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SUMMARY:MY MUM IS WHITE: exorcising 'half-caste' ghosts (panel discussion
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DESCRIPTION:Join us at HOME for a view of "MY MUM IS WHITE: exorcising 'h
 alf-caste' ghosts" and a panel discussion\, exploring the experience of 
 the participants whose personal stories contributed to the exhibition an
 d the research that underpinned the work.\n\nMY MUM IS WHITE collaborati
 ve process:\n\nFor four weeks HOME’s main gallery will be transformed in
 to a semi-public artist studio and psychotherapy space where artist Lind
 a Brogan and psychologist Professor Adam Danquah will facilitate a journ
 ey of psycho-social exploration with an intergenerational group of eight
  mixed-heritage cultural practitioners based in Manchester. A collective
  experiment bridging community building\, psychotherapy\, and visual art
 .\n\nAn evolving exhibition:\n\nBased on each participant's unique story
 \, Brogan will fill the gallery walls with sixteen large-scale drawings 
 using a method of mind mapping she first developed in the early 2000s. T
 his unfolding\, unruly forest of lived experience will form a powerful b
 asis for reflection and integration\, also creating the setting for the 
 culmination of the group’s journey in a self-devised embodied grief ritu
 al.\n\nThe artist says:\n\nI read Wilkerson's ‘Caste: ‘Half-caste’ is ju
 st something me and my generation were known as. Wilkerson unearths cast
 e is 3000 years old. Brahmins worship God. Dalits shovel shit. Jim Crow 
 adopts it. Public white sinks are generous. Black sinks barely cling to 
 the wall.\n\nAdam introduces me to Fraiberg’s ‘Ghosts in the Nursery’. ‘
 In every nursery there are ghosts. Visitors from the unremembered past o
 f the parents.’ Specific ghosts enter a ‘half-caste’ nursery.\n\nReferen
 cing segregated sinks\, I will ask eight mixed-race cultural practitione
 rs: ‘What does a ‘half-caste’ sink look like?’ Releasing eight memoirs. 
 I transform into 8’ x 8’ mind-maps. Adam helps us unpack. Transformed in
 to a further eight mind-maps. A forest of ghosts. We exorcise during the
  waning crescent moon.’\n\n*The term ‘half-caste’ is used in full recogn
 ition of its origins in colonialism and the system of chattel slavery\, 
 and in recognition of its eventual use as a descriptor in Britain. Broga
 n and Danquah use the term ‘half-caste’ to signify their shared experien
 ce growing up.\n\nMY MUM IS WHITE is a project by Linda Brogan and Adam 
 Danquah. With curatorial input from Hannah Vollam. Produced by Clarissa 
 Corfe (Creative Producer: Visual Art\, HOME). Generously supported by Ar
 ts Council England.\n\nABOUT THE PROJECT TEAM\n\nLinda Brogan is a playw
 right\, performer and visual artist. For her project In the Ruins of the
  Big House (2024) she descended a candlelit staircase at Factory Interna
 tional in a bespoke £2000 denim ball gown using her white mum’s status t
 o declare herself the mistress of the Jamaican plantation her dad descen
 ds from. Her immune system fought the caste poison\, and she set out on 
 her mission to immunize other mixed-race creative and cultural leaders t
 o affect change.\n\nAdam Danquah is Professor of Clinical Psychology at 
 the University of Manchester. Drawing on different psychological approac
 hes (attachment theory\, mentalisation-based therapy\, group analysis)\,
  work across contexts (higher education\, the NHS\, Ghana’s health servi
 ce) and his own troubles using a sink\, Adam is trying to loosen racism’
 s grip on our psyches.\n\n\nWe want to make the event a positive experie
 nce for all participants. If you have particular access needs\, please l
 et us know in advance by providing details of any accessibility needs wh
 en registering for your ticket or by emailing us at creative@manchester.
 ac.uk.\n\nImage Credit\n\nLinda Brogan\, 8-station mind map (2025).\n\nI
 ncorporating a photograph of Jim Crow era segregated sinks by Elliott Er
 witt (c.1950) from the collections of the National Museum of American Hi
 story\, Smithsonian Institution (CC0/Public Domain).\n\nPhoto: James Wil
 mott (2025).\n\nAbout Creative Manchester\n\nCreative Manchester is an i
 nterdisciplinary research platform based at The University of Manchester
 . The platform champions research in creativity and creative practice\, 
 bringing together research communities with external stakeholders to exp
 lore new research areas and address strategic opportunities. Please visi
 t the website for more information creative.manchester.ac.uk
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LOCATION:HOME\, 2 Tony Wilson Place Manchester \, Manchester\, M15 4FN
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