{"id":82,"date":"2019-02-14T15:29:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-14T15:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.canterbury.ac.uk\/tourism-and-events-research-hub\/?p=82"},"modified":"2021-07-05T15:35:31","modified_gmt":"2021-07-05T14:35:31","slug":"culture-kent-research-programme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.canterbury.ac.uk\/tourism-and-events-research-hub\/culture-kent-research-programme\/","title":{"rendered":"Culture Kent Research Programme"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"320\" width=\"570\" alt=\"red-ladies-photo-Manu-Palomeque\" src=\"https:\/\/www.canterbury.ac.uk\/science-engineering-and-social-sciences\/psychology-and-life-sciences\/images\/ckrp\/red-ladies-photo-Manu-Palomeque.jpg\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Led by the Tourism and Events Hub, CCCU and Visit Kent<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Culture Kent &#8211; a 3 year project funded by Arts Council England and VisitEngland, as part of the Cultural Destinations Programme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Led by Turner Contemporary the aims of Culture Kent were to showcase Kent\u2019s cultural assets; extend reach by attracting new audiences; create new strategic relationships and develop the information and knowledge core required to strengthen the Kent cultural tourism offer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A two-year research programme was commissioned by Culture Kent to provide research and evidence required to help the Project to achieve key outcomes.&nbsp; The findings of the research and supporting resources produced by the Culture Kent Research Programme can be accessed below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canterbury.ac.uk\/science-engineering-and-social-sciences\/christ-church-business-school\/research\/tourism-events-hub\/culture-kent-research-programme.aspx#ResearchFindings\">View Research Findings<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canterbury.ac.uk\/science-engineering-and-social-sciences\/christ-church-business-school\/research\/tourism-events-hub\/culture-kent-research-programme.aspx#Industry\">View Industry\/Practitioner insights\/resources<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research Findings and supporting summary pdfs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>For a summary of the full Culture Kent Research Programme, refer to:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canterbury.ac.uk\/science-engineering-and-social-sciences\/psychology-and-life-sciences\/docs\/culture-kent-research-programme\/Culture-Kent-Summary-of-Findings-report.pdf\">Culture Kent Research Programme \u2013 Summary of Findings Report<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Three brief Research Insights Papers \u2013summarise the three key elements of the research:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canterbury.ac.uk\/science-engineering-and-social-sciences\/psychology-and-life-sciences\/docs\/culture-kent-research-programme\/Culture%20Kent%20Research%20Insights%20-%20paper%201%20-%20Evidence%20Review.pdf\">Research Insights Paper 1 \u2013 Cultural Tourism Landscape<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canterbury.ac.uk\/science-engineering-and-social-sciences\/psychology-and-life-sciences\/docs\/culture-kent-research-programme\/Culture%20Kent%20Research%20Insights%20-%20paper%202%20-%20Organisation%20perspective.pdf\">Research Insights Paper 2 \u2013 Organisational Perspectives<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canterbury.ac.uk\/science-engineering-and-social-sciences\/psychology-and-life-sciences\/docs\/culture-kent-research-programme\/Culture%20Kent%20Research%20Insights%20-%20paper%203%20-%20Consumer%20perspective.pdf\">Research Insights Paper 3 \u2013 Consumer Perspectives<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>For detailed findings and evaluations developed from the Culture Kent Research Programme, refer to:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canterbury.ac.uk\/science-engineering-and-social-sciences\/psychology-and-life-sciences\/docs\/culture-kent-research-programme\/Culture%20Kent%20Evidence%20Review%20Report-Part%201%20Audit%20of%20the%20Cultural%20Tourism%20Landscape%20(i).pdf\">Report 1- Audit of the Cultural Tourism Landscape (Parts 1)<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canterbury.ac.uk\/science-engineering-and-social-sciences\/psychology-and-life-sciences\/docs\/culture-kent-research-programme\/Culture%20Kent%20Evidence%20Review%20Report-Part%201%20Audit%20of%20the%20Cultural%20Tourism%20Landscape%20(ii).pdf\">Report 1- Audit of the Cultural Tourism Landscape (Parts 2)<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canterbury.ac.uk\/science-engineering-and-social-sciences\/psychology-and-life-sciences\/docs\/culture-kent-research-programme\/Culture%20Kent%20Evidence%20Review%20report-Part%202%20Organisational%20Perspectives.pdf\">Report 2- Organisational Perspectives on Collaboration\/Partnerships and Cross-Sectoral Working<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canterbury.ac.uk\/science-engineering-and-social-sciences\/psychology-and-life-sciences\/docs\/culture-kent-research-programme\/Culture%20Kent%20Evidence%20Review%20report-Part%203%20Consumer%20perspectives.pdf\">Report 3- Consumer Perspectives<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Further resources produced by the Culture Kent Research Programme:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Culture Kent Pilot Project Case Studies 1-6<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 To provide insights into the pilot projects, key outcomes, issues and opportunities, key learnings and legacy\/ ways forward:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canterbury.ac.uk\/science-engineering-and-social-sciences\/psychology-and-life-sciences\/docs\/culture-kent-research-programme\/Culture%20Kent%20Case%20Study%201%20-%20Margate.pdf\">Margate Pilot Project- led by Turner Contemporary<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;<em>Summer of Colour- art where you least expect it.<\/em><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canterbury.ac.uk\/science-engineering-and-social-sciences\/psychology-and-life-sciences\/docs\/culture-kent-research-programme\/Culture%20Kent%20Case%20Study%202%20-%20Folkestone.pdf\">Folkestone Pilot Project \u2013 led by the Creative Foundation<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;<em>Engaging cultural tourists with Folkestone Triennial.