Radio documentary and research project

Songlines and Social Haunting is a radio documentary and research project exploring the concept of “social haunting”, the idea that when a community has gone through trauma or upheaval, there may be “ghosts of the past” that press into the present in ways not always visible. Researcher and radio producer Max Munday has created a 30 minute radio documentary exploring the concept of social haunting and understandings of community, memory and hope through interviews and songs in the former coal mining and textile centres of the North East and Lancashire.

As part of this project we are inviting community radio stations to broadcast the documentary and to explore through audience engagement whether the idea of social haunting that it describes may find resonance in their own community experience. Research academics involved in the project will also be available for interview.

The project is based on a collaboration between Manchester Metropolitan University, Max Munday, Sheffield Live! and World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters together with community radio stations in the UK, US, Haiti, Spain, Hungary and Malawi.

If you are interested in broadcasting the radio documentary and being involved in this project please complete the form below: