*(Please ignore previous email sent by mistake...)* ** *Dear All:* I would like to invite you to join the next New Object Lessons workshop- *BOMBAY MIX* *20/07/09* * 2.00pm – 5.00pm Wai Yin Chinese Women Society, 61 Mosley Street, Manchester M2 3HZ £2.50 Information + Booking (not essential) **[log in to unmask]*<[log in to unmask]> Inspired by Bombay Africans – an exhibition produced in 2007 by the Royal Geographical Society, *BOMBAY MIX* will explore hidden cross-cultural stories embedded in our collective cultural + scientific heritage. It will also look at the history of a selected number of Natural History museums established throughout the British Empire with a special emphasis on Manchester and Bombay (Mumbai). *BOMBAY MIX *is* *recommended to anyone involved in the following celebrations: - Darwin 200 - Manchester Science Week - Black History Month - Chinese New Year - National Science + Engineering Week - Local + Community Month - Museums + Galleries Month If you are interested in BOMBAY MIX but cannot attend, below is a list of interesting websites: - Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society http://www.archive.org/details/journalbombayna05socigoog - Bombay Natural History Society http://www.bnhs.org/ - Patak’s Education http://www.journeythroughindia.com/ - Malcolm X in Manchester + Sheffield (Marika Sherwood, 2002) http://www.workershistory.org/linked_docs/NWLHJ27_Sherwood.pdf - Annals of Liverpool Gore's Directory of Liverpool and Birkenhead, 1849 *"1773: Seven men being part of the crew of the Lark, returned home after 12 months in slavery in Bombay; one of them was a respectable merchant in Liverpool."* http://www.andysutton.co.uk/old/his_time_line_1700_1799.htm - Black + Asians Londoners http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/corporation/lma_learning/schoolmate/Bal/sm_bal_images.asp - Maharajah Duleep Singh http://www.sikhcybermuseum.org.uk/People/DuleepSinghRaja.htm Looing forward to hearing from you, *All the best: Dominique* -- People drop out of the history of life as of land, though their work + their influence remain. The Manchester Man - Isabella Linneaus Banks *BOMBAY MIX 20/07/09 2.00pm – 5.00pm Wai Yin Chinese Women Society, 61 Mosley Street, Manchester M2 3HZ £2.50 Information + Booking (not essential) [log in to unmask] BOMBAY MIX is part of the NEW OBJECT LESSONS programme supported by the Wai Yin Chinese Women Society. * NEW OBJECT LESSONS In partnership with Wai Yin Chinese Women Society (Manchester), local historian Dominique Tessier will facilitate a new series of New Object Lessons workshops exploring historical links between China + Britain. Between 01/06/09 + 20/07/09, the workshops will take place Mondays, 2pm - 5pm at the Wai Yin Chinese Women Society. Each session costs £2.50 - to book one or more sessions, please email [log in to unmask] * SUPPORT BLACK ARTS ALLIANCE: UK's largest network of Black Artists http://www.blackartists.org.uk/ *RECOMMENDED MUSEUM CONSULTANT: Angela Dove Consulting [log in to unmask] http://knowledgespacelibrary.blogspot.com/ * RECOMMENDED BLOGS: SCIENTIFIC FAIR scientificfair.blogspot.com URBAN SCIENCE ADVENTURES http://urban-science.blogspot.com/2009/02/george-washington-carver-exhibit-at.html * RECOMMENDED WEBSITES: FOTOG - Urban, Architectural + Street Photography http://www.fotog.info/ FOTOG is looking for Museum Partners. * COMING SOON: NEW OBJECT LESSONS ONLINE