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Feb13 0

Case Study – Derby Museums, participation, making and well-being

Posted by Hilary Jennings

Picture8This case study is about how Derby Museums put community participation and co-production at the heart of its project to refurbish and re-open The Silk Mill. Innovative forms of evaluation were used to demonstrate the positive impact of making on the participants involved.

Download (pdf): Case Study – Derby Silk Mill, participation, making and wellbeing

Case Studies, Museums be a good host, case study, communities that are LIFE, consider playfullness, Create conditions for wellbeing, Derby Museums, learn for resilience, measure what matters, pursue mutual relationships, share ownership, use everyone's potential, use time resources, work across hierarchies, work experimentally

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