Catalogue Number
NMLH.2014.9.11
Object Name
Postcard
Title
A wheelchair user gets an accessible flat, but not an accessible building, so once you get in, there's no way to get out
Place
Manchester
People
RAPAR- Refugee and Asylum Seeker Participatory Action Research
Date
2012
Creator(s) Description
RAPAR (Refugee and Asylum Seeker Participatory Action Research) is a Manchester-based human rights organisation working with people, both locally and further afield, who face challenges relating to citizenship, housing, deportation, employment, education, personal safety and other problems. They enable peopleâs access to the services they need, and release their abilities to find effective solutions to challenges facing them.
Artist Sophia Gardiner joined up with RAPAR on a project called 'Uncredibles: Greetings from Manchester' to make these postcards. Gardiner worked with two RAPAR members who contributed quotes from their Home Office refusal letters along with statements about how they are treated in the asylum system. These were produced into postcards as a satirical take on the traditional tourist postcards that try to promote the city as a beautiful and welcoming place.
Among the donation of postcards was also 'Protest confetti' used in anti-racism campaigns as an interesting way of spreading opinion to promote immigration. (see NMLH.2014.9.14)
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