Here you will find the latest project blogs with writing, artwork, photos and videos from the D4D team and community.
I’m Stephanie, a PhD student lucky enough to be working alongside the D4D team. My PhD research is a stand-alone project that compliments some of the D4D workstreams. My project, ‘The identities I carry: being disabled, minority ethnic and more’, will look at how having multiple minority identities can impact on community membership and participation…
By Allan Sutherland
As part of ‘Electric Bodies’ we have been running a series of three workshops discussing attitudes to disability arts and the disability arts community among disabled artists from a variety of backgrounds. This first session was held with a group of people who could be seen as established disability artists.
Experience creative happenings, visits by robots and an opportunity to be part of a Cultural Animation installation work. This symposium brings together two major national…
By Allan Sutherland
One of the interesting discoveries of the transcription poetry process has been how well the poems lend themselves to live reading. (The reason may be the accuracy with which the process preserves the individual voice of the person interviewed.)…
At its outset, Cultural Animation came out of two specific theatre traditions. The New Vic Theatre (Newcastle under-Lyme) has 50 years of a documentary and…
On 10th February, 2017 I attended a networking event set up by PLUSS at the Imperial Hotel in Torquay. The event presented an opportunity to…
Dr Sue Porter Dr Sue Porter was absolutely integral to the D4D project. From the outset, she was a central force in building D4D, developing…
Electric Bodies examines the origins and development of the Disability Arts community, the tensions that have arisen within it and its prospects for the future.…
