Translation to policy, practice and product for low and middle income countries
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Liverpool
Department Name: Epidemiology and Population Health
Abstract
The award uses results from research in low and middle income countries and develops these into practical applications (research translation). Three types of research translation are being followed:
- translation of research into products (e.g. producing a tool to diagnose disease);
- translation into practice (e.g. developing teaching resources that museum educators can use);
- translation into policy (working with governments to help them understand disease which need to be prioritised for further research).
The award will fund eight smaller translation projects in health, environment, climate change and water. These projects aim to:
- Work with policy makers in the Horn of Africa on regional priorities for research into zoonotic diseases (diseases spread between humans and animals);
- Develop AI-based and low cost devices for detecting diabetic eye disease (two projects);
- Produce guidance for health workers to deliver community-based sociotherapy for refugees in humanitarian settings;
- Produce guidance to museums on how objects produced by the public about conflict and gender equality can be used in educational activities and commercialised to allow greater visibility;
- Develop a tool to identify biodiversity benefits of tree cover and plan sustainable land use;
- Develop radar monitoring of coastal erosion to reduce the risk of future climate variability or sea rise;
- Develop a low-cost water filtration device.
- translation of research into products (e.g. producing a tool to diagnose disease);
- translation into practice (e.g. developing teaching resources that museum educators can use);
- translation into policy (working with governments to help them understand disease which need to be prioritised for further research).
The award will fund eight smaller translation projects in health, environment, climate change and water. These projects aim to:
- Work with policy makers in the Horn of Africa on regional priorities for research into zoonotic diseases (diseases spread between humans and animals);
- Develop AI-based and low cost devices for detecting diabetic eye disease (two projects);
- Produce guidance for health workers to deliver community-based sociotherapy for refugees in humanitarian settings;
- Produce guidance to museums on how objects produced by the public about conflict and gender equality can be used in educational activities and commercialised to allow greater visibility;
- Develop a tool to identify biodiversity benefits of tree cover and plan sustainable land use;
- Develop radar monitoring of coastal erosion to reduce the risk of future climate variability or sea rise;
- Develop a low-cost water filtration device.
Planned Impact
The eight projects will deliver impact in a range of areas.
Policy makers in the Horn of Africa (Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda) will benefit through evidence which can be used to inform national/regional disease prioritisation exercises. The impact will be increased investment in policy-relevant research into the prevention, detection, and response to zoonotic diseases; increased alignment between research activities and national and regional priorities
Health policy makers and practitioners and the public (those living with diabetes) in rural China and Malawi will benefit from lower cost and more accurate screening techniques for diabetic eye disease.
Support workers in humanitarian contexts in Uganda and Rwanda will benefit from accessible illustrated Implementation Guidance for Community-based Sociotherapy and video sequences demonstrating the purpose and delivery of community-based sociotherapy.
Museum practitioners in Colombia will benefit from pathways to commercialisation of artefacts and teaching and interpretation interpretative material adaptable to the specific needs of museums to enrich visitor experience.
Land use policy makers and practitioners in Indonesia, Malaysia and Ghana will benefit from a tool to identify biodiversity benefits and strategic planning of land-use incentive schemes.
Coastal environment policy makers and practitioners in St Vincent & the Grenadines will benefit from cost-effective monitoring technology and methodologies for coastal erosion hazard.
The poorest in India without access to clean water will benefit in the long term from low-cost point-of-use water filtration devices.
Policy makers in the Horn of Africa (Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda) will benefit through evidence which can be used to inform national/regional disease prioritisation exercises. The impact will be increased investment in policy-relevant research into the prevention, detection, and response to zoonotic diseases; increased alignment between research activities and national and regional priorities
Health policy makers and practitioners and the public (those living with diabetes) in rural China and Malawi will benefit from lower cost and more accurate screening techniques for diabetic eye disease.
Support workers in humanitarian contexts in Uganda and Rwanda will benefit from accessible illustrated Implementation Guidance for Community-based Sociotherapy and video sequences demonstrating the purpose and delivery of community-based sociotherapy.
Museum practitioners in Colombia will benefit from pathways to commercialisation of artefacts and teaching and interpretation interpretative material adaptable to the specific needs of museums to enrich visitor experience.
Land use policy makers and practitioners in Indonesia, Malaysia and Ghana will benefit from a tool to identify biodiversity benefits and strategic planning of land-use incentive schemes.
Coastal environment policy makers and practitioners in St Vincent & the Grenadines will benefit from cost-effective monitoring technology and methodologies for coastal erosion hazard.
The poorest in India without access to clean water will benefit in the long term from low-cost point-of-use water filtration devices.
Publications
Chiumento A
(2020)
Exploring the mental health and psychosocial problems of Congolese refugees living in refugee settings in Rwanda and Uganda: a rapid qualitative study.
in Conflict and health
Fuentes, M. M.
(2023)
Un Museo para Mí: un 'museo de bolsillo'
in ICOM Voices
Fuentes, M. M.
