In November a group of us linked to Bradford and Bradford’s National Museum project are spending time in Chicago and Washington DC. We are coming to Chicago with the aim of exploring the leading-edge community engagement work, participatory and co-creative practice in the city. In Washington DC we will be working through the particular issues…
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Bringing out the Belle Vue Studio (From the Bus Depot to the BBC) by Tim Smith
As part of the Bradford’s National Museum Project I have been working with the AHRC project team, Bradford Museums and Galleries, the BBC and the National Science and Media Museum to find out more about the people featured in the Belle Vue Studio portraits. Following the buzz that surrounded the photographs when they were shown…
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How does the national media choose images of Bradford? – By Si Cunningham
In an earlier blog post on the Bradford’s National Museum Project website, we looked at how some Bradfordians are frustrated by the images used by the national press to portray their city. Now, I’d like to put the spotlight on how these images are chosen, and explore how changes to media content production may be…
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What difference does media portrayal make to Bradford?
Thursday 11th July / Cubby Broccoli, National Science and Media Museum, Bradford 6pm: Registration & reception / 7pm: All seated / 8.30pm: Close Book your place You are invited to join BBC Yorkshire, The National Science and Media Museum and Bradford City of Film to reflect on two recent initiatives with a shared ambition to…
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In Above the Noise we’ve collaborated with people who live and work in the district to explore how they make and shape Bradford using media technologies. As the exhibiton run has gone on there is one exhibt that we’ve added to. We kicked off the Bradford film exhibit with Peaceophobia! a film by Speaker’s Corner…
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Fast FM Radio: Bradford and the Origins of Muslim Community Broadcasting – Seán McLoughlin
In an effort to cut down on pirate radio stations, the 1990 Broadcasting Act allowed short-term “Restricted Service Licences” (RSLs) for the first time. Such licences enabled community groups to broadcast for around one month within a local radius of around three to five kilometres. This new opportunity prompted pioneering broadcasters working on local Asian…
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‘Above the Noise’ Open Late for Open Iftar
Join us to explore the Above the Noise: 15 Stories from Bradford exhibition at the National Science and Media Museum until 7.30pm on 22nd, 23rd and 24th May. We’ve arranged special late evening openings on these days to coincide with the Ramandan Tent Project’s Open Iftar events held in City Park. Why not take the…
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Bradford’s Big Image Problem – Si Cunningham Explores Why Modern Media Imagery is Telling a Tale of Two Cities
A Google image search for the word ‘Bradford’ throws up some predictable results. Predictable, that is, if you’re a Bradfordian. The first few pages almost exclusively feature depictions of City Park, the vast new public space that laps up to the walls of Bradford’s awesome neo-gothic City Hall. This should come as no surprise to…
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Hello. Can you see me?
Pakeezah Zahoor has held roles in a number of cultural organizations and now works at the National Science and Media Museum. She has a background in postcolonial theory and is concerned with ideas surrounding race, culture and identity. This letter is written in response to the politics and practices of ‘the diversity agenda’. Replies welcome.…
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Meet the Mediators: The City Leader
The City Leader: Margaret Eaton Margaret Eaton was the Leader of Bradford Council between 2000 and 2006. As the city’s political head at the time of the 2001 disturbances, Baroness Eaton found herself thrust into the international spotlight when the world’s media turned its attention to Bradford How do you think the media, in general,…
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