Outputs (21)

Observe Bolton (2019)
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Photographs and artefacts documenting research into Mass Observation's visual research methodologies developed in collaboration with young people (11-23) in Bolton between May and August 2013.

‘Looking for Bolton in the Worktown Archive’ in eds. Edwards, Elizabeth and Morton, Christopher, Photographs, Museums, Collections, London: Bloomsbury (May 2015). (2019)
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Book chapter exploring the process of documenting and locating the photographs in Bolton Museum's Worktown Archive taken by Humphrey Spender for Mass Observation experimental of everyday life in Bolton, 1937-8

Worktown 75th Anniversary Exhibition (2019)
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Photographic documentation of the 75th Worktown Anniversary exhibition and symposium at Bolton Museum (September 2012 - January 2013).

I curated this exhibition, which was developed in collaboration with Bolton Museum. The exhibition was developed... Read More about Worktown 75th Anniversary Exhibition.

Bolton Worktown Digital Archive (2019)
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This digital archive developed in partnership with Perry Bonewell (Bolton Museum) made all Humphrey Spender’s Worktown photographs available to the public for the first time. The site enables the local community to contribute to the ongoing documenta... Read More about Bolton Worktown Digital Archive.

Worktown Holiday Rituals (2019)
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Photographs produced for the Humphrey Spender John Marriott Scholarship for Documentary Photography, exhibited at Bolton Museum in 2010, and now held in the museum's collections.

I contextualised my photographs of holiday rituals in Bolton against... Read More about Worktown Holiday Rituals.

ITEM 2: Worktown Archive Research Timeline (2019)
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Research timeline for Worktown Archive project (2009-2017)

ITEM 1: Worktown Archive 300 word statement (2019)
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300 word statement for Creating a Collaborative Worktown Archive portfolio

Worktown Observation Centre (2019)
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This is a digital archive of photographic and visual artefacts created during an 8 day period of collaborative research observing everyday in life in Bolton during July 2014. This project re-evaluated Mass Observation’s visual research methods throug... Read More about Worktown Observation Centre.

READ FIRST: Worktown Archive (2019)
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Table of contents for Creating a Collaborative Worktown Archive research portfolio

Mass Observation as a relational art practice (2019)
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'Mass Observation as a relational art practice' Mass Observation 80th Anniversary Conference, University of Sussex (Jul. 2017). Conference abstract and presentation