(2023)
"La migración un asunto del presente": Un taller de encuentro y escucha entre educadores de museos
in Chaski: Revista de la Alianza Regional del ICOM para América Latina y el Caribe
Mujer Diaspora
(2022)
Un museo para mí: calendario Mujer Diáspora
Van Der Boor CF
(2020)
Systematic review of factors associated with quality of life of asylum seekers and refugees in high-income countries.
in Conflict and health
| Title | A Museum for Me Exhibition at the National Museum Colombia, 2020-2021 |
| Description | The project designed, curated and ran an exhibition at the National Museum Colombia, starting in February 2020, and continuing until August 2021. It was entitled Un Museo Para Mí: Representación en primera persona de mujeres víctimas del conflicto colombiano/ A Museum For Me: Representation in First Person of Women Victims of the Colombian Conflict. It included artistic works co-created with women victims, and also had co-creation events with our project materials for use by the public. |
| Type Of Art | Artistic/Creative Exhibition |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Impact | Visitor feedback indicates change in public opinion. Has also led to significant requests by other museums to work with our project and our products. We have since designed an entire suite of products based on the feedback. We have since run dozens of workshops in a variety of venues in the UK and Colombia as a result. The PI has since secured additional follow-on funding to develop all of these opportunities in a systematic way. |
| Title | Exhibition: Memory, Victims, and Representation of the Colombian Conflict |
| Description | A major travelling exhibition which premiered at the Archeaological Museum, Tunja, Colombia on 22 March 2023, and ran for 6 months, showcasing the findings of the project, including work with various women's survivors groups. Early feedback shows audience changes in opinions and potential for impact on teaching. |
| Type Of Art | Artistic/Creative Exhibition |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Impact | Early feedback shows audience changes in opinions and potential for impact on teaching. |
| Title | Fight of the Antimicrobials |
| Description | Throughout the academic year (2019-2020) paired scientists and composers have spent time together reflecting on each other's practice. The composers have immersed themselves in understanding the scientists' work, visiting laboratories, taking part in experiments The scientists have had the opportunity to gain insight into an artistic process, and reflect on their own practice as they discuss their research and methodologies with the musicians and the other scientists - within their pairings and with the wider cohort. |
| Type Of Art | Performance (Music, Dance, Drama, etc) |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Impact | The performances of these exciting new works were planned for 22 April 2020 at RNCM and 13 May 2020 at The University of Liverpool. Whilst they had to be postponed due to COVID-19, the scores are complete and we hope to be able to share world premiere performances as soon as we can. |
| URL | https://www.rncm.ac.uk/research/research-centres-rncm/prism/prism-blog/prism-8-cubed/fight-of-the-an... |
| Title | Suite of museum products with Museum for Me branding |
| Description | A suite of products based on the research findings of the project, and designed for use and retail in museum shops, initially in Colombia, and then throughout the region. Four products have been designed to date, comprising: A museum kit, comprising cut-out, colour, and collage activities, focused around the issues of memory and human rights A theatre kit, comprising a cut-out puppet theatre, focused around the issues of memory A visit book, comprising activities and reflections for the visitor to museum spaces A timeline, comprising a foldable artefact with colour and collage activities One further product is currently being designed, with a more specific focus on human rights issues |
| Type Of Art | Artefact (including digital) |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Impact | Prototypes have been used with 3 groups so far; response has been very positive. Further activities and focus groups are planned, at which the products will be refined. The products will eventually be scaled up and put on sale in the museum sector in Colombia, and then across Latin America. The Federation of International Human Rights Museums has expressed an interest in rolling out the products across all member museums in Latin America. |
| Description | Point-of-use water filtration [Raechelle D'Sa] (SDG 6) D'Sa will address the urgent public need for clean water in India (a lower middle income country) by developing an inexpensive point-of-use prototype filtration device to purify drinking water, reducing the incidence of illness caused by waterborne pathogens and contaminants. D'Sa has actively engaged with the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) in India regarding how to modify the project to achieve impact without the exchange of staff originally planned, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, D'Sa is developing electrospun antimicrobial filters within their lab in the UK, in close remote collaboration with NEERI. D'Sa has successfully developed a preliminary iterations of their electrospun filter prototype, which have been tested against water borne bacteria in the UK-based laboratory. Radar-based assessment of coastal erosion hazard [Andy Plater] (SDG 13) Plater will develop cost-effective radar monitoring technology, along with procedures and specifications to provide St. Vincent and the Grenadines (an upper middle country) with an approach to mitigate risk to infrastructure from climate variability, storms and sea-level rise. Plater is progressing with the monitoring of coastal change and marine hydrodynamics to better understand the factors that lead to erosion and flood risk for Argyle International Airport (SVD) on the eastern (windward) coast of St. Vincent. A workshop was hosted at SVD Airport on the 11th March 2022, in which Prater and 23 local policy-makers and practitioners explored how new radar monitoring techniques can be used more broadly to inform climate change adaptation and to support the development of resilient coastal infrastructure on St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Museums and memory in a post-conflict setting [Claire Taylor] (SDGs 5 & 16) Taylor will develop pathways to commercialisation of artefacts, informed by research into gender equality and peace processes in Colombia (an upper middle income country). Four products have been developed for use in museum shops in Colombia. The products are based on research into gender equality, visibility of women and significance of memory in building a national narrative in the current peace process. The products are: A museum kit, comprising cut-out, colour, and collage activities, focused around the issues of memory and human rights; A theatre kit (comprising a cut-out puppet theatre, focused around the issues of memory); A visit book (comprising activities and reflections for the visitor to museum spaces); A timeline (comprising a foldable artefact with colour and collage activities). Addressing Gender equality, visibility of women, and the significance of memory in building a national narrative are integral parts of the current peace process in Colombia. Taylor is collaborating with practitioners at the Museo Nacional of Colombia (~370,000 annual visitors) to develop pathways to commercialisation of artefacts informed by research into gender equality and peace processes in Colombia. This will enrich the visitor experience and translate messages from a post-conflict national narrative to the public. Low cost screenig techniques for diabetic eye disease (Yalin, Burgess) (SDG 3) We were able to test the camera with the autofocusing mechanisms in China on over 50 patients at the Xiamen Eye Hospital between Feb and May 2022. Our results have shown the proof-of-concept works in imaging diabetic eyes and the performance specifications are met. We have demonstrated the feasibility of the low-cost camera in real clinical settings and identify a few essential improvements that can be made to further reduce the cost and usability. |
