Distant Voices: Coming Home
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Glasgow
Department Name: School of Social & Political Sciences
Abstract
Distant Voices responds to pressing public policy and political challenges created by huge rises in the numbers of people subject to penal sanctions and by high levels of reoffending. Turning conventional understandings of 'offender rehabilitation' on their head, the project is concerned not with 'correcting offenders' but rather with exploring and changing how they are received when 'coming home' after punishment.
The project aims:
(1) to improve academic and public understandings of social re/integration after punishment;
(2) to develop innovative practices to better support re/integration; and
(3) to better engage a range of citizens, communities and civil society institutions in re/integration.
As a collaborative action research project drawing on criminology, popular music, politics and other disciplines, Distant Voices combines creative practices (principally songwriting and sharing), research and knowledge exchange to enable dialogue and learning about re/integration -- and to practice and support it. Its participatory methods draw together a wide range of differently situated citizens, organisations and associations to form a 'community of enquiry' and of creative practice. This range of participants will work across three inter-related activities. (1) In 'co-creative inquiry', participants will work with one another and with professional musicians to write songs that explore, represent and reflect on re/integration. (2) In 'co-creative dialogue' these songs will be shared through the production and release of a high-profile album, a related tour and a series of public events, including two festivals. A series of podcasts will also be produced and shared via an interactive website. (3) In 'co-creative discovery', a core group of the wider community of enquiry will work with the investigators to use collaborative participant observation and to develop and employ a range of other social science and arts-based research methods to explore their learning and to assess what has (and has not) been achieved in and through the project.
Through these activities, Distant Voices aspires to develop theories and concepts of reintegration and rehabilitation, to influence related behaviours, to inform interventions and, more broadly, to encourage the development of a fairer and more vibrant society.
The project aims:
(1) to improve academic and public understandings of social re/integration after punishment;
(2) to develop innovative practices to better support re/integration; and
(3) to better engage a range of citizens, communities and civil society institutions in re/integration.
As a collaborative action research project drawing on criminology, popular music, politics and other disciplines, Distant Voices combines creative practices (principally songwriting and sharing), research and knowledge exchange to enable dialogue and learning about re/integration -- and to practice and support it. Its participatory methods draw together a wide range of differently situated citizens, organisations and associations to form a 'community of enquiry' and of creative practice. This range of participants will work across three inter-related activities. (1) In 'co-creative inquiry', participants will work with one another and with professional musicians to write songs that explore, represent and reflect on re/integration. (2) In 'co-creative dialogue' these songs will be shared through the production and release of a high-profile album, a related tour and a series of public events, including two festivals. A series of podcasts will also be produced and shared via an interactive website. (3) In 'co-creative discovery', a core group of the wider community of enquiry will work with the investigators to use collaborative participant observation and to develop and employ a range of other social science and arts-based research methods to explore their learning and to assess what has (and has not) been achieved in and through the project.
Through these activities, Distant Voices aspires to develop theories and concepts of reintegration and rehabilitation, to influence related behaviours, to inform interventions and, more broadly, to encourage the development of a fairer and more vibrant society.
Planned Impact
Distant Voices is a partnership between the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research and Vox Liminis. It has the financial and in-kind support of the Scottish Prison Service and the Glasgow Community Justice Authority, as well as the in-principle support of the Scottish Government's Community Justice Division (see attached letters of support). A related funding proposal is currently being assessed by Creative Scotland. Over the last two years, DV has run two successful pilot phases that inform this ambitious proposal (to hear some of the results, see: https://voxliminis.bandcamp.com/album/distant-voices-silent-seconds-ep). Over its three-year life, the project will offer a model of engaged social science that creatively combines research, knowledge exchange and creative practice development. The co-investigators have extensive relevant experience and capabilities (McNeill was a recipient of an ESRC Award for Outstanding Impact in Public Policy in 2014 for a predecessor project).
In relation to practice impact, DV will enhance understanding of the role and effectiveness of creative practices in criminal justice and generate significant learning about community engagement in re/integration. In policy impact terms, this will have relevance not just in criminal justice but also in other policy areas where integration and inclusion are also key priorities. Perhaps more importantly, the project's academic and artistic outputs and extensive programme of public engagement create the potential for considerable social and cultural impact, influencing public attitudes and informing public debate. To use a meteorological metaphor, rather than developing technologies for managing the adverse conditions that affect re/integration, Distant Voices seeks to find means of changing the climate in which it takes place.
The project's beneficiaries and contributors include people with lived experience of crime, punishment and reintegration (both victims and offenders) and their families; criminal justice policymakers, managers and practitioners (in prisons and in the community); artists; and civil society groups (e.g. local grass-roots community groups, faith communities, businesses, the media). All of these groups will be represented in the community of enquiry we seek to develop and support throughout the project activities. The representative research core group will established in the project's first quarter, participating in the first research workshop in month 3 (and then quarterly). As such they are both contributors to and beneficiaries of the project.
In terms of processes and mechanisms, we aim to secure practice, policy and cultural and social impact through development and exchange of different forms of knowledge and skills, opening up spaces for transformative inter-personal, professional, social and political dialogue. In using music as both a means of and a catalyst for communication, and through building a community of enquiry for collaborative action research, the project will break down disciplinary borders, allowing a richer understanding of public participation in one of the most contested areas of political life. Through these processes, we will increase the motivation of citizens and civil society institutions, and of professionals and organisations to engage with re/integration and build capacities and opportunities for re/integration. We also aim to learn about how creative practice-as-research-as knowledge exchange can inform the 'impact agenda' and conceptions of 'public social science'.
Details of forms of and pathways to impact with (1) individuals and group; (2) systems, institutions and communities; and (3) society are included in the Pathways to Impact document.
In relation to practice impact, DV will enhance understanding of the role and effectiveness of creative practices in criminal justice and generate significant learning about community engagement in re/integration. In policy impact terms, this will have relevance not just in criminal justice but also in other policy areas where integration and inclusion are also key priorities. Perhaps more importantly, the project's academic and artistic outputs and extensive programme of public engagement create the potential for considerable social and cultural impact, influencing public attitudes and informing public debate. To use a meteorological metaphor, rather than developing technologies for managing the adverse conditions that affect re/integration, Distant Voices seeks to find means of changing the climate in which it takes place.
The project's beneficiaries and contributors include people with lived experience of crime, punishment and reintegration (both victims and offenders) and their families; criminal justice policymakers, managers and practitioners (in prisons and in the community); artists; and civil society groups (e.g. local grass-roots community groups, faith communities, businesses, the media). All of these groups will be represented in the community of enquiry we seek to develop and support throughout the project activities. The representative research core group will established in the project's first quarter, participating in the first research workshop in month 3 (and then quarterly). As such they are both contributors to and beneficiaries of the project.
In terms of processes and mechanisms, we aim to secure practice, policy and cultural and social impact through development and exchange of different forms of knowledge and skills, opening up spaces for transformative inter-personal, professional, social and political dialogue. In using music as both a means of and a catalyst for communication, and through building a community of enquiry for collaborative action research, the project will break down disciplinary borders, allowing a richer understanding of public participation in one of the most contested areas of political life. Through these processes, we will increase the motivation of citizens and civil society institutions, and of professionals and organisations to engage with re/integration and build capacities and opportunities for re/integration. We also aim to learn about how creative practice-as-research-as knowledge exchange can inform the 'impact agenda' and conceptions of 'public social science'.
Details of forms of and pathways to impact with (1) individuals and group; (2) systems, institutions and communities; and (3) society are included in the Pathways to Impact document.
