by Talking Humanities | May 28, 2020 | Archives & Libraries, Digital, Features, History & Classics
Victoria Iglikowski-Broad, The National Archives’ principal records specialist, explores some of the ways that people can engage with the Archives’ wealth of resources at a distance. One of the most powerful aspects of an archive is its physicality. At The National...
by Talking Humanities | Nov 21, 2019 | Archives & Libraries, Being Human festival, Features, History & Classics, Human Rights, Languages & Literature, Politics & Law, Public Engagement, Research & Resources
The legal and social pressures exerted on LGBTQ+ people to suppress their desire and loves may have had success in the eyes of their oppressors. But the subcultures it created are rich and varied and recorded in ways that don’t take much to research and share. And an...
by Talking Humanities | Sep 7, 2017 | Archives & Libraries, Digital, Features, History & Classics, Research & Resources
What kinds of questions will big data allow us to ask and answer? How can we ensure this material is collected and preserved in such a way that it meets the requirement of humanities researchers? These are two of the questions addressed by a 12-month ‘Born-digital big...
by Talking Humanities | Jun 8, 2017 | Archives & Libraries, Features, From the Archives, History & Classics, Projects, Public Engagement, Research & Resources
Image: © Saira Awan – family lives of residents on the Gascoigne Estate taken for London’s Open Estate Festival Want to see what your street was like 300 years ago, or discover the location of ancient remains in places you pass through every day? What...
by Talking Humanities | Dec 10, 2015 | Archives & Libraries, Being Human festival, Politics & Law, Republished
The National Archives records specialist Vicky Iglikowski and education officer Rowena Hillel, describe their innovative event that marked the start of an initiative to reclaim the largely forgotten histories of the black British civil rights movement. ‘Have you...
