Dr Jack Webb, Lecturer in Modern British History and final year History student Esther Akinlosotu are helping to showcase the work carried out in Black Studies in the UK at postgraduate level.
Category: Equality and Diversity
Vestiges: Crafting Connections through the Heritage of the Peak District
Written by Dr Melanie GilesVestiges worked with Sheffield Museum Trust’s Weston Park Museum to help enrich the cultural and creative content of their exhibition celebrating the life and work of Peak District antiquarian, Thomas Bateman. Collaborative discussion...
Building Cultural Diplomacy into the Agenda of Cultural Sustainability
Written by Dr Biyun ZhuThis project positioned cultural diplomacy at the heart of cultural sustainable development. It discussed how international cultural activities address cultural sustainable development goals (such as cultural diversity and equity) amid the...
Our Green and Pleasant Land
Written by Dr Jenna C. AshtonPatriotism meets climate campaigning in 'Our Green and Pleasant Land!'Throughout April 2022, a small artist-researcher team held workshops with families in Miles Platting and Newton Heath Libraries and at Miles Platting St Cuthbert's...
Schools Poetry Clinics
Written by Joe HunterAt first, I wasn't sure I was the right person to act as a mentor for the schools poetry competition. After all, I was – I am – primarily a fiction writer. But I write plenty of poetry, and had certainly studied it for long enough. As Dr Luke...
Let’s Talk Zindabad
Written by Amina BegIn December 2021, I went to Let’s Talk Rochdale which is a community-based organisation set up in 2019 working to empower women from South Asian backgrounds. They provide various activities to create awareness for the mental/physical health of the...
Defining and Developing the UK’s First Arts and Culture Community Land Trust through Community-Led Research
Written by Emma Martin This project supported the initial development phase of the UK’s first Community Land Trust (CLT), dedicated to arts and culture, based in Wirral Arts and Culture CLT (WACCLT), Wirral, Northwest England. CLTs are democratic, non-profit...
Social Responsibility Awards, Round 2 (2021-22): Project Abstracts
Written/compiled by Anke BernauWe are delighted to share abstracts (see below) for some of the projects that received Social Responsibility (SR) / Cultural Engagement Awards in the second round of applications for this year. We hope that this will give a good sense of...
Refugee Arts Networks: Extending the Frame
Written by Dr Szabolcs Musca In November 2021, a group of academics, artists and activists gathered to ask: What are the strategies and challenges faced by refugee artists today? How can networks foster systemic change? How can we develop new frameworks driven by...
Engaging Beyond the University: Knowledge Exchange on LGBTIQ+ Experiences of Covid-19 in Brazil and the UK
Written by Luan Cassal and Billy Tusker HaworthAlthough the Covid-19 pandemic has impacted the entire planet, it has also highlighted inequities across countries considering, for instance, number of cases and deaths, production and distribution of vaccines, and travel...