Location, Memory and the Visual Research Group
The Research Group concentrates its work on the interrelated themes of visual representation, place and cultural memory. The intention is to open up this rich area and to focus upon how visual representations and practices contribute to the formation and negotiation of cultural memories and places, and how the combination of place and memory is manifested in visual form. The Research Group is a junction for constructive exchange, analysis and creative production, as well as encouraging interaction between subject areas, academic/practice projects and institutional collaboration.
For more information, please contact Dr Steven Gartside.
Board
Visiting Research Fellows
- Graham Dawson (University of Brighton)
- Louise Purbrick (University of Brighton)
AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Award Scheme
The Research Group was successful in its bid for an award as part of the AHRC’s new Collaborative Doctoral Award scheme. The Award is in collaboration with Tate Liverpool and is in relation to the exhibition Centre of the Creative Universe, which explores Liverpool and the avant-garde. Robert Knifton was selected for the Award and began study in October 2005.
Publication
The international conference the Politics of Cultural Memory was held in November 2004, in collaboration with the Cultural Memory and Ethics Research Project (Department of English, MMU). An edited collection of work from the conference is expected to be produced. The selection process has now been completed and the book is in the editorial stage. Further details will be posted.
