Can cultural events catalyse engagement with climate change? A Season for Change case study
With the goal of showing leadership from the cultural sector ahead of COP26, Season for Change was conceived as a UK- wide programme of culture and the arts, led by Artsadmin and Julie’s Bicycle, with the goal of responding to (and inspiring action on) climate change. Using Season for Change as a case study, this report by Briony Latter and Adam Corner offers a social science perspective on how cultural events seek to build public engagement with climate change. At the centre of this report is a ‘two-way question’: on the one hand, do the Season for Change commissions embody or represent principles of effective public engagement; and on the other hand, do the social/ psychological concepts that underpin public engagement make sense in this creative, cultural context?