Publications
Crockett Thomas P
(2021)
Re-writing punishment? Songs and narrative problem-solving
in Incarceration
Crockett Thomas P
(2019)
The Researcher As Unreliable Narrator: Writing Sociological Crime Fiction as a Research Method
in SSRN Electronic Journal
Crockett Thomas P
(2021)
WRITING SOCIOLOGICAL CRIME FICTION YOU WILL HAVE YOUR DAY IN COURT
in Art/Research International: A Transdisciplinary Journal
Crockett Thomas P
(2022)
The researcher as unreliable narrator: writing sociological crime fiction as a research method
in Law and Humanities
Crockett Thomas P
(2020)
Stir: Poetic field works from the Distant Voices project
in Crime, Media, Culture: An International Journal
McNeill F
(2020)
Collaboration before collaborative research: The development of 'Distant Voices'
in Methodological Innovations
McNeill F
(2022)
Time and Punishment - New Contexts and Perspectives
O Tuama Padraig
(2022)
A Casual Kindness: Poems by the Unbound Community: 2022
Phil Crockett Thomas
(2020)
Mediating Punishment? Prisoners' Songs as Relational 'Problem-Solving' Devices
in Law Text Culture
Thomas, P
(2019)
Distant Voices
in Howard League for Penal Reform Early Career Academics Network Bulletin
| Title | 30/09/17 Performance at Recovery Walk Scotland |
| Description | A performance of songs made in sessions with people involved in the criminal justice system. Performed as part of the annual recovery walk in solidarity with those in recovery from addiction. In 2017 it took place in Dundee, and reached an audience of about 300 people |
| Type Of Art | Performance (Music, Dance, Drama, etc) |
| Year Produced | 2017 |
| Impact | Reaching new audiences. |
| URL | http://www.scottishrecoveryconsortium.org/index.php?id=2547 |
| Title | A Giant on the Bridge |
| Description | A Giant on the Bridge was initially developed as a 'gig with stories'. This means that as well as being a performance of some of the songs created as part of the project, it also has narratives woven throughout the piece and develops through stories, monologues and poems that are presented between the songs. The initial idea for this format came from thinking about how audiences were responding to previous shows. We were finding that when audience members described aspects of Distant Voices show that were interesting or challenging or affecting, they frequently spoke about the introductions that were given to the songs as much as the songs themselves. This was the spoken part before the music began, where artists often presented the story or the words of the co-writer of the song. It seemed to us then, that the introductions to the songs were crucially important. For this reason, we decided that we wanted to make a show that expanded on these introductions and gave what came between the songs as much of a focus as there was on the songs themselves. We aimed to incorporate perspectives of: Someone coming home after a long prison sentence Someone coming home after a shorter prison sentence Both male and female perspectives on homecoming A person whose family member or parent is coming home after serving a sentence At least one person who has experienced crime, been a victim or a survivor of harm caused by crime The experience of a person who works within the criminal justice system The perspective of the songwriter or the songwriting session facilitator who helped to create the songs that found their way into the show. For this reason we chose 5 musicians to perform the show, and we made each of them a specific 'character': THE HOMECOMER: Our key character is 'D'. He has been serving a short-medium term sentence and is about to return home. He is played by SolarEye (or Dave Hook). THE WELCOMER: 'June' is D's twin sister. She has been looking after his daughter while he is in prison and is anticipating his return. June is represented by Jill O'Sullivan. THE STORYTELLER: This character is simply a narrator. Rachel Sermanni tells the story of 'The Giant Who Had No Heart in Her Body'. Based on the retelling of a Scandinavian folk tale (with a twist), this is a story about a female, long-term prisoner and the 'heartlessness' she has developed as a coping mechanism. The giant, like 'D', is a homecomer too. THE MEDIATOR: Jo Mango plays the part of 'Clem'. Clem works in the education department of a prison and helps prisoners to write letters. She sees multiple perspectives within the criminal justice system and she is also (it emerges) a survivor of crime. She is wrestling with what it means to bridge or mediate these different perspectives. THE SONGWRITER: Louis Abbott plays himself here, as he describes what it is like to run a songwriting session in a prison context (the space in which most of the songs in the show were created). These 5 strands run throughout the show. They seem at first to proceed separately, but all have crucial links to each other. And they all relate to what it is to be a giant standing on a bridge, or to face a giant and to build a bridge to another perspective. While initially planned to be a live theatre performance, the Covid-19 pandemic necessitated a rethink. We filmed the performance (more or less 'as live') and live-streamed a premiere of the film on 8th November 2021, as part of the 'Bridging the Void' online festival which concluded our project. |
| Type Of Art | Performance (Music, Dance, Drama, etc) |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Impact | The livestream of the pre-filmed performance was attended by about 200 people. We are still exploring opportunities for the film of the performance to be premiered; and for the show to be premiered live, so we have not made the filmed performance publicly available on YouTube yet, but the private link below should work. |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEgccTYj-HQ |
| Title | A Giant on the Bridge (Theatre Performances x 4) |
| Description | This innovative piece of gig-theatre, devised in and through our project and exploring homecoming from prison, was performed in four Scottish Theatres (the Lanternhouse Theatre, the Dundee Rep, and two nights at the Traverse in Edinburgh) between 5th and 9th March 2024, reaching an audience of 600, and attracting coverage in the national press and on BBC Radio Scotland. |
| Type Of Art | Performance (Music, Dance, Drama, etc) |
| Year Produced | 2024 |
| Impact | Audiences reported being challenged, moved and inspired by the work, which powerfully conveyed the complexity of the homecoming process and its multiple challenges. |
| Title | Alcohol Free Functions Performance (Louis Abbott) |
| Description | A performance of songs made in sessions with people involved in the criminal justice system. |
| Type Of Art | Performance (Music, Dance, Drama, etc) |
| Year Produced | 2017 |
| Impact | Raising awareness of the project. |
| Title | Bridging the Void: Closing Gig |
| Description | In November 2021, we concluded our project with an online festival comprising six events; three (pre-recorded) evening concerts and three lunchtime conversations. The festival was entitled 'Bridging the Void'; it explored what we have learned about the void that state punishment creates, and what we have learned about how it can be bridged. This entry relates to our closing gig on 11th November, which was entitled 'Moving On Together'. We shared and discussing songs co-written in the project with justice-affected people. |
| Type Of Art | Performance (Music, Dance, Drama, etc) |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Impact | This gig was attended by about 80 people and over 200 have viewed it on YouTube. |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SH9k6I2QJOk |
| Title | Bridging the Void: Opening Gig |
| Description | In November 2021, we concluded our project with an online festival comprising six events; three (pre-recorded) evening concerts and three lunchtime conversations. The festival was entitled 'Bridging the Void'; it explored what we have learned about the void that state punishment creates, and what we have learned about how it can be bridged. This entry relates to our opening gig on 5th November was entitled 'Mapping the Void' and did so through sharing and discussing songs co-written in the pr |
| Type Of Art | Performance (Music, Dance, Drama, etc) |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Impact | The livestream of the gig was attended by about 100 people and, to date, almost 400 have viewed it on YouTube. |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MJSRVwjXLo |
| Title | Looking at Colours Again |
| Description | A rewarding listen from start to finish, featuring 5 compelling, genre-spanning tracks. Despite the variation in style, a sonic thread runs throughout: vintage drum machines and synths feature on all the tracks, recalling electronic music of the 1970s & 80s. The EP was produced by Distant Voices Artistic Lead, Louis Abbott (Admiral Fallow), with Paul Savage (Mogwai, Franz Ferdinand) at Chem19 studios. The tracks were co-written by musicians Donna Maciocia, Ross Clark (Fiskur), Jo Mango & Louis Abbott with participants in workshops in prisons across Scotland. The evolution of the songs involved continued collaboration, from the initial songwriting, into discussions around arrangements, and on to participation in the recording process itself. Across the EP the themes of both repetition and change recur, creating an intriguing tension. The EP's opening track, Rewind, is about how regret loops in the mind along with the nagging yet unattainable desire to 'Rewind, record over, rewrite the scenes'. The effect is intensified by an infectious chorus which hooks you from the first listen. In the anthemic Bars and Multicoloured Chairs, Alana prepares for the momentous change of leaving prison but reflects on whether the world outside will understand how much she has taken away from the experience. Little Foxes is about not wanting to fall back into a damaging pattern (in this case, addiction) and the human struggle to constantly manage our vices, even when they 'turn up at the most bizarre times.' For all the challenges, Looking at Colours Again also offers comfort. Peace is found in memories and nature. In the mesmerising Everything's Spherical, cycles of nature and the universe put our everyday struggles into context ("Whatever's happening has happened before") while Leap from the Noise - inspired by a peaceful childhood memory- is a celebration of silence, and the necessity of allowing ourselves some relief from pain and regret (or endless 'rewinding'). There's a sense of accepting what can't be changed - whether that's realising that temptations will always be part of life (cleverly depicted through the metaphor of 'little foxes' which are, as the co-writers note, "beautiful and intriguing animals but they are also pesky, annoying & will eat away at you"), or walking into the unknown with courage and open-mindedness (Bars and Multicoloured Chairs). Looking at Colours Again seeks to bring these stories to a wider audience, in order to challenge conventional understandings of 'offender rehabilitation' and to offer a better understanding of the ways people are received when they 'come home' after punishment. |
| Type Of Art | Artefact (including digital) |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Impact | We had intended to release the EP in April 2020 at a festival presenting the learning from our project, but this was postponed due to Covid-19. We released the EP digitally in February 2021 attracting radio plays and significant press coverage (reported elsewhere). |
