Introduction: Heritage as community research ~ Jo Vergunst and Helen Graham;

Part one: Ways of knowing;

Chapter one: Legacy and lavender: community heritage and the arts ~ Helen Smith and Mark Hope;

Chapter two: Co-writing about co-producing musical heritage: what happens when musicians and academics work together? ~ John Ball, Tony Bowring, Fay Hield and Kate Pahl;

Chapter three: Visibly authentic: images of Romani people from 19th-century culture to the digital age ~ Jodie Matthews;

Chapter four: Digital building heritage ~ Nick Higgett and Jenny Wilkinson;

Chapter five: Shaping heritage in the landscape amongst communities past and present ~ Jo Vergunst, Elizabeth Curtis, Neil Curtis, Jeff Oliver and Colin Shepherd;

Part two: Heritage as action;

Chapter six: CAER heritage: legacies of co-produced research ~ Oliver Davis, Dave Horton, Helen McCarthy and Dave Wyatt;

Chapter seven: Do-It-Yourself heritage: Heritage-as-a-process (designing for the Stoke ‘ping’) ~ Karen Brookfield, Danny Callaghan and Helen Graham with members of the Ceramic City Stories team: Jayne Fair, Jan Roberts and Phil Rowley;

Chapter eight: From researching heritage to action heritage ~ Kimberley Marwood, Esme Cleall, Vicky Crewe, David Forrest, Toby Pillatt, Gemma Thorpe and Robert Johnston;

Chapter nine: Co-productive research in a primary school environment: un-earthing the past of Keig ~ Elizabeth Curtis, Jane Murison and Colin Shepherd;

Conclusion: Co-producing futures: directions for community heritage as research ~ Helen Graham, Jo Vergunst and Elizabeth Curtis.

Work on heritage research is just starting out so this book will make a much needed contribution and should have lasting appeal;

Includes rich examples of new empirical work and chapters are co-written by academics and community partners which will offer a rich and unique perspective of the field and help broaden its reach to a practice audience;

Will contribute to the ongoing discussions about the place of collaborative and engaged research and ways of knowing.