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Celebrating #NorthernWomen

10 Nov 2015

Pop up events showcase women's archives for Being Human festival

Digital Women's Archive North (DWAN)

Digital Women’s Archive North (DWAN) is undertaking a series of pop-up events in various heritage locations, showcasing some of the fascinating women’s archive collections in Manchester, as part of the being Human Festival.

At each location there will also be an opportunity to get close up with the archives and to take part in the living archive project #NorthernWomen.

DWAN is also posing the question: how can digital heritage unlock archived women’s histories, narratives and creativity?

Being Human is the UK’s only national festival of the humanities. From philosophy in pubs, history in coffeehouses, classics on social media and language lessons on street corners – the festival provides new ways to experience how the humanities can inspire and enrich our everyday lives.

In 2014, the festival featured over 160 events organised by universities across the country. This year it runs for 11 days (12-22 November 2015).

DWAN’s pop-up events include:

  • Working Class Movement Library on Thursday, 12 November, 11am-3pm – women’s writing, self-published material, zines and periodicals.
  • Rochdale Pioneers Museum on Thursday 12 November, 3-5pm – free talk and event with DWAN associate and Researcher in Residence with the National Co-operative Archive Pauline Hadaway, ‘Days of Hope: Women Co-operators in the years following the First World War’.
  • People’s History Museum on Saturday, 14 November, 11am-3pm – women in politics, Ellen Wilkinson and Sylvia Pankhurst; demo photography.
  • Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Race Relations Resource Centre on Tuesday, 17 November, 11am-3pm – BAME women activists and archives, including the Mapping Our Histories project, Ann Adeyemi collection, and book selection on writing and art.
  • Museum of Transport, GM on Wednesday, 18 November, 11am-3pm – women in transport archives and photographic collection.
  • Royal Northern College of Music on Saturday, 21 November, 11am-3pm – women in music, including archives of Ida Carroll and Elizabeth Harwood.

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