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MUSEUMS AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT DURING TRANSITIONAL PERIODS

What can museums learn from other cultural institutions addressing conflict, memory and transitional justice to support communities during t

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AT HOME: THE INTIMACY OF THINGS AND SPACES IN CONFINEMENT

Symbol, site and structure: the house is not one, but all three of these components’. (Ashton 2015: 290)

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SEEING OBJECTS FROM A SAFE DISTANCE

We often refer to the ‘texture’, the ‘materiality’ and the ‘tactility’ of artworks, even though we cannot touch them. Florrie Badley conside

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EXHIBITIONS, EMOTIONS, AND THE BOOKS OF THE PANDEMIC

The last decade has seen a growing interest amongst museum professionals in developing a curatorial practice grounded in affect. In this Ins

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REMEMBERING 22/5/2017

Jenny Marsden reflects on the work that has taken place with the Manchester Together Archive over the last 18 months, focusing on the volunt

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CURATING THE S(H)ELF: COLLECTING AND DISPLAYING OBJECTS IN TIMES OF UNCERTAINTY

Marion Endt-Jones reflects on collections created by artists in times of personal uncertainty and crisis, as reconstitutions of self and ide

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HOW SOUTH KOREA IS REOPENING ITS MUSEUMS AFTER LOCKDOWN

Under the new norm of ‘social distancing’, cultural institutions around the world are facing one of the biggest challenges in their history.

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MANCHESTER CAMERATA: EXPLORING THE FUTURE OF ORCHESTRAL MUSIC

Rebecca Parnell reflects on Manchester Camerata’s planned programme of live activity and discusses the orchestra’s commitment to research an

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CULTURAL ACCESS AND THE ‘NEW NORMAL’

Helen Rees Leahy discusses the politics and provision of cultural access during and after the Coronavirus lockdown. Her focus is on museums

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FINDING VALUE IN THE CHALLENGES OF COVID-19

Frances Liddell asks what researchers can do to help the museum sector during COVID-19. In considering the materials created by museums duri

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THE VALUE OF PARKS IN EVERYDAY LOCKDOWN

Abi Gilmore considers how the COVID-19 crisis is shaping cultural participation and the practicing of public space in urban parks. She refle

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WHAT COLLECTING SPONTANEOUS MEMORIALS CAN TELL US ABOUT COLLECTING COVID-19 – PART I

Kostas Arvanitis reflects on what collecting spontaneous memorials after traumatic events, such as terrorist attacks, can tell us about coll