Collaborative Research for More Democratic Policy
“…politicians don’t live our lives and have no intentions of living our lives – you with me? They just make decisions about our lives, even though they know nothing about …
Seeing from the South: an international exchange with South African shelter activists
By Dan Silver, Diana Mitlin, Sophie King “We are poor, but we are not hopeless. We know what we are doing”. This is Alinah Mofokeng, one of three activists from …
Precarious Lives, Democracy and ‘Affective Politics’
“…politicians don’t live our lives and have no intention of living our lives – you with me? They just make the decisions about our lives, even though they know nothing …
Beyond the Echo Chamber
By Dan Silver and Dan Farley Making sure that research is heard, discussed and acted upon beyond a small clique of people is a major ambition of ours. Social comment communicated …
Exhibition on Housing Insecurity
Glasgow artist Penny Anderson’s first exhibition in Manchester, in association with the Social Action and Research Foundation, presents work that interrogates the modern fact that we do not remain in …
Taking pictures that mean something: everyday life in Salford
“That’s all that’s left of my son.” “David’s boy has memories of having a good dad, because he was a good dad. But she missed out on that. So even …
Berry’s ‘disoriented left’ and the possibilities of an alternative
Craig Berry’s paper, ‘The disoriented left? Growth model failure and the nascent politics of a transformative narrative’ is a most welcome contribution to a debate around the political economy of the …
Everyday Life in Salford
I am pleased to present the book of Everyday Life in Salford. Through this project, we have supported six people to be able to represent their own lives through photography, …
Everyday Life in Salford Exhibition
SARF has been working with local residents in Salford to use photography and storytelling to reveal the ‘everyday’ experiences of participants, both in terms of the strengths they have which support them …
The Politics of Poverty and the Silencing of Inequality
Poverty in the UK is set to rise as a result of current government policy, with the Institute for Fiscal Studies predicting that the number of children in relative poverty …