<\/em><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canterbury.ac.uk\/science-engineering-and-social-sciences\/psychology-and-life-sciences\/docs\/culture-kent-research-programme\/Culture%20Kent%20Case%20Study%203%20-%20Dover.pdf\">Dover Pilot Project led by Dover Arts Development (DAD)<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;<em>Introducing existing tourism audiences to new works and experiences.<\/em><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canterbury.ac.uk\/science-engineering-and-social-sciences\/psychology-and-life-sciences\/docs\/culture-kent-research-programme\/Culture%20Kent%20Case%20Study%204%20-%20Canterbury.pdf\">Canterbury Pilot Project \u2013 led by Gulbenkian<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;<em>Putting culture at the heart of tourism marketing.<\/em><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canterbury.ac.uk\/science-engineering-and-social-sciences\/psychology-and-life-sciences\/docs\/culture-kent-research-programme\/Culture%20Kent%20Case%20Study%205%20-%20Whitstable.pdf\">Whitstable Pilot Project \u2013 led by Whitstable Biennal<\/a>e \u2013&nbsp;<em>Expanding audiences to attract cultural tourists to Whitstable Biennale.<\/em><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canterbury.ac.uk\/science-engineering-and-social-sciences\/psychology-and-life-sciences\/docs\/culture-kent-research-programme\/Culture%20Kent%20Case%20Study%206%20-%20Medway.pdf\">Medway Pilot Project \u2013 led by Historic Dockyard Chatham<\/a><em>&nbsp;\u2013 Raising culture\u2019s profile through heritage.<\/em><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Round Table Discussion Event Summary Findings<\/strong>&nbsp;(attended by 25 stakeholders in the Culture Kent Pilot Projects together with some key representatives from tourism, culture\/the arts):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canterbury.ac.uk\/science-engineering-and-social-sciences\/psychology-and-life-sciences\/docs\/culture-kent-research-programme\/Round%20Table%20Best%20practice.pdf\">Best Practice for Building Cultural Destinations<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canterbury.ac.uk\/science-engineering-and-social-sciences\/psychology-and-life-sciences\/docs\/culture-kent-research-programme\/Round%20Table%20legacy%20and%20ways%20forward.pdf\">Legacy and Ways Forward for Cultural Tourism in Kent\u00a0<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contact us<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dr Karen Thomas<\/strong><br>Director, Tourism and Events Hub<br>T:\u00a001227\u00a0922691<br>E:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:karen.thomas@canterbury.ac.uk\">karen.thomas@canterbury.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hub Administrator<\/strong><br>E:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:tourismhub@canterbury.ac.uk\">tourismhub@canterbury.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>&#8220;The Culture Kent Project gave us important new insight into cultural tourism to the county. This new research allows us to understand our audiences better, meaning we are now able to deliver a real step-change in the visitor economy. We know that in order to become a really successful \u2018cultural destination\u2019 we need to be a networked area, delivering a total experience to visitors that helps them understand a location and its people, through history and contemporary culture. &#8220;<\/em><\/p><cite>Sarah Dance,\u00a0<br>Project Director Culture Kent<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Associated with<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.canterbury.ac.uk\/science-engineering-and-social-sciences\/psychology-and-life-sciences\/images\/ckrp\/culture-kent.jpg\" alt=\"culture-kent\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.canterbury.ac.uk\/science-engineering-and-social-sciences\/psychology-and-life-sciences\/images\/ckrp\/Turner-contemporary.jpg\" alt=\"Turner Contemporary\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.canterbury.ac.uk\/science-engineering-and-social-sciences\/psychology-and-life-sciences\/images\/ckrp\/visit-kent.jpg\" alt=\"visit-kent\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"74\" width=\"75\" alt=\"visit-england\" src=\"https:\/\/www.canterbury.ac.uk\/science-engineering-and-social-sciences\/psychology-and-life-sciences\/images\/ckrp\/visit-england.jpg\"><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.canterbury.ac.uk\/science-engineering-and-social-sciences\/psychology-and-life-sciences\/images\/ckrp\/arts-council-england.jpg\" alt=\"arts-council-england\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Led by Turner Contemporary the aims of Culture Kent were to showcase Kent\u2019s cultural assets; extend reach by attracting new audiences; create new strategic relationships and develop the information and knowledge core required to strengthen the Kent cultural tourism offer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-projects"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"authorName":"rm719@canterbury.ac.uk","postExcerpt":"Led by Turner Contemporary the aims of Culture Kent were to showcase Kent\u2019s cultural assets; extend reach by attracting new audiences; create new strategic relationships and develop the information and knowledge core required to strengthen the Kent cultural tourism offer.","featuredImage":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.canterbury.ac.uk\/tourism-and-events-research-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.canterbury.ac.uk\/tourism-and-events-research-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.canterbury.ac.uk\/tourism-and-events-research-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.canterbury.ac.uk\/tourism-and-events-research-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.canterbury.ac.uk\/tourism-and-events-research-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/research.canterbury.ac.uk\/tourism-and-events-research-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94,"href":"https:\/\/research.canterbury.ac.uk\/tourism-and-events-research-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82\/revisions\/94"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.canterbury.ac.uk\/tourism-and-events-research-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.canterbury.ac.uk\/tourism-and-events-research-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.canterbury.ac.uk\/tourism-and-events-research-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}