UPCOMING EVENTS
UPCOMING EVENTS
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Bite Back! A forum on Food, Activism & Care
Bite Back! A forum on Food, Activism & Care
Tuesday May 27th, 2025. Hybrid format.
This forum will explore the relationships between food, care and activism. We invite participation from activists, scholars, organisers, food justice advocates, community cooks and care workers, food sovereignty activists, mutual aid organisers, artists, and anyone passionate about the intersection of food, care, and activism.
PAST EVENTS
PAST EVENTS
The Potluck: A Community Food-Sharing Showcase
The Potluck: A Community Food-Sharing Showcase
April 3rd, 2025. Platt Fields Market Garden
'The Potluck' showcased Greater Manchester's community organising in relation to food. This event also provided an opportunity for community members to promote their work, meet other organisers and volunteers, and reflect on outcomes of the Food & Care project.
The Care Scholars Network: Launch Event
The Care Scholars Network: Launch Event
March 20th, 2025. University of Manchester
The Care Lab has launched a network to help local scholars get in touch, share their research, and foster new avenues of collaboration. The network is open to scholars of all disciplinary backgrounds.
Festival of CareThis event comprised three days of practical workshops and discussions, showcasing different forms of care, each with different kinds of sensory and practical skills. Questions asked during this festival included: What are the often-unrecognised or invisible skills of healthcare workers? How can we design spaces that care for people? Can robots actually care for, or care about, humans?
The Festival marked the end of the Care Aesthetics project (funded by the AHRC, University of Manchester), led by the drama department in partnership with the NHS, GMMH, Birkbeck, University of London, and The Whitworth.This event was hosted by The Care Lab and the Whitworth Art Gallery, and made possible by University of Manchester, Creative MCR, and the UKRI Arts and Humanities Research Council.
The Festival marked the end of the Care Aesthetics project (funded by the AHRC, University of Manchester), led by the drama department in partnership with the NHS, GMMH, Birkbeck, University of London, and The Whitworth.This event was hosted by The Care Lab and the Whitworth Art Gallery, and made possible by University of Manchester, Creative MCR, and the UKRI Arts and Humanities Research Council.
Together at the Table: A community forum on Food & Care
Together at the Table: A community forum on Food & Care
The Care Lab invited community members of Greater Manchester involved in a food-sharing project to join us for an open forum and social event.
This included people involved in community gardens, collective cooking, mutual aid, food distribution, etc.
The Care Lab: The Care Lab
The CARE project: Care aesthetics research project | Creative Manchester | The University of Manchester
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