Resonate Festival 2021-2022 To celebrate Coventry’s year as UK City of Culture, the university of Warwick – a principal partner of City of Culture – is hosting The Resonate Festival.We are bringing a 12-month programme of inspiring and interactive free events to Coventry and Warwickshire for all ages to spark ideas, curiosity and creativity, with a grand finale of a multi-day live festival on campus in April 2022. The entire programme and festival is linked with the themes and timings of the City of Culture year, and our events form part of the City of Culture’s event programme. It’s our most ambitious set of public engagement projects ever delivered in the city. c May: INVENTION – Sounding it out: Building a better future together c June: SANCTUARY – Safe and sound: We are a city that is open and welcoming c July: COMMUNITY – Share the same voice: The power of working together c August: FREEDOM – Speak your truth: Freedom of ideas, speech and expression c September: WORDS AND VOICES - The power of words spoken, written and sung c October: FUTURES – Sounds of the future: We imagine the Coventry of tomorrow c November: COVENTRY IN THE WORLD – A global symphony: Diverse cultures coming together c December: FEAST! Food for the soul: Together around the table c January: BEING HUMAN – Anthem of humanity: Understanding what it means to be human c February: HEALTH – Mind and body in harmony: The journey towards better health and mental wellbeing c March: AMAZING WOMEN – Sing her praises: Celebrating all women - past, present and future c April: FESTIVAL!
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Since the Resonate Festival launched in May 2021, we have organised 94 events. We’ve engaged with 3152 people face-to-face and 5627 people online; the ethnic diversity of our attendees roughly reflects that of the
city of Coventry. We’ve built relationships with over 62 local organisations and worked with about 120 staff and 60 students from all three faculties on developing and delivering our programme. We’ve also launched a new website (https://www.resonatefestival.co.uk/) and developed around 50 online activities and resources so that people can engage with the festival at home, something which has been particularly important during this difficult year of restrictions and lockdowns. These figures are important as they show that we’re on track to achieve much of what we set out to achieve, but they are only part of the story of Resonate. Quote from Yanal Armanazi, a participant on the Re/Making Home events led by Prof Vicki Squire “It’s my pleasure to be involved in any work with you. Many thanks for giving me this opportunity. The event was amazing, it worked very well. Special thanks to Vicki, her message made me feel proud of myself!”
Our theory of change – what we set out to achieve.... Based on the City of Culture Trust theory of change and work carried out by the Monitoring and Evaluation team here at Warwick (led by Professor Jonothan Neelands), we produced a theory of change to map out the impacts, outcomes and outputs that we are aiming for through the Resonate Festival.
The Impacts we’re aiming for via the Resonate festival: c Warwick is recognised & embedded as a valued contributor to Coventry lives and a legacy of engagement is established c Warwick is recognised as a leader in civic engagement c Warwick is recognised for research that changes lives locally, nationally, globally c Culture is valued as essential part of staff & student experience
WIE Report November 2020 – February 2022 | www.warwick.ac.uk/wie
