Written by Kate Dorney The aim of the Manchester Digital Archive project is to make and hold space for work by performance artists of diverse heritage based in Greater Manchester. We want to create a digital collection for universities, schools and artists to use in...
Category: Research
Musical Memories
Written by Dr Chloë Alaghband-Zadeh"Musical Memories" is a collaborative pilot project; it has established new links between the School of Arts Languages and Cultures (in particular, the Music Department) and Crescent Community Radio, a radio station based in Rochdale...
Teaching creative writing in hospital
Blog post written by Horatio Clare.I have been working with staff and patients - known as 'service users' - on a secure ward in a psychiatric hospital in Wakefield in order to identify and develop ways in which creative writing may be used to aid recovery from mental...
Loving Machines?
What does it mean to ‘love’ robots? Should we love them? Can they love us? A new wave of social robots are being designed to enter our homes and hospitals, to provide companionship for us, and to deliver care to us. As we brace ourselves for different types of...
Floreat: The Fallen
The retelling of the stories of 24 University of Manchester undergraduate students, who were killed as a direct result of their service in WWI and WWII.St Anselm Hall is a small and inclusive student community. Founded in 1907, the Hall’s ethos is built on long held...
Manchester Together Archive
Since June 2017, Dr Kostas Arvanitis has been working with the Manchester City Council (MCC), Manchester Art Gallery (MAG) and Archives+ in investigating the process, challenges and decision-making in documenting and using an archive from the material left in the...
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