David Farrell-Banks

Mainly working on participatory research at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Sometimes Ulster and Newcastle Universities.
Often tweeting about football.

[David Farrell-Banks @D_FarrellBanks]

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:

[David Farrell-Banks @D_FarrellBanks]

@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.

[David Farrell-Banks @D_FarrellBanks]

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

[Museums Association @MuseumsAssoc]

@SteveMillerNMS Now to hear from @Sharonheal for some updates on conference and the MA more generally ✅ #Museums2024

[Aimee @aimee_speaks]

Ducked out from the busyness of #Museums2024 to visit the Quiet Room.

I first suggested creating this space when I attended Liverpool in 2021. It has been great to see it become more refined each year.

I recommend a visit to this space for anyone who needs some quiet time. ☺️

[Aimee @aimee_speaks]

"Time spent talking and understanding is time well spent"

Really powerful point about mental welfare, support and communicating in relationship building with communities and colleagues in the workforce.

The focus on wellbeing & stepping away when needing is great.

#Museums2024

[David Farrell-Banks @D_FarrellBanks]

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

[David Farrell-Banks @D_FarrellBanks]

Starting #Museums2024 with 'Embracing the Chaos', exploring the value of uncertainty in inclusive exhibition design.

A team from Leeds University and Thackray Museum championing being playful, finding inspiration in collections, and valuing cross organisation collaboration

[David Farrell-Banks @D_FarrellBanks]

Ezra Kingston, community co-producer, speaks of ambition to give power to communities, acknowledges that they're on the journey to full co-production. "We're not there yet" - very familiar!

Image shows 'pills' made with project participants. Shooting stars ref?

#Museums2024

[Marian Gwyn @mariangwyn]

We're ready to go at our session on #antiracistwalesactionplan at @MuseumsAssoc #Museums2024 in the Pearl Suite at @Royal_Armouries

[sarah @sahouraxo]

Apocalyptic scenes in Beirut tonight.

Israel is raining bombs on innocent Lebanese families in the middle of the night. Again.

[David Farrell-Banks @D_FarrellBanks]

"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.

[Grenfell United @GrenfellUnited]

Our response to today's publication of the Grenfell Inquiry Phase 2 Report

[Ben Smoke @bencsmoke]

hard not to feel anything but overwhelming anger at the findings of the inquest and the “cavalier” attitude to the safety of overwhelmingly black and brown working class londoners, all thrown away in the pursuit of profit and neoliberalism. https://t.co/qLq5yJCKkp

[Aaron Bastani @AaronBastani]

“In one block of seven flats owned by Mr Athwal nearly half the tenants said they had to regularly clean their bathroom ceilings to remove mould”.

Labour MPs now include slum landlords. Incredible. https://t.co/xVlWz4SWPZ

[David Farrell-Banks @D_FarrellBanks]

Clarification from the club:

[David Farrell-Banks @D_FarrellBanks]

Absolutely shameful that someone @NUFC has given the go ahead for the stadium to be used as backdrop for a tory leadership advert.

This place means something to fans. This cheapens it, degrades it and reflects a total lack of respect for what the ground symbolises to so many.

[David Farrell-Banks @D_FarrellBanks]

'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

[Joshua Garfield @JoshuaGarfield]

Celebrating putting country before party 🇬🇧 🌹

[David Farrell-Banks @D_FarrellBanks]

@JahDuran Maybe not enough in the indie bracket, but...

[Philip McDermott @ppmcdermott1]

Our Chapter on "Community Resilience and Recovery" and the role of museums is published by Manchester University Press and Open Access at the link below @D_FarrellBanks @bredafriel1

[David Farrell-Banks @D_FarrellBanks]

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.

[Fitzwilliam Museum @FitzMuseum_UK]

🏃 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: https://t.co/B316rND9no

[David Farrell-Banks @D_FarrellBanks]

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. https://t.co/NkJV9SaQ05

[Philip McDermott @ppmcdermott1]

Some good @ASPS_UU @UlsterArts representation in this series out today.

@bredafriel1 @D_FarrellBanks @MuseumStudiesUU and I have chapters relating to our @ahrcpress @UlsterResMuseum project "museums, crisis and Covid-19".