Festival of Libraries - Blackout the Jargon

  • Weise, N. (Co-Organiser)
  • Hazel Gardner (Co-Organiser)
  • Jaiming Chung (Participant)
  • Jack Sharpen (Participant)

Activity: Participating in or organising event(s) › Organising a conference, workshop, exhibition, performance, inquiry, course etc › Teaching and Research

Description

As part of the ongoing collaboration between the Linguistic Diversity Collective and Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, a workshop was organised and delivered as part of the festival of Libraries at The Portico. Researchers from the School of Biological Sciences and Department of Chemistry brought recent publications along and facilitated members of the general public in creating erasure poetry directly from the manuscripts. The event description is quoted below:

“Although scientists publish their work in academic journals or others to read, these can often be difficult to understand due to the type of language used. Join us for a session of blackout poetry, where participants can find meaning in a scientific text by selecting certain words and redacting the rest to create a literary and visual work of art. Our researchers will be on hand to show you what to do and discuss any of the source material, if needed.”
Period14 Jun 2024
Event typeWorkshop
LocationManchesterShow on map

Keywords

  • Outreach
  • Public Engagement
  • Science Communication

Research Beacons, Institutes and Platforms

  • Biotechnology

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