The People's Glossary
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Shared Language at Tate Exchange - Jan 2017
Positive You Workshop at Tate Exchange 2017
Art, Activism and Language at Tate Exchange 2017 - Community Collectiv
Art, Activism and Language at Tate Exchange 2017
Shared Language at Tate Exchange - Jan 2017 1
Art, Activism and Language at Tate Exchange 2017 - Your Rules


The People’s Glossary (TPG) is a participatory action-research project developed to equip

communities to make interventions in galleries; to question language, interpretation, authorship, and expertise, and create alternative ‘ways to know about art’. Facilitated at Tate Liverpool where different groups of users engaged in the project to create the website, Community Collective - a group of adults working with Tate Liverpool - were vital in creating a 'common language'. 


The visual design of The People's Glossary was created by Thom Isom, who also facilitated user sessions with the Community Collective and staff at Tate Liverpool.


An outcome of the project is accessible online at www.thepeoplesglossary.co.uk