, and uncover clumsiness in long history and slow technology dimensions—together laying the foundation for new placemaking strategies.
Citation
Senior, T. J., Metcalfe, T., McClean, S., Wilson, A., Bowen, S., Ailes, M., & McGregor, E. (2022). Medievals and moderns in conversation: Co-designing creative futures for under-used historic churches in rural communities. Multimodal Technologies and Interaction, 6(5), Article 40. https://doi.org/10.3390/mti6050040
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | May 12, 2022 |
Online Publication Date | May 18, 2022 |
Publication Date | May 18, 2022 |
Deposit Date | May 23, 2022 |
Publicly Available Date | Mar 29, 2024 |
Journal | Multimodal Technologies and Interaction |
Electronic ISSN | 2414-4088 |
Publisher | MDPI |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 6 |
Issue | 5 |
Article Number | 40 |
Series ISSN | 2414-4088 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.3390/mti6050040 |
Keywords | Medievals, Conservation, Creative Futures |
Public URL | https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/9533862 |
Publisher URL | https://www.mdpi.com/journal/mti |
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