Inclusionary public arts-based practices are well known for creating imaginative spaces for people to gather, fostering dialogue, agency and transformation. Through storytelling, visual arts, performance, and other creative methodologies, we establish platforms for communities to express their realities, articulate shared experiences, and reimagine their environments. By illuminating what is often unheard, these artistic interventions not only affirm identity but also open pathways for advocacy and systemic change.

We believe that storytelling plays an important role in how people understand, process, and share collective and individual lived experience. By documenting personal narratives in people’s own voices, we challenge exclusionary histories, strengthen intergenerational connections, and affirm cultural identities. This practice ensures that memory remains dynamic, shaping new understandings of place, history and heritage while serving as a vital resource for research, advocacy, and artistic expression. In order to do this we use methods such as collecting life and oral histories, place ethnographies, social mapping and community archive development.

Genuine participation entails shared decision-making. We embed our work within existing community structures, promoting collaborative organising and distributed forms of cultural governance that challenges top-down models. Through discussion forums, co-creation, and collective decision-making, we foster agency, accountability, and long-term sustainability. By prioritising historically marginalised voices, we ensure our projects address local needs and contribute meaningfully to broader social and spatial justice efforts.