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A screenshot of the Hepworth Wakefield website, featuring the page on the Caroline Walker exhibition
Caroline Walker: Mothering, The Hepworth Wakefield website

Blog: The shock of the mundane: Acts of everyday mothering on canvas

By Jessica Bradley
A poster which reads "It's a beautiful thing, the distruction of words." George Orwell. It also lists a number of words and phrases discouraged by US Federal Agencies 2025

WAARC Blog: A creative and anti-ableist higher education? Reflections from the Philosophy and Theory of Higher Education Conference

Liz Dew; Cassie Kill; Armineh Soorenian; Lauren White; Rebecca Lawthom
A wall of cuttings, drawings and scrawlings capturing some of the ambitions iHuman researchers have for Critical Disability Studies including slogans such as 'Love', 'Crip Killjoy', 'Work with bodies, desires and feelings', 'Difference, disagreement and conflict', 'remaking a different university differently'

A Manifesto for Critical Disability Studies

iHuman researchers had the opportunty to reimagine disability research through a creative workshop, developing a Manifesto for Critical Disability Studies
artistic visualisation from the joy in social research event
Artwork by Liam Callebout.

Joy in Social Research

This blog reflects on the ‘Joy in Social Research’ event, which created space for postgraduate and early career researchers to collaborate and critically engage in the concept of joy. It was funded by the Participatory Research Network and iHuman.
A black and white photo of a woman holding a placard reading 'Am I next?'

Seeking a Black Historical Consciousness in Education: Seminar with Dr. LaGarrett J. King

A Seminar organised by Dr Nadena Doharty in collaboration with iHuman, the Centre for Critical Psychology and Education, and School of Education at the University of Sheffield.
Disability arts and culture: a means to imagine otherwise

Exchanging knowledge through creative practice: what do disability arts and culture mean to you?

Kirsty Liddiard reflects on a recent collaborative Knowledge Exchange exploring the question: What do disability arts and culture mean to you?
Internationalising iHuman

Internationalising iHuman: Why research collaborations are key in the age of Brexit

Professor Goodley writes below about the importance of international research collaborations as the UK prepares to exit the European Union. Originally published via Medium March 21.
Online exhibition pictures

Online Exhibition: What does it mean to have a rightful life?

How do you answer the question ‘what does it mean to have a rightful life?’ An online exhibition, RightfulLives.net, goes a long way to answering that question.

A presentation slide which reads 'Living lift to the Fullest'

Living life to the fullest

Living Life to the Fullest, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, focuses on the lives of disabled young people who have what are termed ‘life limiting or life threatening’ impairments.