Podcasts and blogs can be created as part of a learning or outreach project alongside an exhibition or museum interpretation. An example of this can be seen in an exhibition showcasing the Roman mummy portraits from Egypt in the Manchester Museum, Faces and Voices: Identity, Culture and Artefacts from Roman to Contemporary Egypt, held at the John Ryland Library, University of Manchester in 19 July – 25 November 2012. Part of a wider project at the university, it was curated by Dr. Roberta Mazza and Professor Kate Cooper and explored family relationships, religious and gender identity, and the tensions surrounding social and religious participation through the Roman-period mummy portraits.

 

As part of this wider project a mirror exhibition on religion, culture and identity in the modern world was created by pupils from Thomas Whitham’s Sixth Form College in Burnley as well as podcasts recording the process of creating and thinking about the ideas behind this exhibition. These can be seen on the ‘conflicting identities north west’ project here >>

 

In addition there is a Faces and Voices blog as part of the John Ryland Library and Manchester Museum interpretation here >>