In dialogue and transition: [PACESETTERS] At a moment when multiple urgencies shake old certainties, it is time to look out and enter into new ties.

Abstract

PACESETTERS is a research project that brings together partners and places, creative practice and research
perspectives that are out of the ordinary: climate scientists and artistic entrepreneurs, difficult heritages and whitewashed
villages, psychometrically validated surveys and circular aesthetics. In this article we explore the key concepts underpinning
PACESETTERS to not just adapt to but drive the transition into more just and sustainable economies. Genalguacil’s public
museum foundation, Galway’s art festival, and Nowa Huta’s cultural centre C.K. Norwida may be small-scale organisations
but they are lean, flexible and experienced enough to produce huge effects and impacts in their communities and beyond.