Cultural PracticesApr 28, 202110 minMATERIAL LEARNING, OBJECTS, AND ONLINE EMBODIMENTSMuseum and gallery audience engagement and collections-based activity often centres on sensory response to handling real material. Likewise,
Cultural PracticesSep 13, 20208 minTHE LAWS OF ILLUMINATIONLibrarians who began practising in the last twenty years have had the phrases, ‘the death of the book,’ and ‘the end of libraries’ ringing i
Cultural PracticesAug 16, 202010 minPROVIDING EMOTIONAL SUPPORT FOR ARCHIVE VOLUNTEERS: METHODS USED ON THE MANCHESTER TOGETHER ARCHIVE This article presents some of the methods used to provide emotional support to volunteers working with the Manchester Together Archive (MTA)
Cultural PracticesJul 17, 20209 minWHAT COLLECTING SPONTANEOUS MEMORIALS CAN TELL US ABOUT COLLECTING COVID-19 – PART IIIn this 2-part article, Kostas Arvanitis reflects on what collecting spontaneous memorials after traumatic events, such as terrorist attacks
Cultural PracticesJun 21, 20208 minRETHINKING THE ROLE OF MUSEUMS IN A TIME OF CRISISAs museums around the world have increasingly committed to making themselves digitally accessible to the public during lockdown, we have bee
Cultural PracticesMay 21, 20207 minREMEMBERING 22/5/2017Jenny Marsden reflects on the work that has taken place with the Manchester Together Archive over the last 18 months, focusing on the volunt
Cultural PracticesMay 17, 20206 minCURATING THE S(H)ELF: COLLECTING AND DISPLAYING OBJECTS IN TIMES OF UNCERTAINTYMarion Endt-Jones reflects on collections created by artists in times of personal uncertainty and crisis, as reconstitutions of self and ide
Cultural PracticesApr 23, 20208 minWHAT COLLECTING SPONTANEOUS MEMORIALS CAN TELL US ABOUT COLLECTING COVID-19 – PART IKostas Arvanitis reflects on what collecting spontaneous memorials after traumatic events, such as terrorist attacks, can tell us about coll