Unearthed
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‘Unearthed’ is a poetry film by Amina Jama. It responds to items in the V&A’s archive showcasing stereotypical depictions of people of colour throughout time.
Play in the Pandemic
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Play in the Pandemic is an online exhibition celebrating how play empowered children's resilience, well-being, and creativity during the pandemic. The exhibition showcases children's artworks, games and films across the UK that were submitted to the Play Observatory.
Chinese Iconography Thesaurus
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The Chinese Iconography Thesaurus combines sinology, art history and information studies to create the first thesaurus of Chinese iconography, a valuable research tool enhancing the accessibility and understanding of Chinese art. The CIT was launched with a grant from DCMS and subsequent sponsorship from the Bei Shan Tang Foundation.
Open-source speculum
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This blog series is part of a strand of research on the project, Content/Data/Object. The project explores how museum practices can broaden access to digital works so that their design processes can be enjoyed well into the future.
Mapping Glastonbury
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The V&A is home to the Glastonbury Festival Archive, an extraordinary collection of objects, sounds, sights and memories that encapsulate Glastonbury Festival. To open up the archive and bring it to life, we have collaborated with digital agency We Are Freak to develop a fully immersive and interactive map of the Festival.
Performing Glastonbury
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From a small start in 1970, Glastonbury Festival has evolved into a global cultural phenomenon. To mark its 50th anniversary, the V&A and the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) have launched a database you can use to explore the history of performance at Glastonbury.