We filled the tea room at Colchester’s art gallery The Minories, and got wide-ranging and sometimes tough questions about data use and safe curation. For this, I was very grateful to Valerija Kolbas, a PhD student in our User Support team at the UK Data Service, for helping with the Q&A.
It’s difficult to say whether we changed hearts and france rcs data minds, but it was a thought-provoking evening, and feedback was positive.
It was a good way to introduce ideas about data sharing and surveys, to show people examples of impact, and to test messages we can use in future to persuade people to take part in surveys.
The Living Library
bram vanhoutteBram Vanhoutte explores how a library can come to life and the impact it can have on individuals.
Chetham’s Library, where Marx and Engels discussed research that led to the Communist Manifesto,
The John Rylands Library, with medieval illuminated manuscripts in a neo-gothic setting,
and last but not least, Manchester Central Library, with visitors like Anthony Burgess and Morrisey of the Smiths, as well as thousands of Mancunians.
It’s these last ones, the living books in the library of the city, which are without a doubt the most intriguing!
In our Living Library event for the ESRC Festival of Social Science 2018, we wanted to challenge how people think about ageing, by confronting strangers with each other, and encouraging them to exchange life stories.