The Place Collective

The PLACE Collective has at its heart a vision of what can be done when people come together and art is brought into the mix for generating new questions, sparking new ways of thinking, kindling amazement, joy and hope, and driving action. PLACE sits at the nexus of the four research themes at the UK’s Centre for National Parks and Protected Areas, and uses art as part of interdisciplinary teams focusing on issues of rural cultures, ecology, conservation, nature/culture and human relations with the wider living world. It brings creative practice into research, use art as a bridge between academia and local communities, and offers multiple lenses through which to view and understand place.