culture/SHIFT methodology
Initially developed using experience and lessons learned from the first four years of our culture/SHIFT programme, this methodology was updated in 2024 and now in 2026 with more knowledge gained, aligning it with our evaluation framework and integrating learning from embedded artist projects. In it we describe Culture for Climate Scotland’s approach to supporting collaborations between artists and climate change organisations to harness the role of culture and creativity in tackling the climate emergency.
This resource illustrates our typical approach to initiating, designing and delivering artistic and climate change partnerships, as well as the rationale for working across these sectors and the benefits partners can expect from doing so. From our experience, bringing together different skillsets and perspectives can help to enhance engagement and participation of everyone involved, enable projects to reach new audiences, and facilitate different, creative ways of thinking and working.
The methodology offers examples of some of the benefits as well as some common problems we’ve encountered, some guiding principles, and we describe how we typically work as a mediator between and supporter of the various project partners, including our process for defining project scope and developing artists’ briefs as well as supporting project delivery, learning and evaluation.