| URL | https://www.voxliminis.co.uk/looking-at-colours-again/ |
| Title | Not Known at this Address |
| Description | 'Not Known at this Address' was the debut album from the Distant Voices project. In a system that often thinks about things - and people - in black and white terms, Distant Voices attempts to add nuance and humanity back into the equation. Cowriters on the album include prisoners, prison staff, researchers, and social workers. They have collaborated with the likes of C Duncan, Emma Pollock and Rachel Sermanni to create a uniquely human portrait of the criminal justice system, and the people who live and work within it. The diverse collaborations and individual voices on the album invite us to assess the way we feel about crime, punishment and reintegration. The songs on 'Not Known at this Address' deserve to be heard on their own terms. The variety of genres, moods and lyrical storytelling on show is genuinely remarkable. It is an album full of journeys both literal and metaphorical. Whether it's learning an instrument for the first time ('Frank's Song'), coming to terms with the death of a relative ('Never Got to Say Goodbye', 'Dining Room Hospital') lovers navigating stormy weather ('Weather You') or the push to be a better dad ('The Man I Used to Be'), movement from one state to another is a common thread. Unsurprisingly, given the situations of most co-writers, the struggle to find a way home is a key recurring theme. The co-writers on the album, many writing songs for the first time, have joined forces with a stellar cast of Scottish songwriting talent. Brought together by Creative Lead Louis Abbott (Admiral Fallow), the record features Emma Pollock, C Duncan, Rachel Sermanni, Kris Drever, Pronto Mama, Bdy_Prts, Fiskur, Donna Maciocia and Admiral Fallow themselves. One of the most satisfying elements of 'Not Known at this Address' is how genuinely collaborative the songs are. The majority of these songs began within three day songwriting workshops (or 'Vox Sessions') which took place in prisons across Scotland over the last 18 months. Following the session, demo recordings were taken into the legendary Chem19 Studios, where full band arrangements were produced, mixed and mastered. We have worked hard to involve the co-writers in the evolution of their songs. Whether contributing musical ideas, laying down their own guitar tracks, offering feedback on arrangements or joining up with the bands in the studio, we wanted to ensure that this was a collaborative process from start to finish. The road home after imprisonment or community punishment is full of challenges. Rebuilding a life means finding somewhere to live, sourcing employment, overcoming stigma and finding ways to reconnect with family. Whether facing these challenges themselves, or supporting those who are, the co-writers on this album have used this as an opportunity to tell their story, in their own voice. We want these distant voices to reach as wide an audience as possible. These are not only outstanding songs - they help us to see what justice looks like now and invite us to imagine what it could look like in the future. 'Listen to these songs not because it's such a worthwhile project, though it is, but because you'll love them.' Ricky Ross - BBC Radio Scotland |
| Type Of Art | Artefact (including digital) |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Impact | The album release was accompanied by a tour which included major performances at Edinburgh's Hidden Doors festival at renowned venue St Lukes in Glasgow. These two gigs attracted about 1,000 people. The release also attracted significant coverage (detailed elsewhere) in the print and broadcast media. |
| URL | https://www.voxliminis.co.uk/media/distant-voices-not-known-at-this-address/ |
| Title | Oblivion and Beyond |
| Description | A 5-track EP from the Distant Voices project, which brings together celebrated Scottish songwriters and people with experience of the criminal justice system. Over the last two years, we worked with Highland Alcohol and Drug Partnership and local partners to support community approaches to reducing alcohol and drug related harm - including by engaging the local public in conversations about recovery and reintegration, to better understand the complexities of the recovery journey, decrease stigma and support reintegration. These songs contribute to those conversations and developments. |
| Type Of Art | Artefact (including digital) |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Impact | The EP release was accompanied by a short tour in the Highland region, including performances at a variety of venues (from prisons to pubs). We also ran practitioners workshops, using the songs as stimulus materials, to explore how recovery and reintegration might be better supported. The EP release and associated events also attracted press coverage. These outcomes are detailed elsewhere. |
| URL | https://www.voxliminis.co.uk/projects/distant-voices/media/?media=5768 |
| Title | Songs co-written with people involved in the criminal justice system |
| Description | Audio Recordings of more than 50 new songs co-written with people involved in the criminal justice system. Most of these are not publicly available, but two can be listened to on the website of vox liminis: https://www.voxliminis.co.uk/media/halcyon-bay/ https://www.voxliminis.co.uk/media/fuck-it-button/ |
| Type Of Art | Artwork |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Impact | These songs are the result of songwriting sessions, which are a key activity in which we discuss, represent and experience re/integration principally in and through the creative practice of songwriting. The songs are an important part of the research themselves but also form the basis of future academic and artistic enquiry. The songs reach a wide audience through live performance, recording, and radio play. |
| URL | https://www.voxliminis.co.uk/media/halcyon-bay/ |
| Title | The Art of Bridging |
| Description | This 6-part podcast series, published between October 2021 and March 2022, explains our approach, discusses our key findings and begins to assess our impact. |
| Type Of Art | Artefact (including digital) |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Impact | As we have only just completed the series, it is too soon to assess impacts, but engagement with the podcasts has been excellent, with many positive responses for examples, and some academics telling us they are using it in their teaching. |
| URL | https://open.spotify.com/show/0I2neD5EU41G3F23R68jaw |
| Title | We Who Are About To ...Chapter Two |
| Description | Responding to the theme of homecoming Phil created Chapter One and Mark created Chapter Two (which can be continued ..) . The chapter functions as both research, creative writing and design. |
| Type Of Art | Creative Writing |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Impact | Phil to complete |
| URL | https://www.voxliminis.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/WeWhoAre_Chapter2Mark2.pdf |
| Title | We Who Are About To Chapter One |
| Description | In response to our first core group meeting in September, our research associate Phil Thomas wrote the first chapter of a speculative science fiction novel, using the events and experiences of that meeting as inspiration. Her chapter reflects on the difficulty of establishing a community, on finding a common language, and on the meaning of home. Responding to the theme of homecoming, she designed the story to be printed out and folded into the shape of an origami house. She also created a number of images by collaging photographs taken during the workshop, with images from the British Library's collection of copyright-free sources. The chapter functions as both research, creative writing and design. You can download and read the chapter and Phil's explanation of the work here: https://www.voxliminis.co.uk/media/we-who-are-about-to/. |
| Type Of Art | Creative Writing |
| Year Produced | 2017 |
| Impact | In response to chapter one, another member of the core group of distant voices was inspired to write chapter two of the story. This is not yet publicly available. |
| URL | https://www.voxliminis.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Thomas_WeWhoAreAboutTo_ChapterOne.pdf |
| Description | Even in the 21st century, state punishment remains reliant on the ancient technology of building walls to put and keep people away, when they have caused harm. Thankfully, we now practice permanent banishment only very rarely. But this means that we also compel those that we release from prison to find a way 'home'. For people leaving prison in Scotland, this is often a perilous journey. Indeed, it is not exaggeration to say that many have to traverse a void to find their way to a safe place where they can settle and be at peace. More than 11,000 Scottish citizens attempt that traverse each year. But many of them never really make it 'home'. About 30% leaving prison have no home to go to. About 40% are reconvicted within 2 years. People released from prison are also at much higher risk of early death, including by suicide and drug overdose. Put simply, the void that punishment widens is swallowing far too many of our folk. Though we didn't realise it when we started, over 4 years ago, in the 'Distant Voices - Coming Home' project, we began exploring both the dimensions of that void, and whether and how bridges can be built across it. Distant Voices was a collaborative research project, run in partnership between the Universities of Glasgow, Edinburgh and the West of Scotland, and the arts and community development organisation Vox Liminis. From the outset, we have tried to combine creative practices (mainly song-writing), research, knowledge exchange and public engagement, in an innovative exploration of punishment and re/integration. In November 2021, we ran an online festival to mark the end of the project, fittingly entitled 'Bridging the Void'; we also launched our 6-part podcast series 'The Art of Bridging' which sums up our learning. It's very hard to sum up all that learning here - and the different people involved will doubtless have different aspects that they might want to highlight. Speaking for myself, as the project's Principal Investigator, and as someone with 30+ years of criminal justice involvement, first as a volunteer worker, then as a practitioner and then as a criminologist, I would say that Distant Voices has both enriched and complicated my prior understandings of these issues. But more than that, it has also changed the way that I engage with and feel about them. I already knew - both from practice and from criminology - that punishment often does more harm than good. But listening to people's stories as mediated through songs, I've been confronted much more forcefully with the ways in which criminal justice simplifies, flattens and distorts those stories, and with the myriad ways that punishment alienates, marginalises and excludes people. I've also been re-assured by the ways that people find to resist, subvert and survive these processes. Perhaps the most important learning has been about how to build bridges. we've seen how, time and again, a commitment to a belief in everyone's ability to make something good; enacted in conditions that enable people to become vulnerable and to risk creativity, allows people to co-produce beautiful, moving, revealing and challenging songs. But more than that, when we do these things together, we also make (or remake) ourselves and each other; we make or remake