Research Description: My research examines the diversity of national identities in the United Kingdom since the nineteenth century and I adopt an approach that uses the co-production of historical knowledge to better understand experiences, emotions and interpretations of different communities in British historiography.
I am involved in Imagine: Connecting Communities Through Research, an ESRC-AHRC funded project under the Connected Communities Civic Engagement call led by Dr Kate Pahl (University of Sheffield). I am exploring co-production of research by community groups and academics and examining how community groups use history to develop their identities, as well as providing a historical overview for the project as a whole. Click here to visit the project website.
Research Keywords: Britishness; British national identity; anti-racism; oral history; shared authority.
Countries and Regions of Interest: United Kingdom, British Empire.
Publications:
(With Daniel Travers) ‘Narrating Britain’s War: A Four Nations and More Approach to the People’s War’, in Manuel Bragança and Peter Tame (eds), The Long Aftermath: Historical and Cultural Legacies of Europe at War, 1936-1945 (Berghahn, forthcoming, 2015).
‘The co-production of historical knowledge: implications for the history of identities,’ with Elizabeth Pente, Milton Brown and Hardeep Sahota, Identity Papers: A Journal of British and Irish Studies, 1, 1 (2015), pp. pp. 32-53.
With G. Hellawell & S. Lloyd, ‘Witness Seminar: Anti-Fascism in 1970s Huddersfield’, Contemporary British History, 20 (2006), pp. 119–133.
‘We have come a long way: The Labour Party and ethnicity in West Yorkshire,’ in B. Evans et al (eds.), Sons and Daughters of Labour (University of Huddersfield Press, 2007).
Research Description: Documenting the history of plants, people and places connected to historic gardens and landscapes. I am currently researching Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown’s landscapes in Shropshire and North Wales, Harare Botanical Gardens, Rev. Thomas Birch Freeman, 19th century African Botanical Stations. BAME gardeners and plant collectors.
Research Keywords: Garden history, historic landscape/gardens, African botanic stations, BAME gardeners and plant collectors.
Affiliation: Thought Pyramid Arts Centre, Abuja, Nigeria; Narrativiti Community Interest Company, London, England.
Location: Abuja, Nigeria and London, England.
Contact: phoenixcdc@outlook.com
Research Description:
An experienced Cultural Manager and Educator, with in-depth knowledge of Contemporary African and African Diaspora Visual Arts and with extensive contacts in that field. An excellent communicator, skilled at facilitating the exchange of ideas.
Currently works as Adjunct Head of Education at The Thought Pyramid Arts Centre, Abuja. Nigeria. Shaun set up Narrativiti Community Interest Company {CIC} in 2005, in the UK. It is an educational outreach service advocating, memorialising, and educating diverse communities about African Diaspora cultural expression. The over-arching aim of Narrativiti CIC is to:
Advance public education by promoting the work of Diaspora artists, in the Narrativiti multi-arts showcase –‘Orature’.
Promote well-being in Diaspora communities, through the provision of services and products that integrate art, health and technology.
Provide a range of commercial activities, products and services that will support the creative arts and sustain us as a creative industryn
Research Keywords: African Diaspora Art and Culture; Art Education; Curating; Contemporary African art consulting.
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