Our Council in the North: place-making, creativity and research at The King's Manor, York

'Our Council in the North' explores how scholarly research, local knowledge and cutting-edge digital technologies can be shared, shaped and transformed through public engagement and creative responses to understand how the King's Manor (a former monastic Abbot's lodging) was converted into one of the most important early modern political centres in the north of England, open up access to its hidden heritage through the creation of a series of virtual 360 panoramas, and discuss its role within the city's proposed 'Cultural Quarter'. The project will facilitate cultural and physical access to the sites of past civic and Royal governance, enhance current concepts of citizenship, pride and place-making and inform future proposals for York's cultural quarter, responding directly to the City of York Council's vision for 'York's Creative Future', the Faculty of Arts and Humanities Place & Community initiative and broader university strategies for partnership and public good.