the connections between us; and we make or remake community. In many different ways, it is the diverse people involved in Distant Voices who have modelled not just more creative ways of exploring, understanding and representing human experience, but also more creative ways of becoming connected with one another in a complex, vibrant, joyful and challenging community. These practices of integration that we've explored, in different ways, also reflect practices associated with community development, restorative justice and, more broadly, with participatory approaches to democratic politics. But the creative dimension of our practices has also been at the heart of everything we've learned. Early on we coined the mantra 'make, share, learn' to describe what we were doing, and it still holds good; except that now we might say 'make together, share together, learn together', reflecting the importance of collaboration and community. Building bridges requires a great deal of preparation and work on both sides of the void, by people with quite different skills and perspectives, before we can even hope to span the divide. If it takes a village to raise a child, then it requires a creative and diverse community to build (and sustain) bridges. Dialogue has been central to the project throughout, and so it is fitting that our closing festival, 'Bridging the Void', like the project, aimed to promote dialogue between people with different forms of expertise and insight drawn from experiencing crime, punishment and re/integration, whether directly or indirectly; from working in different parts of the justice system; and from studying these issues. To that end, in 'Bridging the Void', we hosted 3 evening events, in which we shared songs and stories from the project, and 3 lunchtime conversations that explored not just the void, but how, when, where and why bridges can be built across it. We ended by looking to the future; asking what a radically different approach to righting wrongs and to building a fairer and safer society might entail. We also launching a 6-part podcast series, The Art of Bridging (available on all the usual platforms), and are still working on some other learning resources to help others work with us towards that future. There is a wealth of evidence to support the proposition that societies characterised by high levels of solidarity and low levels of inequality tend to have lower crime rates and lower rates of imprisonment. The converse is also true. In disconnected, unequal societies, crime and the fear of crime drive the building of prison walls and other practices of exclusion. In Scotland as elsewhere, we do well to question whether we want to invest in walls or bridges. In the end, Distant Voices has taught us that if we want movement and connection - and all that enables us to grow and thrive - then we need to invest in bridge-building. Walls offer only short-term protection; and building too many of them just puts barriers in the path of human, community and social development. It is connection not separation that helps us all make our way to a safer home together. |
| Exploitation Route | We are already exploring how we might use the learning from the project to better understand and develop practices of 'generative justice' -- meaning practices that respond to crime and punishment in ways that are generative of social solidarity. |
| Sectors | Government Democracy and Justice |
| URL | http://www.distantvoices.org.uk |
| Description | Our research model deliberately blurred the boundaries between creative practice, research and knowledge exchange. As a result, the practice of our research (and not just its findings) had significant impacts on the individuals, groups, institutions, communities and systems involved almost from its outset. However, as we are continuing to collect and analyse information about these impacts, and as that process has been delayed by the covid-19 pandemic, we do not wish to further substantiate these claims at this stage in the project (March 2022). |
| First Year Of Impact | 2017 |
| Sector | Communities and Social Services/Policy,Creative Economy,Education,Government, Democracy and Justice,Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections,Other |
| Impact Types | Cultural Societal Economic Policy & public services |
| Description | Academic member of the Board of the Confederation of European Probation |
| Geographic Reach | Europe |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Impact | In this role, I have been able to bring research to bear on the strategy and activities of the Confederation of European Probation, which in turn influences European level policy developments, and practice and professional development in member organisations. In relation to Distant Voices project findings, I have emphasised the importance of improving public education about and engagement with reintegration. |
| URL | https://www.cep-probation.org |
| Description | Advice to the United Nations Asia and Far East Institute in preparatory meetings for Committee 2 (on Reducing Reoffending) at the UN Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Congress in Kyoto in 2021. |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| Impact | As an invited plenary speaker at the UN Congress, I also took part in three preparatory meetings (two in Tokyo and one in Glasgow), sharing research findings about reducing reoffending and enabling reintegration. The Distant Voices project was discussed in this context as an example of a project which educates and engages the public about these issues. Commitments to public education and engagement around reintegration are explicit in the UN Kyoto Declaration (2021, see paras 37-42 and in particular para 40). |
| URL | https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/03/1086642 |
| Description | Appointment to Research Advisory Group of the Local Governance Review co-led by the Scottish Government and the Convention of Scottish Local Authority Areas (2018-2020) |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| Description | Appointment to the Commitment 4 [Improving the Accountability of Public Services] Collaborative Working Group of the Open Government Partnership in Scotland |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| Description | Appointment to the Community Empowerment Advisory Group, Audit Scotland (2018-2019) |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| Description | Contributions to the UN Kyoto Declaration 2021 |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| URL | https://undocs.org/pdf?symbol=en/A/CONF.234/L.4 |
| Description | Membership of Academic Advisory Group, Community Justice Scotland |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | Edinburgh Futures Institute - 0.2 FTE as Academic Lead on Democratic Innovation |
| Amount | £33,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of Edinburgh |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2019 |
| End | 08/2023 |
| Description | Generative Justice |
| Amount | £4,890 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Independent Social Research Foundation |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2022 |
| End | 02/2023 |
| Description | Open Fund |
| Amount | £65,782 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | CS-OFI-20273-BC55 |
| Organisation | Creative Scotland |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 06/2023 |
| End | 05/2024 |
| Description | Scholarship |
| Amount | £59,358 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of Glasgow |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2017 |
| End | 10/2020 |
| Description | Scottish Prison Service - Distant Voices |
| Amount | £25,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 01545 |
| Organisation | Government of Scotland |
| Department | Scottish Prison Service |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2017 |
| End | 03/2018 |
| Description | Ongoing collaboration with Stephen Imrie, Clerk of the Crossparty Justice Committee at the Scottish Parliament |
| Organisation | Scottish Parliament |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | we have met and he's kindly provided a channel to reach Members of the Scottish Parliament who sit in that Committee. |
| Collaborator Contribution | see above |
| Impact | They are getting our key announcements (Giant, Festival, Making Things New) via Stephen |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | 'Heroes' Video - You Tube |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 11/02/19 'HEROES' video YouTube- 754 Views , 19 Likes https://www.voxliminis.co.uk/projects/distant-voices/media/?media=1790 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.voxliminis.co.uk/projects/distant-voices/media/?media=1790 |
| Description | 'Introducing Heroes' Blog |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | On 11 Feb 2019 Introducing Heroes Blog was available to the public |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.voxliminis.co.uk/projects/distant-voices/features/?f=introducing-heroes |
| Description | 'The great escape' (Sunday Post story about the project's impact) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This story by journalist Paul English features discussion with the project's PI Fergus McNeill and Creative Lead (Louis Abbott) about its impact on how rehabilitation is understood and experienced locally, nationally and internationally. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.sundaypost.com/fp/the-great-escape-music-sessions-in-jail-to-shape-rehab-around-the-worl... |
| Description | 01/10/19 John O'Groat Journal - Oblivion and Beyond EP coverage |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | further details to follow |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.johnogroat-journal.co.uk/news/distant-voices-to-be-heard-in-thurso-183754/ |
| Description | 01/11/19 SASO Conference, Glasgow, (Alison Urie + Donna Maciocia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | further details to be applied |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | 01/11/2019 Inside Times Oblivion and Beyond EP Coverage (Print) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | further details to follow |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | 04/10/19 Oblivion and Beyond EP, digital release |
| 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 | details to follow |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | 07/10/19 Netsounds Oblivion and Beyond EP Coverage |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | further details to follow |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | http://netsounds.co.uk/oblivion-and-beyond-new-ep-explores-scottish-criminal-justice-system-and-rein... |
| Description | 07/11/19 Undoing the contradictions: (Oliver Escobar, Alison Urie, Fergus McNeill, Jo Collinson Scott, Phil Crockett Thomas) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Mobilising evidence and creativity to improve criminal justice. Scottish Government's Evidence into Policy Fortnight, SG Headquarters at Victoria Quay, Edinburgh |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | 08/10/19 Scottish Legal News - Oblivion and Beyond EP coverage |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | further details to follow |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.scottishlegal.com/article/five-track-ep-explores-experiences-of-scottish-criminal-justic... |
| Description | 08/10/19 Oblivion and Beyond EP Launch Inverness, Hootenannys (Ross Clarke, Donna Maciocia) |