| Exploitation Route | Museums and memory in a post-conflict setting [Claire Taylor] (SDGs 5 & 16) Prototypes have been used with 3 groups so far; response has been very positive. Further activities and focus groups are planned, at which the products will be refined. The products will eventually be scaled up and put on sale in the museum sector in Colombia, and then across Latin America. The Federation of International Human Rights Museums has expressed an interest in rolling out the products across all member museums in Latin America. Outcomes are expected for the other projects at the next stage of reporting. All projects have been impacted and delayed due to Covid-19 restrictions. |
| Sectors | Healthcare Culture Heritage Museums and Collections |
| Description | This award is funding 8 projects. So far 3 of these projects are in a position to report impact against SDGs or gender equality. Some have reported no impact and some, because of movements of staff, have not provided any recent information. All projects have been delayed due to Covid-19 restrictions. The following reports impact. 1. Museums and memory in a post-conflict setting [Claire Taylor]. SDG 16 (conflict) and SDG 5 (gender). This project has developed a series of tools and best practice to support community groups and museums in telling untold stories. Regarding firstly museums, it has worked with the museum sector in Colombia to help further its role in the creative and cultural economy with a particular focus on Sustainable Development Goals: peace, justice and strong institutions (SDG16); and gender equality (SDG 5). Through designing a series of co-creation materials, the project has helped interrogate and decolonise notions of normative museum practice, seeking to empower local experts to document, create, curate, and narrate self-directed representations of their lives and stories. It has developed, piloted and evaluated self-curation activities and low-cost products for grassroots museums that engage museum visitors and local communities with human rights issues, peace-building and memory-making. In so doing it has developed methodologies of co-curation as ways of enabling creativity and new forms of community engagement, envisaging communities as taking active decisions in museum content, display and narratives. To date, the project has provided materials and facilitated workshops with over 50 museums and community groups across Colombia and the UK. In Colombia, this includes nine museums directly supported by the Colombian Ministry of Culture, and a further selection of independent museums around the country, comprising 21 museums in total. The A Museum For Me materials were used as tools with which these museums could work with local communities to discuss the museum as a space for commemoration and memory, as well as a space for reflection and dialogue. In addition to this, and as a result of the findings of the pilots of the virtual materials during the pandemic as described above, the project also accompanied and supported museums in their transition back from virtual to in-person offerings, with the materials envisaged as a way of re-creating connections with the public. As well as supplying the kits themselves, the project team also developed and delivered a comprehensive package of training and support for all the museums involved. Initially this comprised the kits themselves, presentations from the project team and training videos. Subsequently, an evaluation of feedback and data from the participating museums was undertaken, which revealed several factors, including: smaller museums may find the implementation more difficult; not all museums in the country have a dedicated education team with mediators who are in charge of developing educational strategies for implementing workshops; several museums do not design educational materials themselves; for a number of the museums that we worked with, this was the first time that they had found themselves using non-traditional materials in their spaces. Based on this evaluation, the project team subsequently scoped, designed and implemented a toolkit in 2022, aimed at facilitators, in order to better address the needs of community museums and smaller museums around the country. This toolkit was based on the needs identified from the feedback, and offered a series of didactic and methodological tools to help activate the materials in different communities and museums. The toolkit contains five guide sheets with instructions, tips and methodologies that could be used by educators, guides or facilitators within museums. Each guide sheet covers the following elements: recommendations for how to use the materials; suggested ice-breakers to get the activities going; characterisation of the target public; connections between the different materials; and connections with daily life. Beyond the museum sector, it has also collaborated with NGO partners and grassroots organisations who work in the areas of human rights, historical memory, victim representation and memories of conflict, in order to develop and implement creative products, practices and spaces that will promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, and support these NGOs in their human rights work to prevent violence and envision and build for peaceful futures. It has facilitated and enhanced the contribution of grassroots organizations to the creative economy, by developing innovative and creative forms of engagement, reaching out to new audiences, and building capacity for the future. In summary, the findings have been used in the following ways: Implementation of the products designed by the project in community organisations in Colombia, in the form of co-creation and co-curation workshops and events with diverse publics. Application of the materials/products in a range of settings in the UK, including community engagement events and in museums. This was unanticipated at the time of applying for this funding, and came about as the visibility of the project grew. This is an indication of the applicability of the project findings to a range of settings. Sharing of the products designed by the project with over 50 museums and organisations internationally, who adapted the products to their circumstances and reported positive engagement, including some notable successes (for more see next paragraphs) Invitations to collaborate with major initiatives internationally, such as the Colombian Ministry of Culture and the National Museum Colombia, which established a project in 2022 to design a strategy for a forthcoming Afro Museum of Colombia. This will be the first museum of its kind in the country. The Afro Museum of Colombia team is employing a co-creation methodology, and co-creation laboratories were held in 2022 in 4 locations across the country. The research team was invited to participate in these laboratories, and facilitate this process of co-creation by running workshops using the A Museum For Me products - products designed by the research team based on the research findings. This involved a process of consultations and focus groups with the objective of identifying the needs of the local Afro-Colombian populations with regard to the construction of this museum; the products designed by the research team were used as a tool for this