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In 2019, we invited Michelle to join us for a research residency exploring the future world of work in St Helens, and towns like it.
The result of her research and collaborations is World of Work.
A collaborative board game, players work together to deal with external forces, tech innovations and societal changes that assist or reduce job creation in a town like St Helens.
The aim of the game is to gather a number of social benefits such as housing, sustainable environment and basic income, that will improve the lives of those who live in the town.
Will they be able to keep enough people in employment? Can they ensure social benefits such as housing, public transport and a Universal Basic Income are available to everyone who needs them? How might these reflections help us think about the future of work in our region?
The game has been played in towns and locations across the UK and Ireland including St Helens and Dublin.
World of Work looks at the fundamental inequalities and global impacts that have contributed to St Helens having such large-scale unemployment and worklessness. World of Work will offer the space to think strategically about the future of the town.
World of Work builds on Michelle's Pilkingtons project Now Thus Now Thus.
World of Work at The World Transformed 2023
Listen to more about the project
A conversation between artist Michelle Browne and former miner / St Helens legend Gary Conley, recorded in 2020.