Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology

For over 30 years, the Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology has been widely recognised as the world’s leading centre for Visual Anthropology. Its graduates have produced more than 500 ethnographic films seen around the world and it is now at the forefront of the emergent dialogue between art and anthropology, including sensory ethnography, experimental and practice-based methods, sound and performance, photographic and digital media, and art/museum installations.

We are proud to share a story of research that has impact, contributing to telling people's stories and improving their conditions. Our recently graduated MA Visual Anthropology alumna Marianna Łoboda was invited to screen her film (Dis)connnection in Gdańsk

February 2, 2026

Collaborative Research with Impact

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The exhibition features images by Tse Hei Long, Jolynna Sinanan and Alastair Lomas and highlights the ways in which the Hong Kong diaspora in Manchester have built their lives through the Konger FC and Konger Café. It was the first event from the collaboration between Jolynna Sinanan and David Stroup (Department of Politics, University of Manchester).

November 1, 2025

Konger FC: A photographic exhibition

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This interdisciplinary PhD project invites applicants to explore the inner lifeworlds of individuals living with Motor Neurone Disease through innovative ethnographic, participatory, and co-creative methods.

October 24, 2025

PhD Opportunity: Unseen Worlds

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Our MA visual anthropology cohort from 2024-2025 will be presenting their graduation works on the 17th and 18th of October. Everyone's invited to watch their films and to visit their exhibitions and installations.

October 1, 2025

MA Visual Anthropology Showcase 2025

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Co-Creative MiND: Inner Lifeworlds of MND

Congratulations to Professor Andrew Irving (GCVA), Dr Michael Atkins (aka Cheddar Gorgeous, GCVA MAVA 2007, PhD 2015) and Professor Steve Pettifer (Computer Science) on their Wellcome Discovery Award, which will establish the world’s first ethnographic and participatory investigation into the interior lifeworlds of Motor Neurone Disease (MND).

March 24, 2025

Co-Creative MiND: Inner Lifeworlds of MND

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Our visual anthropology cohort from 2023-2024 will be presenting their graduation works on 25 and 26 October. The event will include film screenings in blocks of three followed by a brief Q&A, alongside installations and exhibitions.

September 24, 2024

MA Visual Anthropology Showcase 2024

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We're happy to report that Ten by Ten, Jami Bennett's MA Visual Anthropology graduation film (2021), has been scooping awards and selections at festivals around the world.

November 21, 2022

Ten by Ten Awards

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This year's MA Visual Anthropology Film Screenings will take place on October the 21st and 22nd at Submerged Spaces in Manchester. Titled 'The Unfamiliar Everyday', the showcase will feature 24 film projects on themes such as migration, dance, identity, climate change, grief, and much more.

October 17, 2022

MA Visual Anthropology Showcase 2022

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The 2022 GCVA studentship awarded a fee waiver to Daniel Bustos Echeverry, who has enrolled on the MA Visual Anthropology programme 2021-22. This is Daniel's statement on his experience

July 7, 2022

Daniel Bustos Echeverry

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