# Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology: University of Manchester

> The Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology is a teaching and research hub for ethnographic documentary, photography and sound recording\.

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## Pages
- [About the GCVA](https://granadacentre.co.uk/about/)
- [Contact](https://granadacentre.co.uk/contact/)
- [Privacy Policy](https://granadacentre.co.uk/privacy-policy/)
- [Study at the Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology](https://granadacentre.co.uk/study-at-the-granada-centre-for-visual-anthropology/)
- [MA Visual Anthropology](https://granadacentre.co.uk/ma-visual-anthropology/): A unique balance of practical and theoretical training in ethnographic documentary and sensory media at the University of Manchester, with cutting\-edge production equipment and post\-production facilities​
- [Short Course in Ethnographic Documentary](https://granadacentre.co.uk/short-course-ethnographic-documentary/)
- [Showcase](https://granadacentre.co.uk/showcase/)
- [Team](https://granadacentre.co.uk/team/)
- [What can you do with a Visual Anthropology degree?](https://granadacentre.co.uk/visual-anthropology-careers/)

## Posts
- [Screening of Khartoum](https://granadacentre.co.uk/screening-of-khartoum/): A special screening of "Khartoum", an award\-winning documentary by Anas Saeed, Snoopy Ibrahim, Rawia Al\-Hag, Timeea M\. Ahmed \& Phil Cox\. Wednesday 18 March 2026 at 3pm John Casken Theatre, Martin Harris Building University of Manchester\.
- [Visual Anthropology Careers: Jobs, Skills and Alumni Success Stories](https://granadacentre.co.uk/visual-anthropology-jobs-skills/): Visual anthropology careers span film, media, NGOs, research, and museums\. Discover real alumni outcomes, employment data, and how this degree leads to diverse, creative and impactful professional paths\.
- [Collaborative Research with Impact](https://granadacentre.co.uk/research-with-impact/): 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
- [Konger FC: A photographic exhibition](https://granadacentre.co.uk/konger-fc-a-photographic-exhibition/): 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 \(Department of Politics, University of Manchester\)\. 
- [MA Visual Anthropology Showcase 2025](https://granadacentre.co.uk/ma-visual-anthropology-showcase-2025/): 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\.

## TheGem Portfolio Items
- [Pathos \- The Art of Life](https://granadacentre.co.uk/project/pathos-the-art-of-life/): The film explores how chronic illness facilitates different kinds of artistic production\. Focussing on the lives of four American artists, it investigates the obstacles and challenges negotiated on a daily basis whilst living with illness, and how these events act as creative catalysts\.
- [Sahan Shakti \(Fortitude\)](https://granadacentre.co.uk/project/sahan-shakti-fortitude/): Hina is a wife, mother and ‘twice migrant\.’ For the past 38 years, she has dedicated herself to becoming the ‘perfect Indian wife\.’ But after a lifetime of trying, she is now ready to find out who she really is\. Exploring themes of migration, gender and arranged marriage, Sahan Shakti is a multi\-award\-winning ethnographic documentary following the life of Hina, a 60\-year\-old twice\-migrant as she begins to rebuild her life post\-divorce\.
- [Ten by Ten](https://granadacentre.co.uk/project/ten-by-ten/): A documentary exploring themes of food, home, and identity through the story of Jessica who, with the help of her husband Dongseop, opened an American\-style restaurant out of her home on Jeju Island, South Korea\.
- [Infrastructuring Everest](https://granadacentre.co.uk/project/infrastructuring-everest/): A selection of images from Jolynna Sinanan’s photography exhibition in collaboration with high\-altitude trekking and mountaineering guides the uneasy relationship between development and tourism in the Khumbu \(Mount Everest\) region, Nepal over the past three decades\. The exhibition was part of Kendal Mountain Festival in 2024, which attracted over 27,000 viewers over four weeks\. 
- [The Skein Her Very Skin](https://granadacentre.co.uk/project/the-skein-her-very-skin/): This project, guided by expert craftswomen within Manchester’s quilting circles, uses textiles as a creative methodology to explore the often\-overlooked and underappreciated world of women’s work, illuminating the values, relationships, memories, and meanings hidden and observed in the material\. It frames the quilt as a materialisation of women lives, contemplating questions of skill, temporality and identity\.

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