Learning from Critical Social Art Practice: Disassembling and Reassembling the Social

Mel Jordan; Andrew Hewitt; Marley Treloar

Learning from Critical Social Art Practice: Disassembling and Reassembling the Social

Mel Jordan, Andrew Hewitt, Marley Treloar

Research Centre in Postdigital Cultures

University of Northampton

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Abstract

The aim of the panel is to consider how (Critical) Social Art Practices (CSAP) can contribute to modes of cultural evaluation. Jordan, Hewitt and Treloar will discuss two projects in which they have collaborated; Making Tools Together: Exploring new ways to understand arts social value (MORE), and Mapping Kiosk for the Well Communities Research Consortium. Reflecting upon our art practice - which develops methods of opinion formation and aims to intervene within organizational structures - we identify the ways in which our practice can also be both a process of research as well as a method of evaluation.

Original language	English
Pages	1- 23
Number of pages	23
Publication status	Unpublished - 22 Sept 2023
Event	SPACEX -RISE Training Event 4: Values and (E)valuations of or as Cultural Practices? Entering a time of pragmatic experimentation - University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands Duration: 21 Sept 2023 → 22 Sept 2023 https://www.spacex-rise.org/values-and-evaluations-of-or-as-cultural-practices-entering-a-time-of-pragmatic-experimentation-spacex-training-event-on-cultural-policy-university-of-amsterdam-the-netherlands-21-22-september/

Conference

Conference	SPACEX -RISE Training Event 4
Country/Territory	Netherlands
City	Amsterdam
Period	21/09/23 → 22/09/23
Internet address	https://www.spacex-rise.org/values-and-evaluations-of-or-as-cultural-practices-entering-a-time-of-pragmatic-experimentation-spacex-training-event-on-cultural-policy-university-of-amsterdam-the-netherlands-21-22-september/

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2 Participation in conference
1 Participation in workshop, seminar, course
1 Editorial activity

Art & the Public Sphere (Journal)
Jordan, M. (Co-editor) & Coombs, G. (Co-editor)
10 Dec 2025
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial activity
Livable Cities - London
Jordan, M. (Speaker) & HEWITT, A. (Speaker)
26 Jun 2024 → 28 Jun 2024
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
M4C Dialogue Day Getting ‘real’! about Supporting Creative Industries & Cultural Policy Research in the Midlands'
Jordan, M. (Organiser) & Wright, D. (Organiser)
9 Jun 2023
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in workshop, seminar, course

3 Article
1 Chapter
1 Conference proceeding

Phoenix City 2021: Art, Regeneration, and Counter-Atmospheres in the UK City of Culture
Jordan, M. & Whitley, D. J., 16 Apr 2025, In: Mediapolis: A Journal of Cities and Culture. . 10, 1, 4.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
What Is To Be Done? Arts Role In Rebuilding Associational Life
Jordan, M. & Hewitt, A., 10 Mar 2025, Livable Cities London: A Critique of Issues Affecting Life in Cities . 39.1 ed. AMPS, p. 234-242 9 p. (AMPS Proceedings).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding › peer-review

Open Access
File
Depoliticization, participation and social art practice: On the function of social art practice for politicization
Jordan, M. & Hewitt, A., 1 Apr 2023, In: Art & the Public Sphere. 11, 1, p. 19-36 18 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
File
1 Citation (Scopus)

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Learning from Critical Social Art Practice: Disassembling and Reassembling the Social

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Art & the Public Sphere (Journal)

Livable Cities - London

M4C Dialogue Day Getting ‘real’! about Supporting Creative Industries & Cultural Policy Research in the Midlands'

Research output

Phoenix City 2021: Art, Regeneration, and Counter-Atmospheres in the UK City of Culture

What Is To Be Done? Arts Role In Rebuilding Associational Life

Depoliticization, participation and social art practice: On the function of social art practice for politicization

Cite this