The Preservative Party with Professor Abigail Harrison Moore
12 episodes
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Whose Power? is a podcast that explores the power of participation and seeks to amplify the voices of young people to create new knowledge and understanding.
The podcast is a collaboration between Abigail Harrison Moore from the University of Leeds and The Preservative Party, a group of young curators at Leeds City Museum who empower young people to break down traditional barriers and influence the way museum exhibitions and events are curated and presented. Together they’ve been exploring how participation can help us better understand power, who has it, and how it’s used in different settings.
Join Abigail in conversation with members of the Preservative Party as they talk about what power means to them and to hear about their own experiences of participating in research that seeks to create new knowledge through and with young people.
Whose Power? is produced with funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council and with podcast production support from Research Podcasts.
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Whose Power? is a podcast that explores the power of participation and seeks to amplify the voices of young people to create new knowledge and understanding.
The podcast is a collaboration between Abigail Harrison Moore from the University of Leeds and The Preservative Party, a group of young curators at Leeds City Museum who empower young people to break down traditional barriers and influence the way museum exhibitions and events are curated and presented. Together they’ve been exploring how participation can help us better understand power, who has it, and how it’s used in different settings.
Join Abigail in conversation with members of the Preservative Party as they talk about what power means to them and to hear about their own experiences of participating in research that seeks to create new knowledge through and with young people.
Whose Power? is produced with funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council and with podcast production support from Research Podcasts.
The Power of Trust: Creating Safe Spaces in Participatory Research
Whose Power?
28 minutes
6 months ago
The Power of Trust: Creating Safe Spaces in Participatory Research
In the first episode of series 2 of Whose Power? Abigail Harrison Moore and her co-hosts Lauren and Rahesa explore the critical role of trust in participatory research. Focusing on the Preservative Party at Leeds City Museum - a collective of young curators aged 14–24 - they discuss how creating a protected, deadline-free environment empowers authentic self-expression and meaningful activism. Abigail reflects on the emotional labour involved in this work and the importance of lived experience in research. Together, they uncover how trust, care, and collaboration can reshape not just museum practice, but society at large.
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Find out more about the Preservative Party on their LinkedIn or the Leeds Museums & Galleries website.
This is a Research Podcasts production.
Episode Credits
Presenters: Abigail Harrison Moore, University of Leeds, Lauren and Rahesa, Preservative Party
Guests: Jordan Keighley , Leeds City Museum
Producer: Chris Garrington, Research Podcasts
Studio and sound: Helix, University of Leeds and Krissie Brighty-Glover, Research Podcasts
Music: Aura, by Tae, Preservative Party
Artwork and graphics: Preservative Party with Krissie Brighty-Glover, Research Podcasts
Photography: Andrew Lord
Funding: Research England Participatory Research Fund 2024-25
Whose Power?
Whose Power? is a podcast that explores the power of participation and seeks to amplify the voices of young people to create new knowledge and understanding.
The podcast is a collaboration between Abigail Harrison Moore from the University of Leeds and The Preservative Party, a group of young curators at Leeds City Museum who empower young people to break down traditional barriers and influence the way museum exhibitions and events are curated and presented. Together they’ve been exploring how participation can help us better understand power, who has it, and how it’s used in different settings.
Join Abigail in conversation with members of the Preservative Party as they talk about what power means to them and to hear about their own experiences of participating in research that seeks to create new knowledge through and with young people.
Whose Power? is produced with funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council and with podcast production support from Research Podcasts.
