Introducing another COMMUNE member, this week it’s Curtis James…
Curtis James is a researcher, audio maker, storyteller, photographer, and filmmaker based in The Lake District. His work is rooted in community, fieldwork, and participatory practice, and is shaped by his own experience growing up on a council estate in East Brighton.
Curtis is the producer of The Quiet Revolution podcast series for anti-racist charity brap, and co-produced the sound art project Neolithic Cannibals, which won Sound of the Year 2025. He is the host and writer of Class Divide, a podcast about education inequality and class that has run active campaigns, including winning free school transport for local children and securing changes to school admission policy that prioritise children on Free School Meals, effectively breaking the link between house prices and school choice.
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@oswald808
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Slide 1 credits:
@almahaser
Slide 2 credits: From Neolithic Cannibals, a project by
@thesimonsound , the kids of Whitehawk and
@divideclass - all video work by Curtis James
