Stories of Us
May 2026 - December 2026
Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council
PI: Plymouth University with partners: Hastings Commons Community Land Trust, Nudge Community Builders, Plymouth Octopus Project (POP), The Box, Prospect Brixham CIC, Social Life, The Data Place, , University of Cambridge
As part of the AHRC Locally Unlocking Culture through Inclusive Access (LUCIA) funding, this project connects with local communities in Plymouth and Hastings to explore the role of data in decision-making about their neighbourhoods and cities. The network project explores how local communities can be better supported to take part in decisions that affect their neighbourhoods looking to address the gap between gathering information, having the shared tools and resources needed to support grass-roots community knowhow to influence change.
Within the wider project that seeks to engage communities to explore the connection between data and stories about their knowledge and emotions connected to where they live, I am focusing on the development of workshops for teenagers about how AI is used in this way and what might be missed as a result.
