Gallery

A selection of images from the pilot study in 2016, the subsequent exhibition in 2017 at Manchester Central Library, and an event for the Manchester International Festival in 2019.

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.

Manchester VoicesFollow

Manchester 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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Xaverian 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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Manchester 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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Rob 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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Manchester 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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