consultation process, with the aim of inviting dialogue on the different elements of the museum and the narratives it would convey. The Research project team collaborated with a team based in the Secretariat of Culture of Ibagué who were preparing for the forthcoming creation of the Panoptic Museum of Ibagué. The research team provided a suite of A Museum For Me products - products designed by the research team based on the research findings. These materials were then applied in educational institutions and community spaces across the department (county) of Tolima with the objective of garnering information about the perceptions that the public have about the forthcoming museum, and the possibilities for topics to be covered in the museum. Subsequently, the Colombian Truth Commission visited this museum in July 2022, as part of its process of disseminating the findings of the Truth Commission Report. As part of this visit, the materials created by the project team were given out to participants as tools to be used to discuss the importance of collective memory construction. This activity was directed to young people and adults, making use of these tools to dialogue about the importance of the construction of historical memory and the construction of exercises of representation. The project team delivered a methods training session at the annual conference of the International Council of Museums in Prague in August 2022. The session was entitled 'Decolonisation and Museum Heritage', and used the A Museum For Me materials - products designed by the research team based on the research findings. The session involved using these materials to address the concepts of museums and memory, and to get museum practitioners thinking about how to dialogue with migrant populations in their countries. The impact of this can be seen in the fact that the project team was subsequently contacted by several museums worldwide who are interested in implementing our materials, with some workshops already planned/underway. In particular, the project team is collaborating with museum professions who are undertaking a process of renovation of the National Museum, Chile. The following are also reported as having undertaken activity but NOT having delivered impact. 2. Radar-based assessment of coastal erosion hazard [Andy Plater]. Three of the 4 person Argyle International Airport (AIA) team are female. The lead for the National Parks, Rivers and Beaches Authority is also female. The team is still awaiting for the impact to be realised. They had delays with permissions from the regulators to operate the radar in close proximity to the airport. A suitable alternative site was located but they are still awaiting the translation of the radar potential into actual impact. The meeting held in St. Vincent with coastal stakeholders and policy makers agreed that the radar would provide cost-effective monitoring for coastal erosion hazard that could be rolled out from the airport site to other coastal locations (not just on St. Vincent mainland). Further, it would be able to provide data that would address other hazards, e.g. bird strikes. 3. Point-of-use water filtration [Raechelle D'Sa] Gender impact: 4 of the 5 Liverpool-NEERI (National Environmental Engineering Research Institute) project team are female scientists. No further impact reported. 4. Tool to identify biodiversity benefits in Malaysia and Ghana [Jenny Hodgson]. This work is still being written up. A stakeholder workshop has been held in Sierra Leone. They have updated the Condatis web application (see condatis.org.uk) with extra features that are particularly useful in developing countries. They have collated data that allows more sensitive comparisons of the biodiversity value of agroforestry cocoa with monoculture cocoa. Although these data have not been published yet, they have been used for a workshop of stakeholders in Ghana. The research assistant who worked with us surveying ants in Ghana has benefitted by securing a PhD position in the USA. 5. Low cost screening techniques for diabetic eye disease [Burgess/Yalin]. Not yet beyond the research and development. The knowledge learnt provides a solid base for our recent Wellcome Joint investigator Award started in Oct 2021, aimed to develop low-cost camera and AI for the diagnosis and prognosis of malaria in Africa, and a recent EPSRC award started in Aug 2023 to develop new imaging solutions for diabetic neuropathy. We are working closely with the Univ IP team to explore the commercialisation opportunities. Gender equality: Our Chines collaborator Prof Xiaoxin Li and her postdoc are both female. The following was not able to undertake activity 6. Policy-making workshop in the Horn of Africa [Siobhan Mor]. This work was disrupted war in Ethiopia, culminating in the evacuation of the named lead. Attempts to run the workshop online failed to recruit enough people, probably because of their time commitments to Covid-19. The following has not reported back: 7.Guidance for Community-based Sociotherapy in Rwanda/Uganda [Ross]. The named lead has left Liverpool and is on a research sabbatical from a university in Ireland. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2020 |
| Sector | Environment,Healthcare,Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections |
| Impact Types | Cultural Societal |
| Description | CPD Workshop delivered for CECA, ICOM |
| Geographic Reach | South America |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Impact | The main impact was evidenced in the fostering of a constructive dialogue between museum professionals and the youth of Tucume, evidencing the museum not only as a custodian of artifacts, but as a living place of social and cultural interaction. The importance of museums in non-formal education and in fostering creativity and local identity was highlighted. This event strengthened the relationship between the museum and the community, encouraging youth participation in the preservation and dissemination of cultural heritage. The activity proved to be a significant step towards the democratization of access to culture and awareness of the relevance of heritage in the construction of sustainable and cohesive futures. |
| Description | Consultancy for Afro-Colombian Museum |
| Geographic Reach | South America |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to new or Improved professional practice |
| Description | EPSRC Engineering in Net Zero UKRI Panel Member |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to new or improved professional practice |
| URL | https://www.ukri.org/events/epsrc-engineering-net-zero-showcase/ |
| Description | Interviewed by Consultant for OFP Museum |
| Geographic Reach | South America |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to new or Improved professional practice |
| Description | Materials, advice, interventions, and support for Museum of Independence |
| Geographic Reach | South America |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to new or Improved professional practice |
| Impact | Thanks to our interventions and our collaborative working with them, this museum has identified the following 3 main ways it has benefited: 1. Thanks to our provision of materials and our design of a set of supports, the museum has been able to develop new forms of interaction with the public. 2. The museum is in the process of developing its next phase of development. Thanks to sustained engagement with our team, our methodology and our vision (particularly our vision of co-curation and co-creation), the museum has been able to develop new themes and topics for inclusion in its museum space and narrative 3. As a result of piloting our products, the museum has now realised that printed products can be a new way of getting the public to interact with the museum - something it had not done before. It is now going to integrate this method into its processes going forward. |
