Graphic Futures: New Methods in Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration event, 10th May 2018 This interesting workshop offered a space to present, debate, re-design, and re-think interdisciplinary research. It took as its model the preliminary findings and creative outputs from the ISF’s six-month project, ‘Graphic Futures’, which explored how techniques from graphic fiction could be applied to futures […]

This event, organised by Dr Andrew Tate and Dr Brian Baker (Creative Writing) in conjuction with ReOPeN brought together researchers and graphic novels-comics enthusiast from Lancaster and Manchester. Opening talk: Prof Benoit Peeters, The French and Belgian tradition in the Graphic Novel and Science Fiction The featured image shows Peeters and Schuiten’s graphic novel “Revoir […]

The latest ReOPeN-linked project explores health inequalities across the UK. Artist Joe Decie has been working with two researchers at Lancaster University – Dr Emma Halliday ( Health and Medicine) and Dr Natasa Lackovic (Educational Research) – to create a collective graphic memoir booklet about UK communities’ experiences and action, related to health inequalities. The […]

The latest ReOPeN-linked project is a graphic vignette booklet about community well-being and social connectedness: The booklet was created by artist Len Grant, who applied a technique of graphic ethnography and sketching, in collaboration with the community of and around Haslingden, Haslingden Resident advisors (Dawn Vear, Jennifer Shilliday, Lisa Bloor and Gemma Shingler), Kayt Horsley […]