| 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 | many of those interviewed thought the event was excellent and made them think again about the subject matter. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | 08/10/19 The List Oblivion and Beyond EP Coverage - |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | further details to follow |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.list.co.uk/article/111923-vox-liminis-explore-the-theme-of-recovery-in-new-five-track-ep... |
| Description | 09/10/19 Oblivion and Beyond Practitioner Workshop, Inverness -(social work, public health, council officers, etc) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | further details reuired |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | 09/10/19 Oblivion and Beyond gig at Inverness Recovery Choir (Donna Maciocia) |
| 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 | details to follow |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | 09/10/19 Plymouth University Presentation (Alison Urie + Fergus McNeill) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | further update required |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | 10/05/19 Life in Pieces Graphic Novel Launch (Louis Abbott and Claire McKay) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | details to follow |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | 10/07/2019 - Learning About Life After Punishment (Fergus McNeill) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | further details to follow |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | 10/10/19 Oblivion and Beyond Practitioner EP Launch, Mr C's Thurso (Donna Macioica) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | attendees provided excellent feedback on all songs and the performance |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | 11/10/19 Oblivion and Beyond Practitioner Workshop, Wick -(social work, public health, council officers, etc) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | further details required |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | 11th North South Irish Criminology Conference, University College Dublin |
| 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 overarching theme of the conference is New Frontiers in Criminology. Reflecting this theme, papers on cutting-edge research in the field of criminology and criminal justice, particularly papers that report on methodological innovations, shed new light on the experiences of under-researched groups, or explore issues related to crime and criminal justice at the periphery. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://app.researchfish.com/portfolio/0/dissemination-to-non-academic-audiences?action=add&zone=por... |
| Description | 12/06/19 Social Work Conference, Crieff Hyrdo (Alison Urie, Donna Maciocia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | further details to be provided |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | 13/02/20 Making Things New, Glasgow City Halls |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | further details required |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | 14/06/19 BBC3 Late Junction, Never Got to Say Goodbye (Radio Spot Play) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | further details to follow |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | 16/02/20 The National - Arts project opens up dialogue on criminal justice system (Karin Goodwin) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | further details to follow |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.thenational.scot/news/18238700.arts-project-opens-dialogue-criminal-justice-system/ |
| Description | 16/11/19 Second Chancers at St. Luke's Glasgow (Alison Urie + Donna Maciocia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | further details required |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | 17/02/20 The National - People leaving prison struggle to 'access key services' (Karin Goodwin) (interview AU + FM THE NATIONAL) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | further details to follow |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.thenational.scot/news/18238701.people-leaving-prison-struggle-access-key-services/ |
| Description | 17/10/19 Music For Listeners US (Radio Spot Play) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | details to follow |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | 17/12/19 Ripple Effect, CJA, Glasgow (Colleen Souness) |
| 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 | further details required |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | 18/06.2019 - How To Do Things With Songs (Phil Crockett Thomas) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Twitter: 12 Rts + 23 Likes |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | 18/09/19 A Hush to Destroy: Prisoners' songs as problem solving devices. European Society of Criminology Annual Conference (Phil Crockett Thomas). Ghent |
| 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 | further details to be input |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | 19/02/20 Making Things New, The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | further details required |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | 22/08/19 Findlay Napier BBC Radio Scotland (Radio Spot Play) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | DETAILS TO FOLLOW |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | 22/10/19 Scots Whay Hae Oblivion and Beyond EP Coverage |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | further details to follow |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://scotswhayhae.com/2019/10/19/new-musical-success-the-best-new-music-from-the-last-month-11/?f... |
| Description | 23/08/2019 Vox Insight Session, 'ReWrite the Future' with Glasgow CREATE at City Halls |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | further detail required |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | 24/09/19 BBC Scotland Roddy Harte Show (Radio Spot Play) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | No further details at present |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | 25/ 02/ 2020 BBC Reporting Scotland: Making Things New Coverage on lunchtime and evening news |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | further details to follow |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000ftx7/reporting-scotland-lunchtime-news-25022020 |
| Description | 25/02/2020 BBC News Website interview with John Making Things New at Unbound : |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | further details to follow |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-51563288 |
| Description | 25/10/2019 -A Moment In and Out Of Time (Lucy Cathcart Froden) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | further details required |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | 27/09/19 SPIN Conference Glasgow, Old Hairdressers (Alison Urie + Graeme McKerracher + Donna Maciocia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | further details required |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | 28/09/19 Sunday Post: Oblivion and Beyond EP Coverage |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | exploring experiences of the criminal justice system and drugs recovery by songs within the EP |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.sundaypost.com/fp/oblivion-and-beyond-new-ep-explores-experiences-of-scottish-criminal-j... |
| Description | 29/08/19 Belfast Restorative Justice |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | further details required |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | 29/10/19 BBC Radio Scotland (Radio Spot Play) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | details to follow |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | 30/04/19 Dining Room Hospital Live Video by Beth Chalmers |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | details to follow |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | 31/01/20 Re-imagining Re-integration: CommonSpace speaks to Vox Liminis |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | further details to follow |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Album City Tour of Not known at this address |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The city tour had an attendance rate of 965 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.voxliminis.co.uk/projects/distant-voices/media/?media |
| Description | Alison Urie Presentation at North Lanarkshire Criminal Justice Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Co-investigator Alison Urie gave a presentation to delegates of the North Lanarkshire Criminal Justice Conference. November 22nd 2017. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Alison Urie presented at the Royal Concert for Creative Scotland |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Plans made for future related activities |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.creativescotland.com/what-we-do/latest-news/archive/2019/01/over-440000-support-for-cult... |
| Description | BBC Radio Scotland - Spot Play |
| 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 | 27/03/18 Roddy Hart BBC Radio Scotland Show- Spot Play 27/03/18 Roddy Hart BBC Radio Scotland Show -Spot Play 26/03/18 Vic Galloway BBC Radio Scotland Show- Spot Play 24/04/18 Roddy Hart BBC Radio Scotland Show- Spot Play 15/05/18 Roddy Hart BBC Radio Scotland Show- Spot Play 21/05/18 Vic Galloway BBC Radio Scotland Show- Mention 29/05/18 Roddy Hart BBC Radio Scotland Show- Spot Play 27/06/18 Roddy Hart BBC Radio Scotland Show- Spot Play 22/05/18 Roddy Hart BBC Radio Scotland Show- Record of the Month Feature 23/05/18 Grant Stott Afternoon Show BBC Radio Scotland - Feature 25/12/18 Roddy Hart BBC Radio Scotland Show- Spot Play/ 1 of 'Best Records of 2018' 15/01/19 Roddy Hart BBC Radio Scotland Show- Spot Play (Fiskur in Conversation) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | BBC Radio Scotland Show - Spot Play |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | 27/03/18 Roddy Hart BBC Radio Scotland Show- Spot Play 27/03/18 Roddy Hart BBC Radio Scotland Show -Spot Play 26/03/18 Vic Galloway BBC Radio Scotland Show- Spot Play 24/04/18 Roddy Hart BBC Radio Scotland Show- Spot Play 15/05/18 Roddy Hart BBC Radio Scotland Show- Spot Play 21/05/18 Vic Galloway BBC Radio Scotland Show- Mention 29/05/18 Roddy Hart BBC Radio Scotland Show- Spot Play 27/06/18 Roddy Hart BBC Radio Scotland Show- Spot Play 22/05/18 Roddy Hart BBC Radio Scotland Show- Record of the Month Feature 23/05/18 Grant Stott Afternoon Show BBC Radio Scotland - Feature 25/12/18 Roddy Hart BBC Radio Scotland Show- Spot Play/ 1 of 'Best Records of 2018' 15/01/19 Roddy Hart BBC Radio Scotland Show- Spot Play (Fiskur in Conversation) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | BBC Radio Ulster coverage |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The project was discussed and the song 'Rewind' was played on the Stephen McCauley show. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Becoming Different Together (Blog-post and [independently produced] podcast) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This blog-post draws readers' attention to a 'Streetsigns' podcast, produced by Prof Les Back and Freya Helier, which focuses on the Unbound Community (which is closely connected to the work of the Distant Voices project) and the impact of using creative practices to address criminal justice. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.voxliminis.co.uk/becoming-different-together/ |