| Description | AI4EYE: Is AI the future for eye screening |
| Amount | £21,600 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 2020-RLWK12-10206 |
| Organisation | British Council |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2021 |
| End | 12/2021 |
| Description | Community Museums in the Creative Economy |
| Amount | £119,110 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | AH/W006693/1 |
| Organisation | Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 11/2021 |
| End | 01/2023 |
| Description | EYE-SCREEN-4-DPN: Development of an innovative Intelligent EYE imaging solution for SCREENing of Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy |
| Amount | £1,019,988 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/X01441X/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 07/2023 |
| End | 07/2027 |
| Description | Museo Reinventado | Museum Reinvented |
| Amount | £750 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Being Human Festival |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Start | 11/2021 |
| End | 11/2021 |
| Description | Predicting Acute and Post-Recovery Outcomes in Cerebral Malaria by Optical Coherence Tomography |
| Amount | £1,378,334 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 222530/Z/21/Z |
| Organisation | Wellcome Trust |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2021 |
| End | 09/2025 |
| Description | Research Grant, Follow-on Funding Impact & Eng, grant title Archives of Human Rights and Historical Memory |
| Amount | £99,205 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | AH/T007885/1 |
| Organisation | Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2020 |
| End | 12/2020 |
| Description | Argyle International Airport Radar Scheme |
| Organisation | Argyle International Airport |
| Country | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | We have worked closely with the Argyle International Airport (AIA) team to organize and licence the planned installation of a radar for monitoring waves and coastal change. We have provided the details of the installation site and the technical specification of the radar, and have liaised with the AIA team regarding alternative locations following initial rejection of our planning proposal. We have also agreed to co-organize and delver a dissemination workshop once the radar is operational. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Argyle International Airport (AIA) team have co-ordinated the approval process for the radar installation from the Eastern Caribbean Civil Aviation Authority ECCAA). AIA colleagues have been proactive in identifying and agreeing alternative location for the radar following earlier rejection of application, and have re-applied accordingly. Their staff time has been a substantial 'in kind' contribution to the project to date. |
| Impact | The licencing application is still in process. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Collaboration with National Environmental Engineering Research Institiute (NEERI) |
| Organisation | National Environment Research Institute |
| Country | Denmark |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | We are collaboratively developing a point of use water filtration system for use in a low resource setting in rural India. As part of this fund, we are using expertise from both partners to develop this technology which can be field-tested at NEERI. Within the labs in the UK we are fabricating the filters and embedding our novel antimicrobials into these filters. NEERI is providing us with novel and sustainable sourced antimicrobial they have developed in their labs. Together, we are intending on field testing these to ascertain whether they are suitable for their intended purpose. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The lab at NEERI is currently developing antimicrobials made of rice husk and other materials that are sustainably and locally sourced to embed into the filters that will be developed within the UK labs. There has been knowledge transfer between NEERI and Liverpool as to how to develop these in the UK. Once they embedded into our filters, they will be field-tested in India. |
| Impact | Outputs still to come. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Feedwater |
| Organisation | Feedwater Ltd |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Feedwater has co-sponsored a studentship with the Low Carbon EcoInnovatory Fund to develop low carbon solutions to water systems in healthcare settings. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Together we are collaboratively developing nanomaterials that can be embedded in hospital water systems to lower the infection rates, whilst making these processes more energy efficient. |
| Impact | Studentship secured: Low carbon solutions for infection control in hospital water systems |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Feedwater |
| Organisation | Feedwater Ltd |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Feedwater has co-sponsored a studentship with the Low Carbon EcoInnovatory Fund to develop low carbon solutions to water systems in healthcare settings. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Together we are collaboratively developing nanomaterials that can be embedded in hospital water systems to lower the infection rates, whilst making these processes more energy efficient. |
| Impact | Studentship secured: Low carbon solutions for infection control in hospital water systems |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | KNUST-Hodgson collaboration |
| Organisation | Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) |
| Country | Ghana |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We analysed data to inform projects that incentivise shade cocoa production in the Bia region of western Ghana |
| Collaborator Contribution | KNUST conducted field sampling of ant communities in forests, sun cocoa farms and shade cocoa farms. An ant taxonomy expert gave time in kind to train a research assistant in identification. KNUST provided a high quality satellite-derived landcover map of the Bia region for our data analysis, and gave expert advice about interpreting it. KNUST scientists were involved in planning the research and refining study objectives KNUST will be involved in communicating the study results when finalised |
| Impact | No completed outcomes yet |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Title | Condatis web |
| Description | Condatis is a decision support tool to identify the best locations for habitat creation and restoration to enhance existing habitat networks and increase connectivity across landscapes. |
| Type Of Technology | Webtool/Application |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Impact | The Condatis web application was launched in September 2018. As at 12 March 2019 it has 80 registered, active users (not counting those in our research team); more than half of the users are from the ODA DAC-list countries that we partnered with in this funded project: Malaysia (13), Indonesia (28) and Ghana (4). In total, the active users have run over 800 individual analyses. The Condatis web application has several technical features to make it accessible to our target users in developing countries with basic computers, intermittent internet access, and limited RAM and disk storage. Using the software is free, and the computationally demanding analyses happen on a high-performance server in Liverpool, rather than being limited by the computing resources of the user. 2020 update: We launched Condatis online 1.1 in late 2019. This has some bug fixes and two additional features requested by users. Since the last ResearchFish reporting deadline, >100 new users have registered with Condatis online. 11 of these are from ODA countries, including 6 countries where we had no project partners. For more on use in our three partner countries, see the Partnerships section of award NE/R009597. 2023 update: Thanks to funding under award EP/T015217/1, we added a major new feature to Condatis web and launched it as version 1.2 in 2022. Condatis can now accept a classified landcover map and automatically run a batch of analyses for species with different landcover-habitat quality relationships. This feature is useful worldwide, but is particularly relevant to developing countries, where there are important biodiversity differences between primary forest, logged forest, and different kinds of agroforestry plantation. Between March 2020 and March 2023 80 users have been actively using the web app, of which 18 have been from DAC list countries (DAC list for 2020 reporting). |
