On the Move!
Working in conjunction with the History Department at University College London (UCL) in March 2009, the Centre successfully applied to UCL for £18K from its Innovation Seed Fund for a public history project.
'On the Move' is a six-month project overseen by the History & the Schools group and led by Anna Gust, a UCL PhD student. The project links 80+ young people (aged 14-25) from youth groups and schools across London with academic historians, cultural practitioners and people from the heritage sector (museums, libraries and archives) to work on presentations around the themes of movement and change. This work will culminate in a showcase day in February 2010, at which the young participants will present their work as well as listen to talks from historians and heritage workers on the project theme.
It is anticipated that the project will encourage young people to question and discuss issues raised by movement and change which are relevant to their own lives, as well as exploring how these have been historically archived, presented and represented.
The project began in September 2009.
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