Abstract
The Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Race Relations Resource Centre is an open access University of Manchester facility. The Roving Reader Files category of blog posts is produced by Alison Newby (under the pseudonym The Roving Reader) in collaboration with Hannah Niblett (Collections Access Officer). The Roving Reader Files are designed as public engagement materials, the intention being to introduce research skills and terminology to the general user/reader in an entertaining yet informative manner by revealing hidden stories, making unusual connections and sharing insights into using the Centre's collection for research. The blog post "From the Horse’s Mouth" is one of two blog posts focusing on illustrated books (the other being “Pictorial Pan-Africanism and Apartheid”). Here a humorous look is taken at how illustrations and comics can be used to enrich the learning experience. Highlighting the 'Underhanded History of the USA' (a 1973 instalment of the left-wing student journal Radical America) produced by writer Jim O’Brien and cartoonist Nick Thorkelson, the post suggests that choosing this particular format enabled the producers to present an alternative historical narrative in a digestible form accessible to everyone (man, woman or child) regardless of their ability to read English - the pictorial path to the transmission of knowledge.
Original language | English |
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Type | Blog post on Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Race Relations Resource Centre blog |
Publisher | Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Race Relations Resource Centre |
Publication status | Published - 8 Jan 2015 |
Keywords
- Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Race Relations Resource Centre
- The Roving Reader Files
- Illustration
- Comics
- Illustrated books
- American Radicalism
- Nick Thorkelson
- Jim O'Brien
- Underhanded History of the USA
- Radical America journal