The current opportunity is available for current Manchester Met students, to apply you must be based in the UK for the duration of the role.
We are looking for enthusiastic undergraduate taught students to join the You have been welcomed in – Manchester Poetry Library student cocreation project. In the last year, I have had inquiries about poetry in African languages, First Nations poetry, visual poetry, Bradford poetry, hip hop, Welsh, Māori and Pashto. Often these inquiries reveal gaps in the collection or shed light on books that are not normally borrowed or on display. If you have a special interest and would like to help us develop an aspect of our collection, then this project is for you. You don’t need to be a poet or have experience with poetry. This project is among other things about thinking about our sense of belonging and how spaces like the poetry library can support that.
Dr Martin Kratz, Programme Manager at Manchester Poetry Library, [email protected]
Project details:
I am looking for student representation from all four faculties. As part of the project, you will have to attend an induction on Thursday 7 May at 1pm. There are further sessions on the 14 & 21 May, in which we will do a mixture of discussion, creative writing or similar. However, you can choose to pursue independent research. You will identify an area to explore and design a display of existing materials or identify new material to order for the collection. This can be any area of our collection from children’s books to poetry on vinyl.
This project has been reviewed by the MMU Faculty of Business and Law Research Ethics and Governance Committee, EthOS84790.
Project Dates:
- Thursday 7 May at 1pm
- Completion by Thursday 21 May
If you are selected, we will send you more details including room location closer to the event.