On Thursday 30 July, the East Midlands Oral History Archive are organising an afternoon showcase of oral history work going on around the region.
Speakers
- James McSharry from NHS@70, a UK-wide oral history project which kicked off last year to mark 70 years of the National Health Service.
- Jan Reynolds from Adverse Camber Arts will be speaking about their Moon Stories project which celebrated 50 years of the moon landings through oral history and arts.
- Tonya Outram from Nottingham Trent University guides us through Textile Tales, which collected stories about the decline of the East Midlands textile industries from 1980 to 2005.
- Wajid Yaseen from Modus Arts introduces Tape Letters , a project which shines light on the practice of recording and sending messages on cassette tape as a mode of communication by Pakistanis who migrated and settled in the UK between 1960-1980.
- Lesley Owen-Jones joins us from the National Lottery Heritage Fund to talk about oral history and funding in this time of pandemic.
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The East Midlands Oral History Archive collects and looks after oral history collections from across the region. It also offers training and advice in oral history practice. It is part of the Centre for Urban History at the University of Leicester.
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