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Hello world!

By rob June 8, 2016 March 25, 2021

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Manchester Voices is run by Dr Rob Drummond and Dr Erin Carrie at Manchester Metropolitan University. The project is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council.

To contact us, please email R.Drummond@mmu.ac.uk or E.Carrie@mmu.ac.uk.

Project timeline

Sep 2019 – Feb 2021

Online mapping

 

Sep 2020 – Aug 2021

Submit your voice

 

Jan – Jun 2021

Talking About Voices podcast resource for schools

 

Late 2021 – Attitude tests

Attitude surveys.

 

Throughout 2021-2022

Poetry and oral history workshops.

 

Summer 2021 

The Accent Van goes on tour (Covid permitting)

 

Spring 2022

Manchester Central Library installation.

 

Spring 2022

Manchester Poetry Library installation.

 

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VoicesMcrManchester Voices@VoicesMcr·
3 May

"For someone of my generation, who lived through the heyday of the #Manchester music scene, I think that brought a sense of attachment and #identity to the idea of Manchester."

From @AndyBurnhamGM's interview in the #AcccentVan in 2016! 🗣️🚐

#ManchesterMondays #ManchesterVoices

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VoicesMcrManchester Voices@VoicesMcr·
26 Apr

"Your accent is where you're from and you can be proud of that."

A clip from our #Voices2016 trip to #Salford in the #AccentVan 🗣️🚐

#ManchesterMondays #ManchesterVoices #McrVoices #Manchester #GreaterManchester #McrMetUni @ManMetUni @mmu_RAH

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VoicesMcrManchester Voices@VoicesMcr·
22 Apr

Well this adds an interesting aspect to our project!

Jane Healey Brown@HealeyBrown

GM mayoral election flyer amended by my 8year old:

Wigan: elephant
Bolton: cat
Bury: owl
Rochdale: rhino
Oldham: fox
Tameside: pig
Stockport: sideways man(?!)
Manchester: dog
Trafford: Harry Potter sorting hat
Salford: goldfish

What do other local authorities look like?

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VoicesMcrManchester Voices@VoicesMcr·
20 Apr

Just dropped these recorders off at a local school to help their students take part in the #TalkingAboutVoices strand of http://manchestervoices.org! 😁😁

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VoicesMcrManchester Voices@VoicesMcr·
19 Apr

"Well I think you always speak in a similar way to the people around you, so that you don't stand out and talk posh."

A clip from our #Voices2016 visit to #Rochdale in the #AccentVan 🗣️🚐

#ManchesterMondays #ManchesterVoices #McrVoices #AccentVan #Manchester #GreaterManchester

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