I contacted Anna White to ask her if it was possible to have a more in-depth discussion about her work as I had talked to he when she visited the college but couldn’t make the tutorials, she suggested we meet up for a coffee in the Northern Quarter in Manchester. We met in a small […]

Liz and Mishka have worked on documentary projects across the North of England since 2004. Their practice makes use of environmental portraiture, landscape studies and local archives to represent the lives of post-industrial towns and communities still reeling from sustained industrial decline. Many of their projects are long-term, involving close collaboration with their subjects, and […]

Informed consent   It is important to ensure that anyone who is being interviewed has given their informed consent to be included in my research project. This emphasis upon informed consent means that it is your responsibility to inform people fully about the purpose of your research, so that they can understand what they are […]

Today I met with the arts and crafts group, there were only three people today all doing something different, water colour painting, Collaging, and pattern making.      

This week I met the gardening group at SPARC they were a diverse group that seemed to enjoy gardening at different levels from the novice to the expert.

I had my first meeting with the Woman’s group at SPARC they are very diverse in age and ability and they seem quite set in their ways I was advised by a member of the group that they like to sit in the same place each week.  I was not introduced to any of the […]