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Visual composting
Visual composting
Experimenting with visual ways of sense-making through my learning journey, Stories of Place, and conversations with wonderful people
Holly Doron
Sep 1
The Time Rebels of Dudley — Mycelium and Mulching
The Time Rebels of Dudley — Mycelium and Mulching
Never one to shy away form a nature metaphor, when CoLab Dudley researcher Jo Orchard-Webb introduced a new reflection record canvas to…
Kerry O'Coy
Aug 30
Participatory Culture and Cultural Democracy in Dudley
Participatory Culture and Cultural Democracy in Dudley
A look at CoLab Dudley activity over 10 years, engaging hundreds of local people in experimention around cultural democracy.
Lorna Prescott
Jun 23
Dudley Time Rebel Mission 2023
Dudley Time Rebel Mission 2023
Five stories of local creatives breathing life into Dudley Creates — a 100 year cultural strategy in ACTION
Jo Orchard-Webb
May 16
An emergent story of regenerative learning infrastructure
An emergent story of regenerative learning infrastructure
This is a story of the learning soil that forms part of the foundation of Dudley People’s School for Climate Justice
Jo Orchard-Webb
Mar 12
Co-creating Dudley People’s School for Climate Justice
Co-creating Dudley People’s School for Climate Justice
A Lab Note on the progress of an idea to a funded demonstrator over 14 months.
Lorna Prescott
Mar 11
Stories of Place meets Dudley People’s School for Climate Justice
Stories of Place meets Dudley People’s School for Climate Justice
Imagine curious thinkers / researchers / archivists / doers / creatives coming together monthly to connect with their place…
Holly Doron
Feb 23
Infrastructures of care
Infrastructures of care
Using regenerative principles to shape CoLab Dudley; sharing learning with our fellow travellers.
Lorna Prescott
Jan 8
Spot the difference: Urban Rooms and CoLab Dudley
Spot the difference: Urban Rooms and CoLab Dudley
In response to a flurry of interest in Urban Rooms and understandable thoughts about our similarity to them, we draw out key distinctions.
Lorna Prescott
Nov 27, 2023
Stories of Place as compost and social imagination practice
Stories of Place as compost and social imagination practice
Reflecting on a year of Stories of Place and the emergence of social imagination practice
Holly Doron
May 18, 2023
Stories of Place as Regenerative Design Practice
Stories of Place as Regenerative Design Practice
On Dudley High Street, we invite people to come together to reveal hidden stories and experiment with ideas for flourishing futures…
Holly Doron
Sep 27, 2022
Principles-Focused Evaluation is at the HEART of how we make sense of change
Principles-Focused Evaluation is at the HEART of how we make sense of change
Because HOW we do not just WHAT we do matters
Jo Orchard-Webb
Sep 21, 2022
Virtual exhibition — What is more possible now?
Virtual exhibition — What is more possible now?
We warmly invite you to a virtual version of our exhibition in our lab space on Dudley High Street in June 2022.
Holly Doron
Sep 1, 2022
What is more possible now #5
What is more possible now #5
Note 5 of 5 in a mini series of findings from a shared enquiry: Navigating Challenges
Lorna Prescott
Aug 28, 2022
What is more possible now? #4
What is more possible now? #4
Note 4 of 5 in a mini-series of findings from a shared enquiry: Learning and doing ripples
Jo Orchard-Webb
Jun 7, 2022
What is more possible now #3
What is more possible now #3
Note 3 of 5 in a mini series of findings from a shared enquiry: Network Vital Signs
Lorna Prescott
Jun 6, 2022
What is more possible now? #2
What is more possible now? #2
Note 2 of 5 in a mini series of findings from a shared enquiry: Revealing Potential
Jo Orchard-Webb
Jun 3, 2022
What is more possible now? #1
What is more possible now? #1
Note 1 of 5 in a mini series of findings from a shared enquiry: Revisiting our Why & from What if to What next?
Jo Orchard-Webb
Jun 2, 2022
An introduction to CoLab Dudley’s approach to Imagination Infrastructuring
An introduction to CoLab Dudley’s approach to Imagination Infrastructuring
“There is a big need for new forms of imaginative practice.” Hilary Cottam: Radical Way, 2021
Jo Orchard-Webb
Jun 1, 2022
Rethinking what it means to have a vision
Rethinking what it means to have a vision
Why we seek many, varied visions, and ways in which Time Rebels are leaning towards futures rooted in co-evolution and imaging, as well as…
Lorna Prescott
May 31, 2022
Open Project Night brings imagination and creativity to Dudley High Street
Open Project Night brings imagination and creativity to Dudley High Street
The story of what happened when we tested Open Project Night on Dudley High Street in autumn 2021.
Lorna Prescott
Feb 19, 2022
Co-creation of stories of place
Co-creation of stories of place
Situating street detectorism in deep time has led to the development of a collective archive and stalagmites of imagination.
Holly Doron
Feb 6, 2022
Let’s pick up our pencils and redraw the world together
Let’s pick up our pencils and redraw the world together
We’re seeking renegade neighbourhood economists; people who live, work or play in Dudley, curious about economics fit for this century
Lorna Prescott
Dec 23, 2021
Creative responses to Dudley People’s Archive
Creative responses to Dudley People’s Archive
A look at creative collaborations and the care and attention taken to reinterpreting the submitted works by the creatives involved.
Dudley Time Rebels
Dec 15, 2021
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