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Table 1 Design Ecologies Knowledge Exchange Visits

From: Design ecologies: sustaining ethno-cultural significance of products through urban ecologies of creative practice

Location and Year

Visits and Activities

Shanghai 2016

Symposium: Project Goals; Research Interests; Planning and Implementation in Sichuan; Protection of Woodblock Printing; Shanghai Cultural Heritage Industry; Cultural Industry in China

Visits: Huang Daopo Memorial and Museum; Shanghai Museum of Arts and Crafts; Tianzifang Area; Nanjing Road West – Old Brands; Shanghai Silk Group Company; M50

Output: Report by UK Team

Manchester & Liverpool 2016

Meeting: Manchester Metropolitan University; Arts Council

Visits: Special collection exhibition at MMU; Quarry Bank Mill; Walking Tour of Manchester; International Slavery Museum, Liverpool; The Cavern Club, Liverpool

Output: Report by the China team

Hangzhou & Jingdezhen 2017

Symposium: Cultural Heritage and Cultural Identity, Zhejiang University

Visits: Zhufu Grand Copper Store & Museum; Lang Ling Fashion Company (Opera Costumes); Hangzhou Arts & Crafts Museum; Taoxichuan ‘Creative Zone’ Jingdezhen; Mr. Sun Ceramics Studio; Pottery Workshop Creative Market Area; Jingdezhen Heritage of Ceramics Museum; Zhu Legeng Ceramics; Jingdezhen China Ceramics Museum

Output: Report by UK team

Lake District, Cumbria 2017

Meeting: Imagination Lab, Lancaster University

Visits: Dove Cottage; Wordsworth Museum, Grasmere

Output: Report by China team

London & Swindon 2018

Visits: Historic England, National Trust, Heritage Alliance

Output: Report by China team

Beijing 2019

Symposium: Cultural Heritage, Cultural Creativity and Cultural Industries. Public open forum at CASS

Visits: Shougang Creative Industries Park, Beijing Enamel Factory Co.; 798 Creative Industries Zone