Projects (7)

Representing the Scottsboro Boys: Labor Defender and the Racial Politics of Radical Photography Jun 10, 2019 - Jun 10, 2020
This project explores the ways that Labor Defender magazine used photography to represent the Scottsboro Boys, nine young African-Americans who in 1931 were sentenced to death for the rape of two white girls on the basis of false testimony, in one of... Read More about Representing the Scottsboro Boys: Labor Defender and the Racial Politics of Radical Photography.

Overcoming Barriers to Further LGBTQ+ Participation in Purposely Inclusive Sports Teams Oct 1, 2021 - Oct 31, 2022
Significant barriers are known to exist towards participation in sport activities among LGBTQ+ people, which can have a major impact on their mental well-being. 42% of LGBT people cited negative experiences of sport in school as responsible for their... Read More about Overcoming Barriers to Further LGBTQ+ Participation in Purposely Inclusive Sports Teams.

The Meaning of Civil War Uniforms Jun 1, 2023 - Aug 31, 2023
Military uniforms of the American Civil War can help us understand processes of collective and individual identity formation, the construction and contestation of masculinity,and industrialisation and modernisation in the mid-nineteenth century. I pr... Read More about The Meaning of Civil War Uniforms.

Safer - Schools Oct 31, 2022 - Jul 30, 2023

Overcoming Barriers to Further LGBTQ+ Participation in Purposely Inclusive Sports Teams Oct 26, 2022 - Dec 31, 2023
Significant barriers are known to exist towards participation in sport activities among LGBTQ+ people, which can have a major impact on their mental well-being. 42% of LGBT people cited negative experiences of sport in school as responsible for their... Read More about Overcoming Barriers to Further LGBTQ+ Participation in Purposely Inclusive Sports Teams.

HIKE: SAFER - Erasing Barriers to LGBTQ+ Participation in Team Sports in the Humber Region Sep 1, 2023 - Apr 30, 2025
The creative research output of Safer is based on Hull research into the lived experiences of Hull’s first LGBTQ+ inclusive sports team, the Hull Roundheads RUFC, and dramatically highlights the cultural barriers to team sports faced by LGBTQ+ youth... Read More about HIKE: SAFER - Erasing Barriers to LGBTQ+ Participation in Team Sports in the Humber Region.

Echoes of the Past: Scarborough's Lost Aquarium Feb 1, 2024 - Jan 31, 2025
Scarborough’s underground aquarium, demolished in 1968, was a once-spectacular building that has now been lost to residents and visitors of the town, but remains a haunting example of intangible cultural heritage, surviving through local newspaper ar... Read More about Echoes of the Past: Scarborough's Lost Aquarium.