A Creative Session With Our Archival Researcher- History Workshop: Disabled People North East
Dates: TBC
What can we learn about disabled people’s history from the archives – and what happens when disabled people get to respond to what we find there?
Join us for an online session with our archival researcher, Racheal, who will share some of what she has discovered through her research into disability history in the North East.
But this isn’t just a chance to hear about the research. We want to know what you make of it.
Following Racheal’s presentation, she’ll be joined by an artist to help us explore the research together. We’ll invite disabled members to share their thoughts, memories, questions and responses, and to think creatively about what the research tells us – and what might be missing.
You don’t need to know anything about archives or history to take part. You might have your own experiences or memories to connect to the research, spot something that doesn’t feel right, remember something that isn’t represented, or simply have a reaction to what you hear.
This is part of our wider work to build a disability history archive that doesn’t just collect history, but puts disabled people at the centre of deciding what is remembered and how it is understood.
Online via Zoom
The session will be designed with access in mind, and access needs will be met. You’ll be able to tell us what you need when you register.
About Racheal – History Workshop: Disabled People North East
Rachael is an experienced teacher who specialises in supporting neurodivergent pupils. Alongside her role as Archival Researcher at Difference North East, she is completing a PhD at Northumbria University where she is researching how digital tools can support neurodivergent pupils.
Her proporities are:
- Collaboration with members
- Highlighting systemic issues
- Preserving disabled voices
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