1. Project overview The project involved training a group of volunteers to conduct a series of 10 one-hour-long interviews with LGBT+ people of a range of ages across Greater Manchester. The interviews were transcribed, and the recordings and transcriptions formed the content of an online exhibition which was launched on LGBT Foundation’s website to mark … Read more
1. Project overview Northumberland Archives and the Camera Club worked with members of Cramlington Guides and young people from a local secondary school to introduce them to what Northumberland Archives does, while Camera Club members led sessions on photography skills. The participants then took digital photographs of Cramlington that were exhibited at Cramlington Community Hub, … Read more
1. Using online approaches to promote engagement When you are finding participants to contribute to any project, you can use online resources and engagement to make the process easier. This approach can be especially useful when developing an oral history project as you can have direct access to your contributors and participants. You should bear … Read more
1. Project overview The East Riding Blockdown project aimed to capture youth experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic for the East Riding Archives’ collections using the videogame Minecraft as a creative medium and platform for digital storytelling. Participants documented their COVID-19 experiences within Minecraft, using blocks to build and a ‘book and quill’ item to write. … Read more
1. Project overview Participants from South London Gallery’s young people’s forum, the Art Assassins, took the lead in researching and re-examining the 1911 Festival of Empire. Through this project, the Art Assassins developed archival research and digital storytelling skills, engaging with online platforms including Wikimedia and FrameVR. 2. Project stats Data accurate as of … Read more
1. Project overview Qisetna collect stories from the Syrian diaspora living in the UK. For their project, they set about conducting research across several UK regions and contexts, both rural and urban, to understand the current situation of the Syrian diaspora better, and reach Syrians from the older generation. They then sought to create new … Read more
1. Project overview The project studied information contained within 242 record cards from the Jewish Temporary Shelter dating from the 1940s and 1950s which records migrants passing through the shelter just after WWII. The Jewish Museum employed a research associate to carry out the task of geo-referencing the data, promoting the progress of the project … Read more
This recording has closed captions in both Welsh and English, simply click on the closed captions symbol CC on the video below and select your preferred language. This webinar recording is one hour and 20 minutes in length. This webinar was produced as part of the Digital Heritage Lab ― a digital skills development programme for small to … Read more
This masterclass is broken down into three recordings: 1. The install — getting started with WordPress [This recording is one hour and six minutes in length.] 2. Building your new website [This recording is 32 minutes in length.] 3. Going live [This recording is 39 minutes in length.] This masterclass was produced as part of the Digital … Read more
1. Background Trish: As a Digital Heritage Lab mentor, I’ve very much enjoyed working with Nuneaton Museum & Art Gallery. They share challenges with many other small heritage organisations so it’s been really inspiring to see them adapt and build on their digital content offering. I’m delighted that Liz Taylor, Curator of the Museum, is … Read more