thought map

This drawing represents my thinking about time spent in Cheetham Hill - Jai and I gave our talks last week about how our proposals for work are growing from the research process.
My work has grown out of reading about work and capital (Marx and Engels in Manchester as well as our walk with the Jewish Museum guides) and in parallel , looking at 19th century thinking about science, religion and philospohy - specifically through the work of Frances Hodgson Burnett in "The Secret Garden" her simple tale of the healing of damaged children through positive thinking and connection to nature and manual work. Both strands create a powerful contrast. It had these ideas in mind as I walked around some of the derelict green spaces in the area and talked with people about their own working lives at the Car Wash....
Jai's work looked at another aspect of work, an even more basic form of craft - making bread. So together our work encompassed a history of the development of work. From the simplest humblest craft of breadmaking - common to all cultures - to aspects of long established patterns of capital and global labour markets typified by Cheetham Hills vibrant economy.