Student profiles
Bethany Turner-Pemberton
Email: b.turner@mmu.ac.uk
Thesis Title
Institution
Supervisors
Prof. Alice Kettle
Dr Sally Morfill
Lauren Ryall-Waite
Dr Steven Hayes
Research Summary
I’m a postgraduate researcher in the faculty of Arts and Humanities and MSARC. My PhD is a collaborative doctoral award funded by NWCDTP and in partnership with Science and Industry Museum, Department of Materials at UoM and MMU’s Special Collections. This research looks at contemporary textile production in Greater Manchester, investigating what textiles means to the region today. Through the research I aim to identify the important role that textiles play in the creation of Greater Manchester’s identity and sense of place, communicating these notions through curatorial practice with the museum partners. Alongside my PhD research I work as a Teaching Assistant in the Design Department at Manchester School of Art. My BA in Textiles in Practice and MA in Contemporary Curating are both from MMU.
Research Interests
Textiles,
curation,
culture
and place.
Publications
coming soon.