Understanding education research and exploring song writing at the Festival of Social Science

David Shannon from the School of Education will be taking part in the 2025 Festival of Social Science, looking the ways music and queer identities intersect, as well as literacy research in education. 

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Based on work from ESRC-fundeed Research Mobilities in Primary Literacy Education, David will be joining project collaborators for an interactive event.  Research Conversations offers space for education practitioners to share strategies for finding and engaging with research, looking at how research moves between educators. 

23 October, Charles Street Building, 16:30 

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As part of Feeling with Theory, David will showcase findings from the Queer the Landscape walking project, invting attendees to create their own lyrics. This draws on David’s work as part of Oblique Curiosities, a research-creation and public pedagogy project, which uses songwriting and queer theory as a research method to explore long-distance walking and speculative fiction.

6 November, Showroom Workstation, 14:00

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