The UK research team started collecting contributions from members of the public to the “Voices from the Periphery” project with a site visit to Rotherham. From 23 to 25 October, they ran three discussion groups with locals who have experienced industrial decline in Rotherham first-hand. The discussion groups, held in Read more
We are looking for former Lauchhammer miners for our first series of storytelling cafés: The Storytelling Cafés will take place at the Traditionsverein in Lauchhammer. We look forward to a lively participation.
The first storytelling cafés will start in Lauchhammer in early September 2024. If you are interested in participating, please contact us.
The VOICES project team will be present at the 10th European Communication Conference ECREA in Ljubljana from September 24-27 with a contribution on “Peripheral voices: (De-)constructing narratives of marginalisation in post-industrial regions”.
The VOICES project starts on March 1, 2024. The project, with the full title “Voices from the Periphery: (De-)Constructing and Contesting Public Narratives about Post-Industrial Marginalisation”, is funded by DFG and AHRC as part of the UK-German Funding Initiative in the Humanities with approximately 1.2 million euros over a period Read more