| URL | https://webapp.condatis.org.uk/ |
| Description | A Museum For Me/Un Museo Para Mí: Calendar Presentation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | A presentation delivered by Mujer Diáspora, a community group representing Colombian women in exile in the UK, and who contributed to the UK and Ireland Hub of the Colombian Truth Commission. Working with the A Museum For Me/Un Museo Para Mí project led the project PI, Mujer Diáspora co-created their own calendar which showcases their work in truth, memory and reconciliation. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Audiencia Defensorial |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Invited participation by the PI and one of the RAs on the project to participate in the Audiencia Defensorial Por la Vida y los Derechos Humanos de las Mujeres del Magdalena Medio [Ombudsman Hearing for the Life and Human Rights of Women in the Magdalena Medio Region] in March 2023. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Behind the Scenes at the Museum - Liverpool |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Behind the Scenes at the Museum was an open day at the Victoria Gallery and Museum, with a series of events and activities directed to families, based around how curators care for their collections, including identifying museum pests, packing a delicate object, and taking part in a range of curatorial activities. The project PI ran workshops all day using the A Museum For Me products created by the project team. Participants created their own mini 3D museum to take home. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://vgm.liverpool.ac.uk/exhibitions_events_tours/events/family/vgmsummerworkshop17thaugust.html |
| Description | CPD Workshop for Legislative Museum |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The project team gave a Continuing Professional Development workshop to curators at the Museo Legislativo Mexico Sep 9th 2020, on using the products and activities that our project has designed in civic education. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Commemoration of International Women's Day |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | A day-long event held on 23 March 2023 at the Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia, Bogotá, to which the PI was invited. The event was focused around celebrating International Women's Day, and included: re-accreditation of the UNAD; keynote speech by the PI on Women, Victims and Representation in Colombia in the Framework of Postconflict Dynamics, covering findings of the project and analysis of the OFP museum; roundtable discussion including the PI on the role of women in the construction of post-conflict society; and hands-on workshop using Museum For Me materials led by the PI. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Diaspora Here Community Engagement Day, Liverpool |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Community engagement day co-organised by the research project in conjunction with the Centre for the Study of International Slavery. The day involved an artist roundtable featuring local artists and filmmakers who have documented Liverpool's Black community, discussion with members of the community, Afro Caribbean and Latin American cuisine, an Afro-Latino musical performance, and a selection of activities including carnival headdresses, mask making as well as Museum for Me activities. Participants were encouraged to bring to the event artefacts, photographs, or any other objects that help them reflect about their lives as members of Liverpool´s culturally diverse landscape. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Exhibition Launch at National Museum, Colombia |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Exhibition Un Museo Para Mí: Representación en primera persona de mujeres víctimas del conflicto colombiano [A Museum For Me: First-Person Representation of Women Victims of the Colombian Conflict] launched at the National Museum, Bogota, Colombia, on 25 Feb 2020. Based on results of the AHRC-funded project, Memory, Victims and Representation of the Colombian Conflict, and also showcasing the products developed in the UKRI GCRF-funded project, Translation to Policy, Practice and Product for Low and Middle Income Countries. Exhibition launch includes participation from women victims from Corporación Zoscua de Boyacá, and Ruta Pacífica de las Mujeres Thereafter, exhibition runs for 2 months, open to the public, comprising visits to the exhibition, and also hands-on activities with the museum products. Also includes focus groups with third sector organisations representing women victims, including: Afrodes Afrodes - La Comadre Hijos a Hijas por la Memoria y contra la Impunidad Mesa Autónoma de Victimas Indígenas Casa de la Mujer Asociación de Mujeres Víctimas y Profesionales |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Grading for Diabetic Retinopathy - An Interactive Session introducing Comparison as a Tool to Improve Accuracy |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This short series of training events is aimed at all clinical trainees, scientists working in fields related to AI and DR, and trained eye health care professionals interested in refreshing or extending their skills/knowledge in AI and DR. Over the 3 events we will present the latest developments in key areas of DR and will include interactive training in assessing the retina. There will be an offline training module to be taken between the two sessions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Grading for Diabetic Retinopathy - An Interactive Session introducing Comparison as a Tool to Improve Accuracy |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | In this session we will introduce some new concepts in grading for DR and revise the current feature based approach and classification systems. We will ask delegates to contribute. There will be an interactive grading session to help develop your skills and to introduce comparison as an aid to grading. You will need to be at a laptop to get the most out of the session. We will forward the slide deck in advance. The session is aimed at ophthalmologists, screeners and optometrists engaged in grading and managing DR and Scientists and technicians involved in image analysis and grading. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Grading for Diabetic Retinopathy - An Interactive Session introducing Comparison as a Tool to Improve Accuracy (Part 1) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This short series of training events is aimed at all clinical trainees, scientists working in fields related to AI and DR, and trained eye health care professionals interested in refreshing or extending their skills/knowledge in AI and DR. Over the 3 events we will present the latest developments in key areas of DR and will include interactive training in assessing the retina. There will be an offline training module to be taken between the two sessions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Irrandiando Paz: Podcast |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Podcast launch or ArchiCom 'Irrandiando Paz': Spanish-language show 'Somos con Cecilia Ramos' ALLFM 96.9 in UK to detail current and forthcoming community outreach and archival work in Colombia. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://twitter.com/MVRColombia/status/1371374356862005252?s=20&t=lqCbJpl8xdgoP16CDJeI2g |
