Unlocking the hidden, marginalised and particular: Coventry Digital, civic participation, storytelling and scaling sustainable place-based archives

Benjamin Kyneswood; Nick Henry

Unlocking the hidden, marginalised and particular: Coventry Digital, civic participation, storytelling and scaling sustainable place-based archives

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Abstract

We tell the story of Coventry University’s Coventry Digital, a digital archive project inspired by Coventry UK City of Culture 2021. Reflecting the value of accessible culture, we outline how Coventry Digital has become a place-based vehicle for collaboration with communities and citizens, making local history and revealing local knowledge. Through the project we addressed knowledge production and data ethics, and how the project could become financially viable with academic impact. Through an equitable partnership between community, business and the University, we highlight commercial conversation to create and scale sustainable digital archives.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Culture, Place and Development
Subtitle of host publication	Ideas for driving development through culture and creativity for the benefit of local people and places
Editors	Shirley Congdon, Kasper De Graaf
Publisher	Key Cities Innovation Network
Chapter	5
Pages	92-108
Number of pages	16
Volume	2
ISBN (Electronic)	978-0-9934156-8-5
Publication status	Published - 6 May 2025
Event	Culture, Place and Development - Bradford University, Bradford, United Kingdom Duration: 27 Nov 2024 → 27 Nov 2024

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Conference	Culture, Place and Development
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Bradford
Period	27/11/24 → 27/11/24

Keywords

Creative and cultural industry
Archives

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Kyneswood, B., & Henry, N. (2025). Unlocking the hidden, marginalised and particular: Coventry Digital, civic participation, storytelling and scaling sustainable place-based archives. In S. Congdon, & K. De Graaf (Eds.), Culture, Place and Development: Ideas for driving development through culture and creativity for the benefit of local people and places (Vol. 2, pp. 92-108). Key Cities Innovation Network.

Unlocking the hidden, marginalised and particular: Coventry Digital, civic participation, storytelling and scaling sustainable place-based archives. / Kyneswood, Benjamin ; Henry, Nick.
Culture, Place and Development: Ideas for driving development through culture and creativity for the benefit of local people and places. ed. / Shirley Congdon; Kasper De Graaf. Vol. 2 Key Cities Innovation Network, 2025. p. 92-108.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding › peer-review

Kyneswood, B & Henry, N 2025, Unlocking the hidden, marginalised and particular: Coventry Digital, civic participation, storytelling and scaling sustainable place-based archives. in S Congdon & K De Graaf (eds), Culture, Place and Development: Ideas for driving development through culture and creativity for the benefit of local people and places. vol. 2, Key Cities Innovation Network, pp. 92-108, Culture, Place and Development, Bradford, United Kingdom, 27/11/24.

Kyneswood B , Henry N. Unlocking the hidden, marginalised and particular: Coventry Digital, civic participation, storytelling and scaling sustainable place-based archives. In Congdon S, De Graaf K, editors, Culture, Place and Development: Ideas for driving development through culture and creativity for the benefit of local people and places. Vol. 2. Key Cities Innovation Network. 2025. p. 92-108

Kyneswood, Benjamin ; Henry, Nick. / Unlocking the hidden, marginalised and particular: Coventry Digital, civic participation, storytelling and scaling sustainable place-based archives. Culture, Place and Development: Ideas for driving development through culture and creativity for the benefit of local people and places. editor / Shirley Congdon ; Kasper De Graaf. Vol. 2 Key Cities Innovation Network, 2025. pp. 92-108

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