In this episode of Methods Talk we talk with Dr. Njabulo Chipangura from Manchester Museum.

Njabulo is the Museum’s Curator of Living Cultures. He is responsible for the care of more than 25,000 objects from different parts of the world and his work includes building active collaborative provenance research with diaspora and descendant communities. Our discussion focused on this collaborative approach to re-imagining meanings and explored why such an approach to decolonisation is important.

This episode was recorded following a collaborative object-handling session with local African diaspora community groups - you can read more about this event here.

You can read further about decolonisation methodology and Njabulo’s work with Manchester Museum in the following article:

Chipangura, Njabulo. 2023. “ The Benin Tusk and Zulu Beadwork: Practicing Decolonial Work at Manchester Museum Through Shared Authority.” Museum Anthropology 46(2): 106–116.

In this Methods Talk episode we talk to Dr Elizabeth Ackerley and Dr Laura Fenton, both from University of Manchester and members of the Morgan Centre for Research into Everyday Lives.

Liz and Laura are researchers on the Austerity and Altered Life-Courses project and discuss a range of creative approaches to oral history methods.

The Austerity and Altered Life-Courses team have been exploring different ways to share the stories of young people experiencing austerity. They have launched a digital exhibition, Future Lives and Austerity, featuring 12 futures stories in English, Italian and Spanish. For more information, including the exhibition, see: https://www.socialsciences.manchester.ac.uk/morgan-centre/research/austerityalters/

To find out more about Liz, Laura and the wider project team please see here: https://www.socialsciences.manchester.ac.uk/morgan-centre/research/austerityalters/project-team-and-partners/

In this episode of Methods Talk, we talk to Dr Chloe Steadman from Institute of Place Management, Manchester Metropolitan University, about her reflections on researcher vulnerability.

Chloe talks about her experiences as a researcher, particularly in relation to her PhD work focused on bodies and tattoo consumption. The discussion draws on a workshop she did for methods@manchester and her recent journal article in Journal of Marketing Management.

To access the work discussed here please see:

Steadman, C. (2023). Remembering and anticipating researcher vulnerability: an autoethnographic tale. Journal of Marketing Management, 39(9–10), 807–828. Full article: Remembering and anticipating researcher vulnerability: an autoethnographic tale

Chloe Steadman’s profile can be found here: Dr Chloe Steadman | Manchester Metropolitan University