Audiences, Authority and Collaboration in Museum Research A joint Subject Specialist Network seminar, 12–13 March 2015

Established in 1988 with the mission of advocating the inclusion of historically marginalised photographic practices, Autograph ABP is a charity that works internationally in photography, cultural identity, race, representation and human rights. In this keynote address the Director, Mark Sealy MBE, discusses the role and aim of their public programme and Archive & Research Centre in addressing a gap in the visual representation of Britain’s cultural history and its diverse communities. 

Download Autograph ABP - Missing Chapters and Black Chronicles: Reconstructing the Archive (MP3, 38.0 MB)

Mark Miller, Circuit National Lead and Convenor Young People’s Programmes, Tate Britain and Tate Modern, and Leyla Tahir, Assistant Curator, Young People’s Programmes, Tate Britain and Tate Modern discuss the Tate Collective curated display Source, which was on display at Tate Britain from the 4 April – 28 September 2014. (http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/display/bp-spotlight-source)

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Nilesh Mistry, Curator, International and Decorative Art, Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, Bradford discusses the development of the Connect permanent displays at Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, Bradford.

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Jane Sellars, Curator of the Mercer Art Gallery, Harrogate, and Acting Culture Manager discusses the Harrogate: Access All Areas, collections research project funded by Arts Council England as part of the Strategic Support Renaissance funding 2013 – 2015.

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