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WELLBEING AND THE COUNTRYSIDE
A display in our Community Case exploring the relationship between wellbeing and the countryside The MERL has been exploring the complex relationships between wellbeing and the countryside with the help of rural stakeholders and local community groups. The display explores the challenges and opportunities that life in the countryside offers rural people. Issues explored include […]
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Installations showcasing a collaborative community project led by Artist-in-Residence Christine Mackey Christine Mackey has been inspired by traditional practices of sustainable farm buildings and food production. Her project reinterprets the chicken coop structure. Combining scientific data, archival material and historic social practice, the project promotes the practice of diversity and self-sustainability in small-holdings and backyards. Christine […]
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Deirdre O’Mahony’s residency at the MERL began with the proposition, is carbon-neutral beef possible? Research at the University of Reading is currently testing the effect of different kinds of forage such as Sainfoin, on animal and soil health and on levels of methane produced by livestock. Deirdre spent the residency investigating historical references to forages […]
Find out more »BEING HUMAN FESTIVAL: LOST AND FOUND
This year the University of Reading collections hit the headlines when librarian Erika Delbeque found a previously undiscovered, unique leaf from Caxton’s printing press. During the Being Human Festival our collections staff will curate an online exhibition across our social media accounts introducing the public to the hidden treasures that can be found in the University of […]
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