We would like to welcome Dr Laura Griffiths to our PARTICIPATE group. Laura is a researcher and educator whose work is rooted in the intersection of dance and archival practices. Her research explores how embodied and ephemeral practices-particularly dance-can be meaningfully accommodated within archival spaces and methodologies. She is interested in reimagining the ways in which archives engage with lived, transient experiences, and in expanding the boundaries of documentation to include movement-based knowledge.
Her current research project, funded by the British Academy / Leverhulme Trust, investigates working-class experiences and the role of dance education as a vehicle for socio-economic mobility in the UK. This work is shared through the podcast series Dancing Class: Moving Stories of Levelling Up and carried out in collaboration with colleagues including with Dr Laura Taylor.