Through the Years symposium
On Friday 6th December 2019, the Family Ties Network (FTN) and Visual Culture Research Group (University of the West of England, Bristol) presented…
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Greenham Women Everywhere exhibition
Between August and December 2019, this pop-up exhibition is on tour around the UK.The exhibition will showcase some original photographs and archival material,…
Undergraduate Research Symposium 2019
On Wednesday 13th March 2019 the Visual Culture Research Group hosted an Undergraduate Research Symposium at Bower Ashton campus. UWE students across Art & Design programmes were invited to…
The Visual Culture Research Group (VCRG) is a group of cross-disciplinary art and design practitioners, historians and theorists interested in visuality and visual culture. Its purpose is to generate new knowledge and innovative methodologies by putting practitioners into conversation with writers. Much of our work critically explores the relationship between ‘making’ and ‘thinking’, practice and theory and there is an overarching concern with challenging cultural representations of under-represented groups.
Our research is divided into strands, which currently include: All posts
Clothing Cultures
The Clothing Cultures strand investigates the production and consumption of clothing and textiles as well as the politics of display. Work in this…
Life Stage Research
Lifestage Research is a new strand of research activity, which aims to critically explore the process of transitioning between one stage of life…
Cultural Education
The Cultural Education strand investigates the contexts within which art and design education takes place with a view to developing innovative thinking about…
Visualising Histories
The Visualising Histories strand aims to increase the visibility of under-represented and as-yet untold histories of creative practice. The strand includes work on…