You can read more about my Archive Rambler explorations of the TNA catalogue here:
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/professional...
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You can read more about my Archive Rambler explorations of the TNA catalogue here:
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/professional...
My aim is to connect stories, records, and landscapes with collections at The National Archives, through a mix of embodied research (walking!) and catalogue exploration.
I’m also interested in novels, memoirs, travel writing, and landscape literature set in or inspired by these locations.
Getting ready for two Archive Rambles this April:
🗺️ North Devon: Lynton to Woolacombe
🥾 Yorkshire Dales: Skipton to Sedbergh
I’m looking for local archive collections related to these areas, or material documenting the long-distance paths that connect them.
Working with criminal justice records
Wed, 25 March | 13:00 GMT | Online
🎤 Charlotte Smith, The National Archives
🎤 Dr Jessamy Carlson, The National Archives
🎤 Miles Wright, The Law Commission of England and Wales
Reserve your spot here:
shorturl.at/KlsVm
I thought you might have ;) Maybe we crossed paths as I came up to Leeds to see the LwM exhibition.
A photo of an elegant grade-II listed tomb in West Norwood cemetery
A 1914 competition map: Changing the map of Europe
8 years ago, at the British Library, I first saw this map: an FT reader competition to predict the boundaries of Europe after WW1. I made a note to find out more one day - which ultimately led me last month to this tomb in West Norwood cemetery. You can read more here: www.ft.com/content/79a4...
`I love this #accidentaljourney thread, so eye-opening and embodied. Look forward to reading more. When I worked for the Living with Machines project I briefly collaborated with colleagues on a project on "railspace": www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTgN...
Makes me think about interesting connections...
In general, I'd like to connect to people/researcher interested in walking as a creative research methodology to share insights, reflections, ideas. Perhaps "here"'s a good place to start?
Same! I am interested in walking as a potential (spatial) methodology (waymarking system?) to engender spontaneous archival encounters in a regimented (impenetrable/disorienting) catalogue system (e.g. state archive). I'd like to 1) gather a bibliography/projects/examples 2)reflect 3)practice
I didn't know you were from Devon, Brad! So many coincidences.
I really appreciate reading your reflections on walking as a research methodology. I did write about it, though from a different angle (archival research), here: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/professional...
Would love to discuss more. Perhaps engage in a "methodological conversation"?
📣 Online Event: Stories of Compassion, Love and Loss – Re-presenting the AIDS Epidemic
How official records intersect with community-generated archives to reveal the emotional and human dimensions of the crisis?
🗓 10 March 2026, 1:00pm (online)
📍 Zoom (free)
🎟 Reserve here: shorturl.at/GAqVj
Working with records of traumatic histories
Wed, 25 Feb | 13:00 GMT | Online
🎤 Eliza McKee, @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy
🎤 Hari Jonkers, @holocaustnorth.bsky.social
🎤 Gillian Boll and Malcolm Mathieson, @amnestyuk.bsky.social
Info and registration here: shorturl.at/jAfJO
Following the December "Pollution in the Archive" symposium, my colleague @hcraddock.bsky.social and me have wrote a recap of the day with some post-event reflections that you can now read it on @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy blog.
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/professional...
How can archival research deepen the experience of hiking, and vice versa?
My first "Archive Rambler" blog on walking along the South West Coast Path & researching The National Archives records is out now.
From Harland to Clovelly: shorturl.at/3ZFxS
From Clovelly to Westward Ho!: shorturl.at/MLED6
Looking for info on the British photographer John Dixon-Scott. Anything that could help pin down and his life and (many) projects) is all very welcome!
The National Archives hold a huge collection of photographs and I am keen on studying it more deeply.
For World Aids Day, 1 December, I’ve co-curated a new highlights gallery exploring @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy state records collection related to the HIV and AIDS epidemic of the 1980s and 1990s.
To access it:
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/explore-the-...
Join us for the launch of 'Archives and Emotions', a ground breaking text exploring intersections of archival practice, historical research, national & disciplinary borders.
🕰️ 23 Jan 25, 16:00 - 18:00
🗺️ The National Archives & online
🎟️ bit.ly/4gw7Xb4
The "HIV and AIDS collections symposium. Collections, Research and Responses" is now openly available on youtube:
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Nice to see some old work I coordinated at the British Library finally being published online.
Thanks @miaout.bsky.social and @bldigischol.bsky.social
blogs.bl.uk/digital-scho...
Another interesting workshop at The National Archives (who don't seem to be on here) next month about photographic collections, organised by @giorgiatolfo.bsky.social #dh
blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/exploring-ea...
My own talk on the key findings of the national survey of HIV records can be found in the recording from the first panel at the 38:00 minutes. youtu.be/cR36HNPq6Hs?...
Thank you @giorgiatolfo.bsky.social for organising such a great event!
Are you a digital humanist? Software developer? Digital researcher? Are you interested in Intellectual Property or early photography?
If so, join our Collaborative Digital Experimentation hackathon on 27/28 Jan 2025!
To know more, visit:
blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/exploring-ea...
During UK Disability History Month, you can explore this topic by checking out the Bibliography and British and Irish History's (BBIH) online reading list. This resource allows you to uncover the most recent studies in this field. Visit the link provided to learn more: https://buff.ly/3QWrffO.
Great progress by @mrcwarwick.bsky.social in its three-year project to index the archives of the National Union of Mineworkers and predecessor unions. A dozen catalogues online and more to come. Project archivist @worsted.bsky.social deserves a medal!
sslh.org.uk/2024/11/25/n...
A week to go to the "HIV and AIDS Archives: collections, research and responses" symposium.
Have you registered?
Info:
blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/hiv-and-aids...
Full programme:
cdn.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/hi...
Booking:
eventbrite.co.uk/e/hiv-and-ai...
[Image UK AIDS memorial quilt]
🚨 Deadline closing! 🚨
Apply by tomorrow, 20 Nov at 6pm, for our HIV and AIDS Archives onsite digital humanities workshop.
Learn how raw data can support digital storytelling by utilising a dataset produced for the 1987 Public Health Campaign.
Apply:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hiv-and-ai...
Interested in DH and medical humanities?
If so send your application to the ‘HIV and AIDS Archives: Recovering, re-presenting and exploring open digital data’ workshop on December 2.
More info and link to apply:
blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/hiv-and-aids...
On 3 December, an online symposium brings together researchers, historians, archivists, scholars & creative practitioners working with HIV & AIDS related documents to explore how material was used in the past & could be used in the future.
Book for free:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hiv-and-ai...
On 2 December, a digital humanities onsite workshop focuses on a dataset produced for the 1987 Public Health Campaign.
Attendees will learn how raw data was transformed into an accessible database and how this can support digital storytelling.
To apply:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hiv-and-ai...