Migrant Manchester


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About

Mapping Migrant Cultures in Manchester 1880-2000

This research project seeks to provide a new vision of the experiences of migrants in modern Britain through using digital mapping to bring together public memory and academic research. Funded by the Diasporas, Migration and Identities programme of the Arts and Humanities Research Council, the projected used Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to map how the cultural landscapes of different migrant groups were constructed in Manchester between 1880 and the present.

Between 2006 and 2009, research was centered on connecting the unique archives of immigrant testimony held by the Manchester Jewish Museum and the Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Race Relations Resource Centre with new archival research and oral history interviewing. We focused on exploring the relationships between: (i) significant cultural sites (ii) the daily routes of work, leisure and consumption (iii) key historical events, and (iv) broader changes in society and economy.

The initial “Mapping Migrant Cultures” team at the University of Manchester was:
Dr Laurence Brown (Principal Investigator, Lecturer in Migration History)
Dr Kofi Owusu (GIS Research Officer)
Dr Tomas Balkelis (Research Fellow in Baltic History)

This website is intended to expand our research on the interactions between and within different migrant groups, as well as providing a educational resource for those interested in modern Manchester or their own family history.

For further information or to become involved with the website, contact us at:
migrationhistories@manchester.ac.uk