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Documentary Arts
There is a rich resource on everyone's doorstep. The history of the places where we live lies dormant in documents and in people's memories. These can be the raw material for the artistic talents of a community to focus on. The lives of local people and the events which shaped their environment can find expression in celebratory art forms, such as songs, music, plays, exhibitions, dance, videos, CD-ROMs and books, that can be a shared experience for all.
This process of transformation and celebration we call Documentary Arts.
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The Five stages of the Documentary Arts
Documentary arts present opportunities to connect schools with their neighbourhoods, young people with old people, arts with life, history with now. There's nothing magic or difficult about getting started. You've just got to dig where you stand. more
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Bigger Brighter Better
In December 1996 a new musical documentary play, Bigger Brighter Better, telling the story of Bletchley's post-war pioneers, was performed. more
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The Fabric of Milton Keynes
The Fabric of Milton Keynes project, which was carried out in 1993/4, enabled 200 people in 11 groups from the four corners of the Borough of Milton Keynes to produce textile 'maps'. more
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Positive Tales
People with learning and physical difficulties rarely get the chance to tell their stories. Living Archive got the opportunity to listen to them following a request for help from the Open University's School of Health and Social Welfare. Staff were planning to produce a new course to deal with the issues of concern to people with learning diffuculties. more
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Wolverton Words
Information hereThis project was researched, carried out and put together by 40 Year 7 children at Bushfield Middle School, working with the Living Archive, Wolverton, Milton Keynes.
What you will discover in the following pages are some of the findings about how people speak who were born and brought up in Wolverton, which is now part of the new city of Milton Keynes. visit
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Current Project
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Milton Keynes Football Project
Funded by a 'Your Heritage' Lottery grant this project will collect personal testimonies, photographs and memorabilia to document the history of football in Milton Keynes over the last 100 years. The primary source material collected will be used to create a website, exhibition, book and digital stories. more |
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The Story of The Original CMK
This is the story of how Central Milton Keynes happened, told by the people who shaped the initial ideas of 'CMK'. Commissioned by the Central Milton Keynes Project Board (part of English Partnerships) and published (Oct 2007). more |
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