| Description | Museum For Me Workshop - Kuumba Imani Centre, Liverpool |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Museum for Me workshop using products designed by the research team. The event was held at the Kuumba Imani Centre in conjunction with the Centre for the Study of International Slavery. Participants made their own museums and reflected on their identity and heritage. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Museum for Me at Culture Unconfined Festival |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | www.amuseumforme.org was launched in May 2020 as the opening event of the Culture Unconfined Festival of the University of Liverpool. The range of contributors and artists involved has brought new audiences to "A Museum for Me", and the project has maintained and developed these links to community and beneficiary groups; for example the site has hosted content from the Colombian diaspora for Refugee Week in June 2020 and a number of commemorative days and events since. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | http://www.amuseumforme.org |
| Description | Museum of Me workshops |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This two-hour workshop was held at the Tate Gallery, Liverpool, as part of the Tate Exchange. It consisted of participants working with activity packs, creating and mixing materials that represent their own experience. Inspired by the themes of collage and montage that run throughout this week of events, in this particular workshop, participants curatedown materials to produce their own Museum of Me. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-liverpool/tate-exchange/workshop/tearing-past |
| Description | Presentation on Methods, Lancaster, UK |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Presentation by the PI on methodology on 'Co-curation, Co-creation and Working with Museums and Communities' at Methodological Discontents: Creative approaches to inclusive, decolonising and interdisciplinary methods in times of crises' Univeristy of Manchester/University of Lancaster: Collaborative Innovations Grant Methods NW. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Radio Interview - PDRA Lucia Brandi |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Lucia Brandi, PDRA on the project, interviewed on Radio UNAD in October 9th 2020 on themes of peacebuilding and gendered violence |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | http://ruv.unad.edu.co/index.php/academica/cibersofia/7185-educar-para-la-paz-con-enfoque-de-ddhh |
| Description | The Role of Women's Organisations in Reimagining Victims' Reparation in Colombia |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Invited talk given by the PI on the topic of 'The Role of Women's Organisations in Reimagining Victims' Reparation in Colombia: the Case of the OFP' to the symposium-workshop 'Reimagining Victims' Reparation', held 16-17 May, University of Huddersfield, followed by discussions on synergies and planning for forthcoming grant applications. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Training Seminar on Methods and Theories for Research in Human Rights, Memory and Transitional Justice |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | The PI delivered a training seminar on the topic of Methods and Theories for Research in Human Rights, Memory and Transitional Justice for research students at the Universidad Pedagogica y Tecnologica de Colombia on 22 March 2023. The seminar provided postgraduate students with an introduction to some of the key skills and methodologies they will require for researching these topics. It was based on the findings and methodologies of the PI's project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Un Museo Para Mí y mis derechos: Zona Humanitaria (Bogotá) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | MVRC team members took Un Museo Para Mí to schools and the streets during uprising and violence in Colombia 15.05.21: impacts included conversation and engagement regarding past and current violence and much discussion. NB. www.amuseumforme.org was launched in May 2020. The project has maintained and developed links to community and beneficiary groups; for example, the site has hosted content from the Colombian diaspora for Refugee Week in June 2020 and many commemorative days and international, collaborative events since. MfM workshops are not repeat events per se, but distinct in terms of location, collaborators, and context/location. Some may be based with a museum team in Colombia, for example, some are online, all are organised with different NGOs and MVRC partners, often with different, evolving museological methods and outputs. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://twitter.com/MVRColombia/status/1393513990785945601?s=20&t=XcWm4z1dIgNgPknVjhX6WA |
| Description | Un Museo Para Mí: Casa de la Memoria: Spanish in Society |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Un Museo Para Mí: Casa de la Memoria: Spanish in Society Lucia Brandi spoke on children's trilingual storybooks and Claire Taylor presented Un Museo Para Mí with a particular focus on the experiences of the Latin American diaspora communities in the UK. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.spanishinsociety.com/events |
| Description | Un Museo Para Mí / A Museum for Me: Being Human Festival at The British Library |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Un Museo Para Mí / A Museum for Me: Being Human Festival at The British Library 13.11.21 A day of workshops, presentations, dance and other activities at the British Library as part of the Being Human Festival. International collaborators contributed in person and online. NB. www.amuseumforme.org was launched in May 2020. The project has maintained and developed links to community and beneficiary groups; for example, the site has hosted content from the Colombian diaspora for Refugee Week in June 2020 and many commemorative days and international, collaborative events since. MfM workshops are not repeat events per se, but distinct in terms of location, collaborators, and context/location. Some may be based with a museum team in Colombia, for example, some are online, all are organised with different NGOs and MVRC partners, often with different, evolving museological methods and outputs. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.bl.uk/events/a-museum-for-me-un-museo-para-m-at-the-british-library |
| Description | Un Museo Para Mí con los colectivos: Escuela Popular Re-Creo y Colectivo de los Nadie |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Un Museo Para Mí con los colectivos: Escuela Popular Re-Creo y Colectivo de los Nadie Team members in situ in Colombia taking Un Museo Para Mí safely into the streets during covid, to work with two new collectives. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.amuseumforme.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Un-museo-de-Nadie-2.pdf |
