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By rob June 8, 2016 March 25, 2021

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Manchester Voices is run by Dr Rob Drummond, Dr Holly Dann and Dr Sarah Tasker at Manchester Metropolitan University, having originally been set up by both Rob Drummond and Dr Erin Carrie, with Dr Sadie Ryan working with us until Dec 2021. The project is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council.

To contact us, please email Manchester.Voices@mmu.ac.uk

Project timeline

Sep 2019 – Feb 2021

Online mapping

 

Sep 2020 – Aug 2021

Submit your voice

 

Jan 2021 – Apr 2022

Talking About Voices podcast resource for schools

 

Summer 2021 

The Accent Van goes on tour

 

November 2021

Accent Attitudes Quiz

 

Late 2021-2022

Poetry workshops.

 

Spring 2022

Manchester Central Library installation.

 

Spring 2022

Manchester Poetry Library installation.

 

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VoicesMcrManchester Voices@VoicesMcr·
23 May

"people have told me that my accent doesn't match my face..."

A video clip from our Accent Van tour in 2021, one of the 100s that will be going in our Manchester Central Library @MancLibraries installation this summer.

#McrVoices #GreaterManchester #ManchesterMondays

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xaveriansfcXaverian College@xaveriansfc·
20 May

🗞 NEWS: Xaverian College students win Talking About Voices competition!

Emilio and Faith, Year 12 students, were recently crowned winners of this years Talking About Voices competition, led by @VoicesMcr 💬

Read more 👉 https://www.xaverian.ac.uk/xaverian-college-students-win-talking-about-voices-competition/

@ManMetUni @UKRI_News

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VoicesMcrManchester Voices@VoicesMcr·
20 May

We’ve just had a progress meeting with the software developers for the #ManchesterVoices interaction installation at @archivesplus at @MancLibraries. It’s going to look *amazing*. More news soon!

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RobDrummondRob Drummond@RobDrummond·
19 May

Pictured with three of the *18* @ManMetUni students who have worked with us on the project as research assistants. @ManMetRise https://twitter.com/MMU_Research/status/1527197378872193024

MMU Research & Knowledge Exchange@MMU_Research

VOCAL PRIDE

Dr @RobDrummond speaks to Met Magazine about the role of language in everyday life

https://www.mmu.ac.uk/metmagazine/story/index.php?id=15093

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VoicesMcrManchester Voices@VoicesMcr·
16 May

"she basically said that I came across as uncouth..."

A clip that will be going into our installation in Manchester Central library, this time on the topic of linguistic prejudice, one of the key themes emerging from the #AccentVan interviews.

#ManchesterMondays #McrVoices

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