Contributors

The purpleSTARS are a group of people with and without learning difficulties, who aim to make museum experiences more inclusive using sensory art and digital media. purpleSTARS developed from the award-winning Sensory Objects project https://sensoryobjects.com…

Reading Refugee Support Group (RRSG) upholds the spirit of the The Refugee Convention of 1951, obligating the United Kingdom to protect and respect the rights of Refugees. We are committed to reducing poverty, suffering and…

The Prison Reform Trust (PRT) is an independent UK charity working to create a just, humane, and effective penal system. PRT was founded in 1981 to inform and influence public debate on prison conditions and…

Compass Recovery College is a mental health and wellbeing organisation based in Reading, Berkshire, UK, commissioned by Reading Borough Council. They provide free courses and social groups for anyone in the area aged 18 or…

Rideout (Creative Arts for Rehabilitation) was established in 1999 in order to develop innovative, arts-based approaches to working with prisoners and staff within U.K. prisons. They have retained a special emphasis on working in the…

Maternal Fantasies is an interdisciplinary group of international artists and cultural producers based in Berlin. They shape the discourse on motherhood through collective artistic processes while enhancing the visibility of contemporary feminist positions addressing motherhood(s)…

Sophia Hatfield is a North West based actor-musician, writer and theatre maker. Her 2018 play Common Lore won ‘Breakthrough Performance of the Year’ at the Rural Touring Awards and her work includes audio drama, live…

Isabell Spengler (Berlin) is an artist working in the field of Expanded Cinema. In her works she examines social and media-technological changes, gender constructions and power relations in everyday situations. Inhabiting a world of self-designed…

Magdalena Kallenberger (Berlin) is a visual artist, researcher and writer working across film, photography and installation. She holds an MFA in Media Art and a BFA both from the University of Arts Berlin. She served…

Ultra-red is an international political sound art collective, formed in 1994 and active in Europe and North America. Over the past twenty-five years Ultra-red has worked within and across a widely distributed network of communities…

Carolina Vasilikou is an architect, educator and researcher who works with architectural students to enhance research and practice-led global transferable skills across UG and PG education. Carolina believes that people-centred, inclusive design is at the…

Dr Sarah Bartley is a community arts practitioner and Lecturer in Theatre and Performance in the Department of Film, Theatre and Television at the University of Reading. In her research and practice, she is interested in exploring…

Dr Verónica Rodríguez is Teaching Fellow in Theatre and Performance at University of Reading. Her main research interests are in the fields of contemporary British theatre, new political forms of theatre and feminism. Her current…

Sascia works at the intersection of feminist curating, public space, and social transformation. She is a PhD candidate in the practice-based curatorial program at the Zurich University of the Arts and the University of Reading,…

Kate Allen, Associate Professor, Reading School of Art, University of Reading. Kate is the Principal Investigator of the award-winning Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) project, ‘Interactive sensory objects made for and by people with…

Emily Heighton is a first-year Film & Theatre student at the University of Reading, who loves getting out of her comfort zone and trying new things. This is the reason why she loves traveling, getting…

Gemma is a theatre director & community arts practitioner, and a postgraduate researcher at the University of Reading where she is researching the role of theatre for young audiences in engaging with audiences from marginalized…

Dr. Vasilios Kontopoulos M.D., PhD is a U.S. trained and Board certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Endocrinology, who has served as an Assistant Professor in Obstetrics and Gynecology in S.U.N.Y (State University of…

Nathan Nobbs runs Potsford Farm, a care farm in rural Suffolk. Their co-farmers take part in all aspects of farming including caring for animals, growing fruit and vegetables and taking part in conservation work. Nathan…

Bettina Bildhauer is Professor of Modern Languages at the University of St Andrews (UK). She has researched medical, artistic and social views of menstruation in the Middle Ages and has published on this at length…

Chella Quint is a Brooklyn-born, Sheffield-based designer, writer, educator, and performer. She studied dramatic writing at NYU Tisch before moving to Sheffield and completing a PGCE at Bretton Hall in Drama education. A former drama…

Alison has worked in Social Services, for the Citizens Advice service and the Church. In 2010 she came to work for a local Charity, running ReadiFood, Reading’s Foodbank. ReadiFood is an independent foodbank run by…