A Share of a Pensioner’s Christmas ‘Bonus’
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Sheffield Hallam University
- Unit of assessment
- 32 - Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory
- Output identifier
- 3955
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- T - Other
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- Brief description of type
- Collection of creative work
- Open access status
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- Year
- 2015
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Additional information
- This body of work investigates a seldom-explored perspective of the 1984-1985 UK miners’ strike – the legacy of being involved from a child’s perspective. The research illuminates what it was like to grow up during the strike, and in particular, the public Christmas appeals for miners’ families. The primary research was undertaken in 5 archives, with the ‘Hilary Wainwright Papers’ held at the People’s History Museum (PHM) the core focus. Research field trips included: Durham Miners’ Institute; Durham Miners’ Gala; and Orgreave Truth and Justice Campaign rallies. Oral testimonies were recorded with individuals connected with the strike, and Johnson created a photographic series highlighting personal Strike ephemera poignant to each interviewee.
The research was disseminated through multi-strand exhibitions including a poetic audio documentary; a photographic series; text; museum collection items; and artefacts from project contributors. The interaction of historical items with contemporary work providing a portal to stories of the past from the standpoint of the present.
The enquiry was part of collaborative ‘Echoes of Protest’ supported by PHM; National Coal Mining Museum for England (NCMME); and Art, Design and Media Research Centre, Sheffield Hallam University.
The research premiered at PHM (5,712 visitors + launch event); with an extended exhibition at NCMME (160,44 visitors + launch event + symposium).
The co-authors created a distillation of the research with ‘The People’s Echo’, a newspaper free for NCMME visitors. A ‘Christmas Toy Appeal’ and ‘Christmas Wishes’ family workshop took place to inspire acts of generosity.
Additional dissemination includes: four conference/symposia; book chapter ‘Voices from the Strike’, in ‘Justice Denied: Friends, Foes and the Miners’ Strike’ (Merlin Press); and journal article ‘Echoes of Protest: untold stories of the 1984–1985 UK Miners’ Strike’ (Oral History, Spring 2017). The research has been reviewed in print and online. The audio documentary resides in the NCMME archive.
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- Non-English
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