This unique collection of stories, experiences and memories stems from a five-year participatory action research project that sought to capture a local community’s connection to one of the most unique and ethnically diverse urban places in Reading, the Oxford Road. With more than 70 languages spoken by its residents, Oxford Road has been described as a “United Nations” due to the ways in which the street has been shaped by decades of urban change, flows of migration and cultural innovation. The project was formed in 2020 during the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic, and the Oxford Road Stories project emerged at a time when many of us were thinking about the meaning of community and how we connect to the places around us during lockdown.
This work has been a collaboration with Reading Borough Council, Baker Street Productions and the community of Oxford Road.
