The Peckham Experiment: Fiction from the Archives (360G-Wellcome-206272_Z_17_Z)

£25,000

Over the course of 5 months, I propose to research the archive of the Pioneer Health Centre, held at the Wellcome Library, and write a series of prose poems, fictions and creative-critical texts based on the materials in the archive. The project builds on my existing research and writing around this archive, allowing me to realistically propose several substantial goals within a relatively compressed timeframe. I aim to: Produce a significant body of prose texts to be published in part in literary journals and as a collection by a respected press in the emerging genre of experimental or hybrid creative-critical prose. Explore through these texts ideas from the archive with contemporary relevance, such as the relationship between the individual and the collective, or between self-organisation and experimentation. Advance the practice of creative-critical writing and further the argument that creative writing can produce new insights into a topic. Develop a new audience for archival writing, the Peckham Experiment archives and the Wellcome Library’s collections via my publications, discussions with peers and a day-long public engagement workshop.

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Grant Details

Amount Awarded 25000
Applicant Surname Wilkes
Approval Committee Research Resources Committee
Award Date 2016-11-15T00:00:00+00:00
Financial Year 2016/17
Grant Programme: Title Research Resources Bursaries
Internal ID 206272/Z/17/Z
Lead Applicant Dr James Wilkes
Partnership Value 25000
Planned Dates: End Date 2017-12-29T00:00:00+00:00
Planned Dates: Start Date 2017-03-01T00:00:00+00:00
Recipient Org: Country Unknown
Region Unknown