| Description | Between Edges and Margins: International Conference on innovative methods in the study of deviance, University of Ghent |
| 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 German Congress on Crime Prevention - GCOCP (in German: Deutscher Präventionstag - DPT) is on the one hand the 1995 founded and meanwhile world's largest annual conference on the topic of crime prevention and related prevention areas. On the other hand the GCOCP forms with its Institute for Applied Prevention Research (GCOCP-i) and other key activities a platform for information, knowledge transfer and an interdisciplinary dialogue between prevention practice, prevention research and prevention policies.key activities a platform for information, knowledge transfer and an interdisciplinary dialogue between prevention practice, prevention research and prevention policies. Version of paper to be published in 'radical anthropology' (forthcoming) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.praeventionstag.de/nano.cms/daily-prevention-news/details/2775 |
| Description | Blog-post: Satellite (that brings you back to me) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This blog-post discusses (and shares a link to) a Distant Voices song called 'Satellite'. It was inspired by virtual visits facilitated by Action For Children, in partnership with the Scottish Prison Service, (which were in place in that location long before Covid-19 struck). For co-writer Tracey C, these visits made a bad situation better: allowing her to stay in contact with a family member in prison when physical visits weren't always an option. "It gives me faith When I see your face To know that you're safe And not in harm's way" 2020 has seen virtual visits being used increasingly across Scottish prisons to supplement in-person visits when Covid restrictions allow. For many, this has been an essential way to stay in contact with family members over the past few months, however there are difficulties: not everyone has access to WiFi, phones or tablets and slots can be inflexible. Not to mention technological glitches Families Outside has put together an excellent resource on Virtual Visits, and provided some hints and tips on what you should remember when taking part in virtual visits. Check it out via the link below. www.familiesoutside.org.uk/virtual-visits-and-digital-device-guidance/ |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.voxliminis.co.uk/satellite-that-brings-you-back-to-me/ |
| Description | Blogpost on 'Reintegration, Hospitality and Hostility' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This blog post drew attention to the publication of the first academic paper from the project, and communicated it's key contribution to a lay audience. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.voxliminis.co.uk/our-first-article-on-reintegration-hospitality-and-hostility/ |
| Description | Blogpost on 'Time, Separation and Return' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This blogpost explores how experiences of confinement and separation affect how we experience time and temporalities. It includes a link to a creative output which combines spoken word and music to explore and represent these issues. The words and music have been shared in events and on social media, leading to some feedback that the work had provoked people to think more deeply about what imprisonment does to families in particular. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.voxliminis.co.uk/time-separation-and-return/ |
| Description | Blogpost: Bridging the Void - Making Communities Safer |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This blogpost reflects on some of the key learning from the Distant Voices project, as well as trailing the online festival that concluded the project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.voxliminis.co.uk/bridging-the-void-making-communities-safer/ |
| Description | Blogpost: Small steps towards colour |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A short blog-post about resisting over-simplified and one-dimensional 'enforced narratives'. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.voxliminis.co.uk/small-steps-towards-colour/ |
| Description | Blogpost: Songs, songwriting and problem solving |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This longer blog-post provides an accessible summary of and introduction to two of the project's key academic outputs, which explore how songs and song-writing 'problem-solve' in criminal justice contexts. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.voxliminis.co.uk/songs-songwriting-and-problem-solving/ |
| Description | Blogpost: Stir |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A short blogpost by Phil Crockett Thomans, introducing 'Stir' (2020); a collection of poems and a short essay that were written while she was the research associate on the Distant Voices project (2017-2021). These poems came out of her experience of doing ethnographic research in carceral spaces, a process that focuses on spending time with people, listening, observing and writing notes. They are written from the perspective of an outsider with a pass that allowed access for a limited time only, and who was deeply moved by the people she met on the inside. Most of the poems were first shared as a weekly mailout in the summer of 2020 during the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic 'lockdown'. A journal article based on the essay in the collection was published in Crime, Media, Culture (2020). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.voxliminis.co.uk/stir/ |
| Description | Bridging the Void -- An Online 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 | Covid-19 frustrated our plans to conclude our project with a festival of activities in April 2020. Eventually, after exploring many options, we settled on closing the project with an online festival in November 2021. This comprised 6 events -- 3 pre-recorded performances of artworks created in the project (live-streamed on the evenings of 1st, 8th and 11th November 2021), and 3 live lunchtime conversations (in a Zoom webinar format) where participants in and friends of the project reflected on our learning. We called the festival 'Bridging the Void'; the events explored the dimensions of the void that punishment creates, and how we might bridge that void in pursuit of reintegration. Five of the 6 events are available on YouTube via a playlist at the URL below. One of the performances -- A Giant on the Bridge -- is not yet publicly available because we are looking for opportunities to 'premiere' the film at other festivals, or to perform it live. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MJSRVwjXLo&list=PLnQhX3GZ0NWVMZfxguqbXdCZ8l3vR90QX |
| Description | Celtic Connection Gig - Not known at this address |
| 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 | The event was held at the Queen Margaret Union of the University of Glasgow on 31 January 2019 where 300 audience members were in attendance. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Celtic Connections Talk |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The talk was held at Waterstones Bookshop in Glasgow where members of the public engaged and requested further information and events. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.glasgowconcerthalls.com/news/Pages/Celtic-Connections-2019-Programme-Announced.aspx |
| Description | Conference (Canberra , Australia) |
| 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 | Conference attended by Jo Collinson-Scott (further details to be provided) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Crosstown Traffic Conference, University of Huddersfield |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Popular Music Theory & Practice - Inspiring tomorrow's professionals. Hosted by the University of Huddersfield, this event combines the IASPM UK&I Biennial Conference, with the 13th Art of Record Production Conference (ARP), a conference of ISMMS, and feature the additional participation of Dancecult. The theme of the conference is Crosstown Traffic: Popular Music Theory and Practice. This was a joint conference arranged by 4 organisations ie International Association for the Study of Popular Music UK & Ireland Branch (IASPM UK&I) Association for the Study of the Art of Record Production (ASARP) Dancecult: Electronic Dance Music Culture Research Network International Society for Metal Music Studies (ISMMS) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://crosstowntraffic2018.wordpress.com/ |
| Description | Delivered workshop on 'Engaged Scholarship: Advancing Community Empowerment and Social Inclusion' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | My workshop was part of a one-day conference organised by Northern Bridge DTC for doctoral researchers in the universities of Durham, Newcastle and Queens Belfast. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Democratic innovations in Scotland |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | presentation to the All Party Parliamentary Group at the House of Commons - event organised by the Electoral Reform Society |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Distant Voices. Universities-Prisons (UP) Network Event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | University-prison partnership is a growing area of activity in the UK, the US and beyond. This conference is the inaugural event of the Scottish Universities-Prisons Network, and it offers a chance to learn about the activities happening in Scotland and to explore issues surrounding this. Why do universities, their staff and students pursue this work? What are some of the practical and ethical challenges? How are people in prison and prison staff involved in it and with what impacts? This conference is for anyone involved or interested in university-prison engagement. The conference is organised by the Scottish UP Network and made possible by support from the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research, Edinburgh Napier University, University of Edinburgh School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, and the SPECS (Synthesising Pragmatism, Education and Cognitive Science) project, funded by the Royal Society of Edinburgh. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.sccjr.ac.uk/news-events/events/universities-in-prison-conference-showcasing-and-interrog... |
| Description | Feature on 'A Giant on the Bridge' (Queen's Hall newsletter) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | On 9th April 2020, the newsletter of the Queen's Hall (one of Edinburgh's leading music venues) carried a feature by the music journalist Nicola Meighan about our 'gig-theatre' piece 'A Giant on the Bridge' which was due to be performed at the venue later that month. The performance was postponed due to the covid-19 pandemic, |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.thequeenshall.net/about-us/news |
| Description | Film of live performance of Frank's Song |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Film of live performance of Frank's Song https://www.voxliminis.co.uk/projects/distant-voices/media/?media=1483 Published: 30.07.18 Audience: 374 Views YouTube Plays: 737 YouTube Views: 14 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.voxliminis.co.uk/projects/distant-voices/media/?media=1483 |
