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Folk Arts and Cultural Policy: Developing networks and sharing knowledge across the UK’s devolved nations, regions and the Isle of Man - Workshop Slides

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posted on 2025-06-20, 08:26 authored by Esbjorn WettermarkEsbjorn Wettermark

How do specialist arts organisations experience cultural policy? How do folk and traditional arts fit within the various cultural ecosystems across the UK’s devolved nations, regions and the Isle of Man? How might the UK’s implementation of UNESCO’s Convention on Intangible Cultural Heritage affect folk arts organisations in the coming years?

These questions and more were the themes of the knowledge exchange project Folk Arts and Cultural Policy in the UK’s Devolved Nations, Regions and the Isle of Man (University of Sheffield, 2024 - 2025). Drawing on interviews and a joint workshop with regional and national folk arts organisations in Wales, England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Cornwall and the Isle of Man we have summarised some of the partners' thoughts from the project in a 3 part podcast (separate DOI related) and a set of illustrated slides.

The slides were produced at a workshop at the University of Sheffield in October 2024 and bring out key issues experienced by folk arts organisations and thoughts and ideas of how they are and can work with Arts Councils and policy makers. Presented in six of the Isles indigenous languages, these slides can be shared and used by different organisations and language communities.

Collaborators on the project: Katy Spicer (English Folk Dance and Song Society), Steve Byrne (Traditional Arts and Culture Scotland), Breesha Maddrell (Culture Vannin), Ciarán Ó Maoláin (Armagh Pipers Club), Danny KilBride (Trac Cymru), and Daniel Woodfield (Lowender, workshop only).

Designer: Nifty Fox Creative

Translators for slides:

  • Scots : Iona Fyfe
  • Irish : Séamus Mac Conmidhe
  • Scottish Gaelic : Alasdair MacCaluim
  • Manx : Paul Rogers
  • Cornish: Cornish Council Language Office
  • Welsh: Underline Transcription

The project is affiliated with the UKRI FLF project, Access Folk (MR/V023837/1), and was funded through the QR-Policy Support Fund administered by The University of Sheffield.

The project was approved by the University of Sheffield ethical review process: 059768

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