'We are women, we are strong': Celebrating the unsung heroines of the miners' strike
(2018)
Newspaper / Magazine
All Outputs (35)
Nottingham a city of activists (2017)
Digital Artefact
Tthe spirit of Robin Hood - why does Nottinghamshire produce so many rebellious characters?
Film Premier and Q&A: Making Waves (2015): (2015)
Digital Artefact
Almost 40 years after the 1976 Racial Discrimination Act, 'Making Waves' documents the life stories of first and second-generation Black, British citizens from the African-Caribbean and asks if the 'waves' made by one generation have had an impact on... Read More about Film Premier and Q&A: Making Waves (2015):.
Young carers (2015)
Digital Artefact
The number of young carers in the UK (between 5yrs and 18yrs) is rising. Young carers are increasingly having to become 'the absent parent'. Two young girls share their experience of what it is like balancing being a carer, with school work and spend... Read More about Young carers.
Film Premier and Q&A: Many Rivers to Cross (2013) (2013)
Digital Artefact
'Many Rivers to Cross' is a Heritage Lottery funded film. It tells the story, humorous and emotional in parts, of nine people who migrated to the UK from the Caribbean in the 1950's and 1960's. They travelled with nothing but their suitcases and a fi... Read More about Film Premier and Q&A: Many Rivers to Cross (2013).
Domestic violence (2013)
Digital Artefact
Domestic Abuse. With Nigella Lawson in the News. The reporting of Domestic Violence in the East Midlands is increasing. Syncopate TV on Sunday Politics discusses the issues.
Working age dementia (2013)
Digital Artefact
Working Age Dementia is increasing. Two young couples share their experience of being diagnosed with dementia with Syncopate TV on BBC Inside Out.
Bedroom tax (2013)
Digital Artefact
If you live in a property with more bedrooms than you use and you're on housing benefit you could face a big drop in your benefit. Syncopate Media on Sunday Politics looks at the rules.
Benefit changes Universal Credit (2013)
Digital Artefact
Universal Credit, the biggest shake up to the welfare system. Tens of thousands of people will be affected by the changes. Syncopate Media on Sunday Politics looks at what two councils are doing.
Re-visioning cultural, historical and gendered aspects of Nottingham's past and present
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Is collaboration and co-creation an illusionary practice?
Presentation / Conference Contribution
In 2020, documentary filmmaker Reece Auguiste and his colleagues speculated that ‘[c]o-creation functions as a utopian idea that may never be fully actualized.’ Co-creation and collaboration are concepts that dissemble the power and control intrinsic... Read More about Is collaboration and co-creation an illusionary practice?.
Filming the plurality of the Black British experience across two generations
Presentation / Conference Contribution
The paper analyses two generations’ experiences of being Black in Britain comparing the social and political contexts that determined their life chances. Both generations experienced early adulthood with a Conservative government in power, an unstabl... Read More about Filming the plurality of the Black British experience across two generations.
Visualising the muted effects of dissenting women's voices
Presentation / Conference Contribution
The environmental crisis, inequality, anti-trans discrimination and racism are some of the most pressing issues of our times. Can artists credibly claim engage with pressing issues? When does art become a form of activism? Why might we need arts ac... Read More about Visualising the muted effects of dissenting women's voices.
And some of us are silenced
Presentation / Conference Contribution
In Mangrove the first of the Small Axe films, bio-chemist student Althea says “We need to challenge the system… We mustn’t be victims but protagonists of our stories and what better way of representing ourselves but self-representing ourselves.” A bo... Read More about And some of us are silenced.
They will be heard: Representing and re-presenting voices of marginalised and racialised women through film
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Set within the context of populism, patriarchy and the debilitating legacy of colonialism, The Art of Oppression follows three artists as they each rise to the challenge of creating a new work for the film. The women, award-winning artists, are as di... Read More about They will be heard: Representing and re-presenting voices of marginalised and racialised women through film.