Visibility Equity in Regeneration: Spatial Agency, Authorship and the Politics of Representation in Post-Industrial Neighbourhoods Part 1 Dissertation 2026 Orienda Hatfield University of Wolverhampton Wolverhampton | UK Visibility Equity in Regeneration investigateswho gets seen, valued and credited in the cultural regeneration of post-industrial neighbourhoods. The dissertation argues that visibility is not neutral: it is produced through governance, funding structures and symbolic labour, shaping how communities and places are represented within regeneration narratives. Through comparative study, the research reveals how different funding trajectories influence authorship, agency and public representation.Using archival documents, policy material and visual records, the project traces how regeneration is narrated over time, highlighting patterns of erasure, selective visibility and the undervaluing of voluntary and community led labour.This dissertation's central contribution is the Visibility Equity Framework, an original architectural tool which demonstrates that cultural projects can celebrate community participation while simultaneously limiting authorship within formal governance structures.By foregrounding symbolic labour and spatial agency, the research reframes regeneration as a representational process with ethical and architectural consequences. Tutor(s) Nigel Moore Olive White