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SUMMARY:MossWorlds: Re-storying Urban Lives
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DESCRIPTION:Join us for the launch of the 'MossWorlds: Re-storying Urban 
 Lives' exhibition\, followed by a panel discussion.\n\n\nThis exhibition
  showcases the mosses of Manchester\, from the 19th century to the prese
 nt\, tracing some of their interconnected artistic\, political and botan
 ical stories to imagine (mossy) urban futures. Mosses are small\, beauti
 ful\, incredibly diverse and resilient plants that live almost everywher
 e on earth. Considered economically unimportant and rarely accorded the 
 attention paid to trees and larger plants\, they have nonetheless captur
 ed the imagination of peoples throughout history and across cultures. Ma
 nchester is a city built on ‘mossy’ ground\, and the effects of its indu
 strial heritage can still be traced in the peatlands (‘mosses’) surround
 ing the city. It has a proud history of working-class botany as well as 
 being involved in collecting practices enabled and promoted by empire. M
 osses\, like the city itself\, have responded and adapted to changing ec
 onomic and ecological conditions.\n\n\nThe exhibition is based on resear
 ch undertaken as an UMRI-funded pilot project in 2024-25 and supported b
 y Creative Manchester. The team\, led by Anke Bernau\, Aurora Fredriksen
  and Ingrid Hanson\, included academics from a range of disciplines\, lo
 cal artists and colleagues from Manchester Museum and The Firs Environme
 ntal Research Station. Together we encountered mosses in archives and la
 boratories\, on the streets of the city\, in poetry and scientific treat
 ises\, through creative practice and interdisciplinary collaboration.\n\
 n\n\nPanellists\n\nDr Anke Bernau (The University of Manchester)\n\nDr I
 ngrid Hanson (The University of Manchester)\n\nDr Aurora Fredriksen (The
  University of Manchester)\n\nDr Henry McPherson (The University of Manc
 hester)\n\nOliver Hughes (The Firs environmental research station)\n\nKe
 lda Savage (National Trust)\n\nDr Abbi Flint (Researcher and poet)\n\n\n
 \nThe panel discussion will touch on diverse aspects of the project\, of
 fering a series of short insights from artists\, researchers and our col
 laborators from the National Trust who have included the project in thei
 r autumn/winter programme at Castlefield Viaduct. We look forward to hea
 ring from the audience in response and have a few more mossy exhibits to
  share!\n\nBook here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mossworlds-re-story
 ing-urban-lives-tickets-1977495730964?aff=oddtdtcreator
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LOCATION:Samuel Alexander Building\, Manchester
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