| Description | Film of live performance of Rendezvous with Warpaint |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | https://www.voxliminis.co.uk/projects/distant-voices/media/?media=1767 Published 22.01.2018 Audience: 2 Views YouTube Views: 175 YouTube Likes:7 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.voxliminis.co.uk/projects/distant-voices/media/?media=1767 |
| Description | Fringe Review: A Giant on the Bridge |
| 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 | Donald Stewart wrote this glowing review of the theatre performance of 'A Giant on the Bridge', describing it as 'a beautifully crafted piece of theatre that asks questions of us all'. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | http://fringereview.co.uk/review/fringereview-scotland/2024/a-giant-on-the-bridge/ |
| Description | Glad Radio Hour (featured Rewind) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 'Glad Radio Hour' (Community Radio) featured 'Rewind' from the Looking at Colours Again EP, with an introduction from Donna Maciocia (one of the songwriters). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://soundcloud.com/radiobuenavida/glad-radio-hour-radio-buena-vida-100221 |
| Description | Glasgow Criminal Justice Social Work Development Day |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The purpose of the development day was to provide an overview of the revised Community Justice Outcomes Improvement Plan for Glasgow. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Glasgow Riverside Show STV |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | TV feature shown on 30 May 2018 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | HMP Glenochil - Gig |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 11/06/18 HMP Glenochil General Population - Concert [45 attendees] 11/06/18 HMP Glenochil Protected Population- Concert [60 attendees] |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Herald Review of A Giant on the Bridge |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Jody Harrison, Reporter at the Herald, wrote a preview about the live theatre performances of 'A Giant on the Bridge' (a piece of gig theatre developed in and through our project), |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/24124848.giant-bridge-show-explores-songs-prison-rehab/ |
| Description | House Gigs |
| 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 | We have had the first of two 'house-gigs' hosted by people directly involved in the community of enquiry - bringing songs into intimate engagement with their social networks. These events are studied as processes and sites of dialogue about re/integration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017,2018 |
| Description | Institute of Criminology Cambridge - 11th International Conference on Evidence based Policing |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Plans made for future related activities |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.crim.cam.ac.uk/news-events/conferences/past-conferences/2018/11th-international-conferen... |
| Description | Introducing 'A Giant on the Bridge' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This blog-post and accompanying short film introduces 'A Giant on the Bridge'; a live show that has been developed as part of the 'Distant Voices: Coming Home' project, and is now awaiting a future time when it can be given a live performance (having been postponed because of covid-19). 'Giant', as we've come to call it for short, is different than our previous showcase concerts in that it is a 'gig with stories'. This means that as well as being a performance of some of the songs created as part of the project, it also has a sense of narrative that is woven throughout the piece and develops through stories, monologues and poems that are presented between the songs. The blog-post and film have attracted interest from a variety of audiences. Jo Collinson Scott and Fergus McNeill have been invited to present it at the European Forum for Restorative Justice. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.voxliminis.co.uk/introducing-a-giant-on-the-bridge |
| Description | Inverness Community Justice Event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This event was attended by 25 professional partners |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Koestler Trust Exhibition, London |
| 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 | Each year the Koestler Trust holds exhibitions and events across the UK. We do this to showcase the talent and potential of ex-offenders to the public - causing many people to reconsider negative stereotypes. Each exhibition covers the range of Koestler artforms and includes publications and events. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.koestlertrust.org.uk/exhibitions/im-still-here/ |
| Description | NKATA - full album available to stream |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | NKATA - full album available to stream https://www.voxliminis.co.uk/projects/distant-voices/media/?media=1364 Published: 31.05.18 Audience: 403 Views |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Newspaper promotion of gigs |
| 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 | 02/03/18 THE LIST: Hidden Door Preview- Article 17/04/18 THE LIST:DV NKATA- Article 04/05/18 The Skinny- Article 06/05/18 Sunday Herald- Article 06/05/18 The National- Mention 13/05/18 Sunday Post- Article 23/05/18 The National- Article 15/08/18 The Scotsman- Article |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Not Known at this Address - Album |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The album has been viewed/heard 1364 times |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.voxliminis.co.uk/projects/distant-voices/media/?media=1364 |
| Description | Play and discussion of 'Rewind' (from Looking at Colours Again) on BBC Radio Scotland's Vic Galloway Show. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | One of the tracks from the recent EP was featured on the show, and the host recommended the EP to listeners. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000spj7 |
| Description | Play and discussion of EP tracks on BBC Rapal (Gaelic language radio) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The show's host interviewed Louis Abbott (Creative Lead of Distant Voices) and played three tracks. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000sj4x |
| Description | Podcast - An Open Door Deconstructed |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Podcast - An Open Door Deconstructed https://www.voxliminis.co.uk/projects/distant-voices/media/?media=1358 Published: 25.05.2018 Audience: 130 Views |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.voxliminis.co.uk/projects/distant-voices/media/?media=1358 |
| Description | Podcast - Castaway |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Podcast - Castaway https://www.voxliminis.co.uk/projects/distant-voices/media/?media=1596 Published: 31.10.2018 Audience: 143 Views |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.voxliminis.co.uk/projects/distant-voices/media/?media=1596 |
| Description | Podcast - Like Birds Flying Towards the Light |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Podcast - Like Birds Flying Towards the Light https://www.voxliminis.co.uk/projects/distant-voices/media/?media=1578 Published: 10.04.2018 Audience: 68 Views |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.voxliminis.co.uk/projects/distant-voices/media/?media=1578 |
| Description | Podcast - Tagged and Tamed |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | https://www.voxliminis.co.uk/projects/distant-voices/media/?media=1562 Published: 30.08.2018 Audience: 196 Views |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.voxliminis.co.uk/projects/distant-voices/media/?media=1562 |
| Description | Pre-workshop Prison Performances |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Before each vox songwriting workshop a couple of the musicians who will be taking part perform a selection of the songs made in previous sessions to staff and prisoners at the host prison. We discuss the project and songs with prisoners and staff, and recruit members for the upcoming session. There have been six performances since the start of the award. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017,2018 |
| Description | Presentation at the session 'Conceptualising Community: Reframing Research' at the University of Strathclyde |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The aim of this event was twofold. The first is to explore concepts of community. Given the emphasis on 'community' in policy rhetoric and initiatives, we think that understanding how community as a concept is variously invoked, understood and framed is timely. Who and what, for example, is the community that Government seeks to empower and in which individuals are expected to engage and participate? To what extent do Government's assumptions about community accord with the views and experiences of community members? The other aim of the event is to consider how this discussion might interface, intersect and inform two of SCCJR's nascent research themes: that of 'Rights, Resistance and Marginalisation' and 'The Praxis of Listening to the Seldom Heard'. Participants discussed the implications of the presentations for these broad themes. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Presentation to conference on 'Connecting Communities: Participatory Arts and Social Action Research' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presentation on Distant Voices to an international conference of academics, practitioners and students interested in participatory arts and social action research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.ncrm.ac.uk/documents/CFP.pdf |
| Description | Presentation to the Independent Social Research Foundation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A presentation on Distant Voices at Girton College Cambridge to 10 academic staff of the University of Plymouth, supported by the Independent Social Research Foundation. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Promo film of Not Known at This Address Album Launch - Hidden Door Festival |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Promo film of Not Known at This Address Album Launch - Hidden Door Festival https://www.voxliminis.co.uk/projects/distant-voices/media/?media=1494 Published: 08.07.18 Audience: 209 Views YouTube Plays: 433 YouTube likes: 2 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.voxliminis.co.uk/projects/distant-voices/media/?media=1494 |
| Description | Promotion of Gigs - Newspaper |
| 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 | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | 02/03/18 THE LIST: Hidden Door Preview- Article 17/04/18 THE LIST:DV NKATA- Article 04/05/18 The Skinny- Article 06/05/18 Sunday Herald- Article 06/05/18 The National- Mention 13/05/18 Sunday Post- Article 23/05/18 The National- Article 15/08/18 The Scotsman- Article |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Recovering Communities 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 | How do you build community after the criminal justice system has removed you from society to serve a prison sentence? Episode four of Recovering Community explores the work of Vox Liminis, a unique organisation, set up to find creative answers to questions about crime, punishment, reintegration, and community. Vox is for people who have all kinds of experiences of criminal justice; from children with parents in prison, to academic researchers and social workers. It hosts a number of projects from its base in Glasgow's Gallowgate, and in prisons across Scotland. Professor Anne Kerr meets three lynchpins of the Vox community; Professor Fergus McNeill, Alison Urie, and Iain, to learn about the ways that creative work, embracing difference, and mutual support, build the bonds of community, and the foundations for a life beyond prison. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021,2022 |
