I'm Me
Outputs and gallery
Explore the resources and media created by the I'm Me project.
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We feel it is important to share what we learn from I'm Me in a lot of different ways.
This means we can communicate in different ways to different audiences in a manner that is accessible, inclusive and make a difference. I'm Me will result in everything from academic essays to performances to comics to podcasts, photography and illustrations.
Later in the project we will create a Festival of creative work and a book publication. At present we are focusing on documenting and reflecting on our research processes.
Jump to a section of this page to explore our outputs:
Articles
- Reason, M., Acton, K., & Foulds, D. (2024). Working it out together: Lessons and insights into inclusive research in an arts context. British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1–11. Open Access: https://doi.org/10.1111/bld.12609.
In this paper, we reflect on the involvement of people with learning disabilities and autism in I'm Me and its status as an inclusive research project.
Podcasts
Throughout the project we have recorded short podcast conversations with different participants exploring key or recurring concerns.
Use the drop-down to explore our podcast episodes.
In this first conversation about the I'm Me project, post-doctoral researcher Kelsie Acton talks to Zara Mallinson and Daniel Foulds from Mind the Gap.
They talk about Zara and Daniel's role as research assistants on the project and the challenges and rewards of including people with learning disabilities in inclusive research.
Download the episode transcript: Transcript - Talking to the research assistants (docx,36KB)
In the second podcast on I'm Me, project lead Matthew Reason talks to Alison Colburne, an artist at Mind the Gap, and Jess Boyes, a producer at Mind the Gap.
They explore the reasons why researchers might be reluctant to ask people with learning disabilities difficult questions in research, why asking those questions is important, and how to explore issues sensitively.
Download the episode transcript: Transcript - Asking Difficult Questions Part 1 (docx, 29KB)
In the third conversation about I'm Me, research assistant Daniel Foulds talks to Laura Walne and Jess MacKenzie from About Face Theatre and Alison Colburne and Jess Boyes from Mind the Gap.
They talk about making performance that has something to say and has the power to upset people.
Download the episode transcript: Transcript - Asking Difficult Questions Part 2 (docx, 33KB)
In the fourth conversation about I'm Me, Ryan and Gavin from Lung-ha and JoAnne and Jess from Mind the Gap chat about inclusive facilitation.
Download the episode transcript: Transcript: I'm Me: Inclusive Facilitation (docx, 36.4 KB)
In the fifth conversation about I'm Me, Alison from Mind the Gap talks to Mel and Luke from Open Theatre about using non-verbal theatre to explore identity, representation and voice.
Download the episode transcript: Transcript: I'm Me - Asking Questions Through Non Verbal Theatre (docx, 28.7 KB)
In the sixth conversation about I'm Me, Daniel from Mind the Gap talks to Liz and Jack from Under the Stars about using music to explore identity, representation and voice.
Download the episode transcript: Transcript: I'm Me: Asking Questions Through Music (docx, 21.9 KB)
In the seventh conversation about I'm Me, Alison from Mind the Gap talks to Amy and Victoria from Hijinx about co facilitation and representation.
Download the episode transcript: Transcript: I'm Me - Co-facilitation and Representation (docx, 25.9 KB)
Comics
A central part of the first stage of I'm Me was conducting workshops with learning disabled artists at Mind the Gap exploring the themes of identity, representation and voice. These workshops informed the content of the Creative Doodle Books. In order to make the content of some of these workshops visible to people who weren't there, we commissioned Leeds-based artist Aimee Shepherd to attend some of the sessions and produce short comic-style representations.
Use the drop-down to explore the different comics.
Rights in Research comic
Download the comic: Rights in Research comic (PDF, 0.7MB)
Download image descriptions for the comic: Image descriptions - Rights in Research comic (PDF, 0.1MB)
Disability and Age comic
Download the comic: Disability and Aging comic (PDF, 1.2MB)
Download image descriptions for the comic: Image descriptions - Disability and Age comic (PDF, 80kb)
Using our Voice to Have Difficult Conversations comic
Download the comic: Using your Voice comic (PDF, 1.3MB)
Download image descriptions for the comic: Image descriptions - Using our Voice comic (PDF, 80kb)
Are you Alright comic
Download the comic: Are you Alright comic (PDF, 0.1MB)
Download image descriptions for the comic: Image descriptions - Are you Alright comic (PDF, 75kb)
I'm Me Partner Day Illustrations
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