Diversity & DissentRadio. How recognizing LGBT Jewish identities and ritual practice enriches the entire Jewish community
Today – as we are in Pride month in Israel I’m going to talk to you about the importance of ensuring that LGBT Jewish identities are reflected in discussions of theology and ritual practice to ensure that all Jews are able to see our identities reflected in our cultural heritage and faith. Read more
Video. Ritual Reconstructed Visual Ethnography
Searle Kochberg talks about visual ethnography, his documentary film making research and his most recent project called ‘Ritual Reconstructed’. Jewish rituals for the LGBT community is the subject matter. Watch the interview here https://youtu.be/l_DUjMO_Q0s CCI TV Research Matters The CCi TV Channel features work from the students within the Faculty of Creative and Cultural Industries at the University of Portsmouth. Read more
Podcast. On telling our personal stories of ritual bricolage
Sef Townsend (Story-Teller; Musician and Actor who worked with community participants throughout this project) draws on his own personal experience of living and working on all five continents; and on his professional practice in reminiscence and language support work with immigrant and refugee communities; to inform his workshops in participatory storytelling and music. Read more
Engagement Activities. Telling the final showcase story via Storify
View the Ritual Reconstructed story through social media on the link below. Read more
Postcard/Mounted Images selection
Gallery of images produced from photographs taken in the main by Mary Humphrey (the professional photographer who worked with us on this project as a volunteer), and also one or two images submitted to the ‘ritual bricolage’ section of the Ritual Reconstructed website (see materials submitted by Sef Townsend) and a still from the World Aids Day video (embroidered dove from Read more
FC Communities Match Day Programme
The final project report for the project examining the role of football in communities. This publication is the product of a piece of collaborative research between Football Unites Racism Divides (FURD), the University of East Anglia, Keele University and the University of Brighton. Read more
Project › Football and Connected Communities
Conference Presentations
Bucks New University Talking Ideas festival January 2015 Consortium for Research Excellence, Support and Training (CREST) May 2015 Connected Communities Festival. University of East Anglia, July 2015 International Visual Methods 4, University of Brighton, September 2015. Bucks New University. Using Assessment to enhance learning. Staff Development Conference, March 2016. University of Foggia Seminar. Italy. Read more
Supporting discussion notes. The Ritual Year (LGBQTI Jewish Ritual Cycle)
The summaries contained within the link below outline the key moments in the Jewish ritual year, which commences with the Festival of Rosh Hashanah (The Jewish New Year or ‘Head of the Year’) and moves through the annual cycle in conjunction with set ritual activities (which may take place either in the home or in Schul (Synagogue). Read more
Community Connections
In June 2015 community partners in Wester Hailes, Edinburgh, and the Valuing Different Perspectives Project (University of Stirling) and ACCORD Project (Glasgow School of Art) organised the Community Connections festival fortnight, supported by the Arts and Humanities Research Council Connected Communities Distributed Festival. Read more
Diasporic Film in Communities
The Diasporic Film in Communities project set out to critically examine the role of Diasporic film culture in Diasporic communities through an exploration of three postcolonial publics (African-Caribbean, Chinese and South Asian). Read more
