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*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)
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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
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* SUPPORT BLACK ARTS ALLIANCE: UK's largest network of Black Artists
http://www.blackartists.org.uk/

*RECOMMENDED MUSEUM CONSULTANT:
Angela Dove Consulting
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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