Hackney Homes Elders Talking 2012: Recent Episodes
Hackney Stream
In 2012 the Hackney Homes over-55 focus group made a series of live Internet radio broadcasts, exploring perceptions of identity, belonging, community and home. The primary purpose was participation rather than attracting listeners, but everything was recorded. You can listen to repackaged extracts of six sessions here.
The feedback from the participants was excellent â for example, from Prudence: âThese were powerful sessions. We all have stories to tell that we havenât told our children, friends or anyone. This radio project allowed us to share our experiences to help others.â
This was a very low budget project. Everything was recorded in a noisy community space, with no professional equipment at all. So the sound quality is bad, but irrelevant to the participants because they were talking to each other.
This is how Hackney elders tackle social isolation â they can help isolated people in their community because they have an intimate acquaintance with the dynamics of social exclusion and inclusion, often as survivors.
Members of the Hackney Homes Over-55 focus group met to talk about 'Our future' â the final session of a series exploring perceptions of identity, belonging, community and home.
The poor sound quality is a result of recording in a public space with a lot of ambient noise.
Originally a longer live stream. Voices: Andrea, Ann, Beverley, Geoff, Janet, John, Leon, Prudence, Rick. Recorded 15 November 2012 at the Hackney Picturehouse. This edit 29 December 2017.
Members of the Hackney Homes Over-55 focus group met to talk about 'Where is home?' - fifth of a series exploring perceptions of identity, belonging, community and home.
The poor sound quality is a result of recording in a public space with a lot of ambient noise.
Originally a much longer live stream. Voices: Andrea, Beverley, Geoff, Janet, Leon, Prudence, Rick, Theo. Recorded 1 November 2012 at the Hackney Picturehouse. This edit 29 December 2017.
Members of the Hackney Homes Over-55 focus group met to talk about âSense of placeâ (renamed âBelongingâ) - fourth of a series exploring perceptions of identity, belonging, community and home.
The poor sound quality is a result of recording in a public space with a lot of ambient noise. So we have removed about 60% of the original content for this 2017 edit.
Originally a much longer live stream. Voices: Andrea, Ann, Beverley, Geoff, Janet, John, Leon, Prudence, Raymond, Rick. Recorded 25 October 2012 at the Hackney Picturehouse. This edit 29 December 2017.
Members of the Hackney Homes Over-55 focus group met to talk about ' Food in our lives ' - third of a series exploring perceptions of identity, belonging, community and home.
The poor sound quality is a result of recording in a public space with a lot of ambient noise. The most difficult passages (about 60%) have been excised in this edit.
Originally a much longer live stream. Voices: Andrea, Ann, Beverley, Geoff, Janet, Jean, John, Leon, Prudence, Rick. Recorded 18 October 2012 at the Hackney Picturehouse. This edit 28 December 2017.
Members of the Hackney Homes Over-55 focus group met to talk about 'Where we have been' - second of a series exploring perceptions of identity, belonging, community and home.
The poor sound quality is a result of recording in a public space with a lot of ambient noise.
Originally a slightly longer live stream. Voices: Ann, Beverley, Geoff, Leon, Prudence, Rick. Recorded 11 October 2012 at the Hackney Picturehouse. This edit 28 December 2017.
Members of the Hackney Homes Over-55 focus group met to talk about 'Who we are' - first of a series exploring perceptions of identity, belonging, community and home.
Originally a slightly longer live stream. Voices: Andrea, Ann, Beverley, Geoff, Janet, Prudence, Rick. Recorded 4 October 2012 at Hackney Attic. This edit 27 December 2017.