| Description | Un Museo Para Mí/A Museum for Me workshop: Cronton 6th Form College Day of Activities |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Un Museo Para Mí/A Museum for Me workshop: Cronton 6th Form College Day of Activities with students and teachers in collaboration with representatives from Mujer Diáspora in the UK. NB. www.amuseumforme.org was launched in May 2020. The project has maintained and developed links to community and beneficiary groups; for example, the site has hosted content from the Colombian diaspora for Refugee Week in June 2020 and many commemorative days and international, collaborative events since. MfM workshops are not repeat events per se, but distinct in terms of location, collaborators, and context/location. Some may be based with a museum team in Colombia, for example, some are online, all are organised with different NGOs and MVRC partners, often with different, evolving museological methods and outputs. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://twitter.com/mvrcolombia/status/1377254124937433088 |
| Description | Un Museo Para Mí/A Museum for Me: Casa de la Memoria (Tumaco) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Un Museo Para Mí 03/03/21 Workshop hosted by Casa de la Memoria, Colombia. https://casamemoriatumaco.org/ NB. www.amuseumforme.org was launched in May 2020. The project has maintained and developed links to community and beneficiary groups; for example, the site has hosted content from the Colombian diaspora for Refugee Week in June 2020 and many commemorative days and international, collaborative events since. MfM workshops are not repeat events per se, but distinct in terms of location, collaborators, and context/location. Some may be based with a museum team in Colombia, for example, some are online, all are organised with different NGOs and MVRC partners, often with different, evolving museological methods and outputs. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | http://www.amuseumforme.org |
| Description | Un Museo Para Mí: 'Una verdad sin fronteras': conversaciones con víctimas del conflicto |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Un Museo Para Mí: 'Una verdad sin fronteras': conversaciones con víctimas del conflicto 04/03/2021 Online hosting of video of exiled women's testimony about the conflict in Colombia in tandem with the Comisión de la Verdad (Nodo EU) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.amuseumforme.org/listening-space-for-me/ |
| Description | Un Museo Para Mí: Ludoescuela-Nuestra Escuela (Liverpool) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Un Museo Para Mí: Ludoescuela-Nuestra Escuela. Two online Museum for Me-based activities for local schools during lockdown. Events took place on the 17th and 24th April 2021. NB. www.amuseumforme.org was launched in May 2020. The project has maintained and developed links to community and beneficiary groups; for example, the site has hosted content from the Colombian diaspora for Refugee Week in June 2020 and many commemorative days and international, collaborative events since. MfM workshops are not repeat events per se, but distinct in terms of location, collaborators, and context/location. Some may be based with a museum team in Colombia, for example, some are online, all are organised with different NGOs and MVRC partners, often with different, evolving museological methods and outputs. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://twitter.com/MVRColombia/status/1382970299164061698 |
| Description | Un Museo Para Mí: Memory, Heritage and Language: presentation and roundtable |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Un Museo Para Mí: Memory, Heritage and Language: A Symposium: presentation and roundtable with two MVRC team members on 'A Museum for Me: Self-Curation, Public Engagement and Museology Practices' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/events/event/?eventid=98494 |
| Description | Un Museo Para Mí: Museo Nacional de Colombia: Familias |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Un Museo Para Mí: Museo Nacional de Colombia: Familias Adapted family-oriented and theatre-themed downloadable workshops for working from home in lockdown NB. www.amuseumforme.org was launched in May 2020. The project has maintained and developed links to community and beneficiary groups; for example, the site has hosted content from the Colombian diaspora for Refugee Week in June 2020 and many commemorative days and international, collaborative events since. MfM workshops are not repeat events per se, but distinct in terms of location, collaborators, and context/location. Some may be based with a museum team in Colombia, for example, some are online, all are organised with different NGOs and MVRC partners, often with different, evolving museological methods and outputs. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://museonacional.gov.co/noticias/Paginas/Museo_para_mi.aspx |
| Description | Un Museo para Mí at the Centro Infantil Menchú, Casa Latina, in London |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | On 16th November 2019, the project ran the activity Un Museo para Mí at the Centro Infantil Menchú in London, as part of the Being Human Festival 2019. The activities were directed to the Latin American diaspora in London. In this three-hour session, participants worked with activity packs informed by work done by the research project. The activity Un Museo para Mí engages with how museums have traditionally been thought of as spaces where objects important for our understanding of where we're from are researched, conserved, and exhibited. However, museums are changing - instead of providing a focus on the past with a mainly male-centric narrative (hence the etymology of 'patrimonio', in Spanish), museums now incorporate the stories and histories of women, children, minority groups and others who have gone unrepresented: museums are spaces where all people are welcome to talk about a shared past, problems in the present, and our future. During the event, members curated and created their own materials, thought about the objects and images that represent them and their memories, and created their own mini-museum. The purpose of the workshop was to encourage women in the Latin American diaspora to think about issues such as museums and identity; museums as part of national or transnational identity; and the curation of personal memory. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://beinghumanfestival.org/event/museum-of-me/ |
| Description | Un Museo para mí Exhibition in Tunja, Colombia |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Mixed-media exhibition of creative and artistic outputs arising from the project, inaugurated at the Noche de los Museos (aka Light Night) in Tunja, Colombia, on 15 November 2019, and running until 27 November. Held at the Museo Casa Cultural Gustavo Rojas Pinilla. Co-organised with the Grupo de Estudios en Feminismos, Géneros y Derechos Humanos -GIEPEG- UPTC, and Rafaela Riaño from ZOSCUA, and including participation of 2 women victims. Average footfall of 70 people per day. Type of public attending: families; school pupils; university students; elderly people attending a programme run by the Alcaldía de Tunja (Tunja Town Hall). Impact included: visibilising for the public the issues related to victims of the Colombian armed conflict; showcasing the co-creation works that have been created by the project to date. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | meeting with SPEU PPIER |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Patients, carers and/or patient groups |
| Results and Impact | We met with the PPIER group and provided an update of the progress of our research projects that have been supported by the group, and sought supports for future research projects. The group was very excited about the achievements and will continue to support our ongoing research. Th group has also expressed their opinions on the use of AI in healthcare. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |