David Farrell-Banks
@D_FarrellBanks
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Mainly working on participatory research at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Sometimes Ulster and Newcastle Universities. Often tweeting about football.
Joined March 2018
More news: as well as starting the new job, September also brought the publication of this: 'Affect and Belonging in Political Uses of the Past', available now through @routledgebooks Please do share this around if you would like. Here's a brief three-tweet synopsis:
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@ArchaeologyFitz Thanks for this thread, Alex. It was a deeply troubling space to be in and attempt to speak to. I felt the language of post-conflict and peace building work - very necessary in other contexts - has been co-opted as a cover for inaction and avoidance of moral duty. Depressing.
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Glad to hear Sharon Heal state the MAs clear backing for continued work that deals with histories of empire and slavery through museums, rightly seeing this as essential in ensuring museums work to counter racism, including structural racism, in the present. #Museums2024
@SteveMillerNMS Now to hear from @Sharonheal for some updates on conference and the MA more generally ✅ #Museums2024
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RT @aimee_speaks: Ducked out from the busyness of #Museums2024 to visit the Quiet Room. I first suggested creating this space when I atten…
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RT @aimee_speaks: "Time spent talking and understanding is time well spent" Really powerful point about mental welfare, support and commun…
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Closing tip from Jamie Taylor, Director of Collections at Thackray: "Make time for the process. Believe that the meandering is important for the creativity" of the outputs. Great to hear this celebration of the creative joys of working collaboratively! #Museums2024
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RT @mariangwyn: We're ready to go at our session on #antiracistwalesactionplan at @MuseumsAssoc #Museums2024 in the Pearl Suite at @Royal_A…
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RT @sahouraxo: Apocalyptic scenes in Beirut tonight. Israel is raining bombs on innocent Lebanese families in the middle of the night. Aga…
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"The system isn't broken, it was built this way." Solidarity with Grenfell families and community and everyone still victim of a housing system that is fixated on profit and greed.
Our response to today's publication of the Grenfell Inquiry Phase 2 Report
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RT @bencsmoke: hard not to feel anything but overwhelming anger at the findings of the inquest and the “cavalier” attitude to the safety of…
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RT @AaronBastani: “In one block of seven flats owned by Mr Athwal nearly half the tenants said they had to regularly clean their bathroom c…
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'65,450 babies, children & young people [in NE] directly impacted by the policy' (North East Child Poverty Commission) 'Abolishing 2-child limit the most cost-effective way of reducing child poverty' (Child Poverty Action Group) Below, celebrating keeping children in poverty
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RT @ppmcdermott1: Our Chapter on "Community Resilience and Recovery" and the role of museums is published by Manchester University Press an…
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Last chance to go and visit this display this week. I've just had a last walk through myself. Working with the co-curators of this show has been a privilege, one of the most enjoyable projects of my career.
🏃 Don’t miss out! Our interactive display, ‘Tensions of Belonging: Connecting Cambridge’, is closing soon. Co-curated by our Connections Through Collections group, ‘Tensions of Belonging’ is created in collaboration with local people. 🔗Find out more:
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This Saturday it's our last event for the Tensions of Belonging display at @FitzMuseum_UK Co-curator Jade Pollard-Crowe will host Dr Carol Brown-Leonardi for a talk which brings to light the story of people of colour in medieval Britain and Europe.
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RT @ppmcdermott1: Some good @ASPS_UU @UlsterArts representation in this series out today. @bredafriel1 @D_FarrellBanks @MuseumStudiesUU a…
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