| URL | https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/socialpolitical/recoveringcommunitypodcast/podcastepisode4/#d.en.83368... |
| Description | Resonance FM Radio Broadcast - Castaway |
| 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 | Resonance FM Radio Broadcast - Castaway Broadcast: 24.01.2019 2 Retweets / 6 Likes Twitter Post 236 people reached Facebook post https://www.resonancefm.com/programmes |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.resonancefm.com/programmes |
| Description | Roddy Hart Show (BBC Radio Scotland) 'Rewind' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Discussion of project and play for 'Rewind' on Scotland's leading radio show focused on singer-songwriters. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000s1mc |
| Description | STV Interview Scotland Tonight |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Broadcast: 30.01.2019 253 Views YouTube Video 7 Retweets / 14 Likes Twitter Post 1392 people reached Facebook post |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | STV News at HMP Inverness Vox Session |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Broadcast: 15.02.2019 6 Retweets/ 10 Likes Twitter Post 569 people reached Facebook Post |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | SccJR Working Lunch |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | to be completed by Phil & Lucy |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Scots Whay Hae Playlist |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Song from EP featured on Scots Whay Hay new music playlist. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4y1XVNogJ9Cy1TZZqe78R8?si=RYGN6ZZETjWROPPmIu5o-g&nd=1 |
| Description | Scotsman Review of A Giant on the Bridge |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Mark Fisher of the Scotsman wrote this warm review of A Giant on the Bridge, describing it as 'the gig theatre show using music to explore life after prison'. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/theatre-and-stage/a-giant-on-the-bridge-the-gig-theatre-sh... |
| Description | Showcase of Distant Voices work to the Peer-learning Exchange on Collaborative Action Research between Jam & Justice (Greater Manchester) and What Works Scotland |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Distant Voices was the focus of an 'onstage live interview' of Alison Urie by Oliver Escobar, followed by attendance by participants to the Edinburgh launch of the DV Album Not Known At This Address. This was part of a peer-exchange opportunity, organised by What Works Scotland and the Jam and Justice Action Research Co-operative (ARC) based in Greater Manchester. It offered a range of facilitated peer exchange and learning activities focused on shared interests and approaches to collaborative action research, with a focus on empowerment and social inclusion. This has led to ongoing collaboration between researchers in the 3 projects (all ESRC funded and with a focus on action research). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://whatworksscotland.ac.uk/events/peer-learning-opportunity-between-what-works-scotland-and-jam-... |
| Description | Solas Festival 2017 Performance and Discussion during Live on Sunday Morning with Ricky Ross |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Fergus McNeill and Padraig O'Tauma engaged in conversation on Distant Voices. Louis Abbott then performed Prodigal's Return - a song written at Solas Festival in response to a song written in a Vox Session in HMP Low Moss a couple of years ago. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.solasfestival.co.uk/line-up/day-by-day/ |
| Description | Songwriters Circle Dundee gig - Concert |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Concert took place on 17 June 2018 in which a collaboration of songwriters performed their songs at the event |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Stories: A Rendezvous with Adrian (Louis Abbott) - feature on collaboration behind a song on our first album |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | In the lead up to the release of the first Distant Voices album in May 2018, we will publish a series of stories on the vox liminis website behind some of the songs. Here, Distant Voices Creative Lead Louis Abbott introduces 'Rendezvous with Warpaint' and tells us a bit about the process of tracking down and seeking advice from its co-writer, Adrian. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.voxliminis.co.uk/stories-a-rendezvous-with-adrian/ |
| Description | Streetsigns Podcast: Becoming Different Together |
| 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 | In this podcast, Professor Les Back of Goldsmiths University visited Vox Liminis which hosts 'Distant Voices, Coming Home'. He explored how the project used music and song writing to help people both inside prison, and former prisoners to reckon with their past, embrace their present and reimagine their future. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://cucrblog.wordpress.com/2020/10/22/becoming-different-together-by-les-back/ |
| Description | Sunday Mail: Our Music with Made with Conviction |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This story in a national Sunday newspaper discusses the project and its closing festival, 'Bridging the Void'. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Sunday Post: A Giant on the Bridge |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This story, in a national Sunday newspaper, discussed 'A Giant on the Bridge' -- the narrative gig-film exploring homecoming after punishment that was one of the highlights of our Bridging the Void festival. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.sundaypost.com/fp/a-giant-on-the-bridge/amp/ |
| Description | Symposium (Barcelona) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | 26 March 2019 - Talk delivered by Oliver Escobar to Senior Civil Servants in Barcelona |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | The Skinny's write up of Looking at Colours Again |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Review of the EP release. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.theskinny.co.uk/music/new-music/scottish-new-music-round-up-february-2021 |
| Description | Union Chapel Daylight Music Gig |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Live performance with interactive elements at London's union chapel. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Vox Pops 1, 2 & 3 Videos - Songs |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | + Vox Pops 1 - Video: Emma Pollock on 'I Won't Follow Him to the Grave' https://www.voxliminis.co.uk/projects/distant-voices/media/?media=1344 Published: 10.05.18 Audience: 35 Views YouTube Plays: 68 YouTube Likes: 1 + Vox Pops 2 - Video: Kris Drever on 'The Man I Used to Be' https://www.voxliminis.co.uk/projects/distant-voices/media/?media=1462 Published: 20.06.18 Audience: 40 Views YouTube Plays: 140 YouTube Likes: 5 + Vox Pops 3 - Video: Rachel Sermanni on Frank's Song https://www.voxliminis.co.uk/projects/distant-voices/media/?media=1486 Published: 30.07.18 Audience: 14 Views YouTube Plays: 232 YouTube Likes: 3 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.voxliminis.co.uk/projects/distant-voices/media |
| Description | Waking Up to Life After Punishment |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | This activity included a keynote address (titled as above) by Fergus McNeill and a performance and discussion of songs created in the Distant Voices project (featuring Donna Maciocia and Alison Urie). The activity was part of an international conference organised by the Howard League for Penal Reform, entitled "Redesigning Justice: Promoting civil rights, trust and fairness", which took place at Keble College Oxford on 21-22 March 2018. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://howardleague.org/events/redesigning-justice-promoting-civil-rights-trust-and-fairness/ |
| Description | Website feature announcing the first Distant Voices Album: Not Known at This Address |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Announcement of the creation and release of our first album of songs created from Distant Voices vox songwriting sessions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.voxliminis.co.uk/distant-voices-the-debut-album/ |
| Description | Website feature introducing the core group of distant voices |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | We wrote a brief web post introducing the core research group of distant voices aimed at the general public. The core group is a diverse group of people brought together to explore coming home (or making a home) after imprisonment or a community sentence. This 'core group' includes people who have served sentences, social workers, people with experience of the imprisonment of a family member, prison personnel, third-sector workers, musicians, artists, and academics from different disciplines. Although members of the group often cross paths in other personal and professional capacities, we meet quarterly for dedicated research time. Together we think through what we're learning from making and sharing songs in diverse ways, with lots of different people and in many different settings. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.voxliminis.co.uk/projects/distant-voices/features/?f=introducing-the-distant-voices-core... |
| Description | Website feature on Chapter 2 of 'we who are about to' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | https://www.voxliminis.co.uk/projects/distant-voices/media/?media=1465 Published: 23.07.18 Audience: 20 Views |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.voxliminis.co.uk/projects/distant-voices/media/?media=1465 |
| Description | Website feature on House Gigs 'When Punishment Comes Home' (20/11/17) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Website feature on House Gigs 'When Punishment Comes Home' (20/11/17) Published: 15.08.18 Audience: 33 Views |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Website feature on research behind chapter one of We Who Are About To... (Phil Thomas) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Our research associate Phil Thomas wrote a post for the Vox Liminis website about We Who Are About To...: a piece of science fiction she developed as a creative research response to the first research workshop of the 'core group' of Distant Voices. In it she introduces her working methods and the concept of 'translation' as a way of thinking about bringing diverse materials and experiences together into one form. The task of writing chapter two was taken up by another member of the core group. Chapter one is available to read online at https://www.voxliminis.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Thomas_WeWhoAreAboutTo_ChapterOne.pdf. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.voxliminis.co.uk/media/we-who-are-about-to/ |