Heritage as Community Research: Legacies of Co-production

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HERITAGE AS
COMMUNITY RESEARCH
Legacies of co-production
Edited by
Helen Graham and Jo Vergunst
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Contents
List of figures and table v
Notes on contributors vii
Series editors’ foreword x
Preface xi
Introduction: heritage as community research 1
Jo Vergunst and Helen Graham
Part One: Ways of knowing 25
one Shaping heritage in the landscape among communities 27
past and present
Jo Vergunst, Elizabeth Curtis, Neil Curtis, Jeff Oliver and Colin
Shepherd
two Co-writing about co-producing musical heritage: what 51
happens when musicians and academics work together?
John Ball, Tony Bowring, Fay Hield and Kate Pahl
three Visibly authentic: images of Romani people from 65
19th-century culture to the digital age
Jodie Matthews
four Digital building heritage 85
Nick Higgett and Jenny Wilkinson
five Legacy and lavender: community heritage and the arts 107
Helen Smith and Mark Hope
Part Two: Heritage as action 127
six The Caerau and Ely Rediscovering Heritage Project: 129
legacies of co-produced research
Oliver Davis, Dave Horton, Helen McCarthy and Dave Wyatt
seven Do-it-yourself heritage: heritage as a process 149
(designing for the Stoke ‘Ping’)
Karen Brookfield, Danny Callaghan and Helen Graham, with
members of the Ceramic City Stories team (Jayne Fair, Jan
Roberts and Phil Rowley)
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eight From researching heritage to action heritage 171
Kimberley Marwood, Esme Cleall, Vicky Crewe,
David Forrest, Toby Pillatt, Gemma Thorpe and
Robert Johnston
nine Co-productive research in a primary school 187
environment: unearthing the past of Keig
Elizabeth Curtis, Jane Murison and Colin Shepherd
Conclusion: Co-producing futures – directions for community 209
heritage as research
Helen Graham, Jo Vergunst and Elizabeth Curtis
Index 215
iv
List of figures and table
Figures
1.1 The hill of Bennachie as background landscape 30
1.2 Plane table survey 39
1.3 An improvised bier for moving large pieces of granite 41
2.1 Arts on the Run produce recorded transmissions featuring 53
Rafiki Jazz in session at Yellow Arch Studios Sheffield,
April 2013
2.2 Arts on the Run produce live transmission featuring 58
Rafiki Jazz onstage at National Centre for Early Music, York,
September 2013
4.1 Using the Welford Road Cemetery app (I) 91
4.2 Using the Welford Road Cemetery app (II) 91
5.1 Visitors to the Lavender Project watching ‘A Deeside Industry’ 114
(Gordon, 1965)
5.2 One of twelve information panels telling the story of 115
lavender on Deeside
6.1 Aerial photo showing the distinctive triangular Caerau 132
Hillfort (with excavation in progress) surrounded by
the housing estates of Caerau and Ely
6.2 St Mary’s Church sits in the north-eastern corner of 133
the hillfort
7.1 Tiles following some playful engagement 151
7.2 The event in action 155
7.3 The DIY Heritage Manifesto 161
8.1 Images from RCH projects projected onto St Mary’s Church 173
8.2 Members of Heeley History Group discussing their project 179
9.1 Keig Primary School pupils at work 193
9.2 Adding materials to the Collector’s Cabinet 197
Table
4.1 Heritage groups and digital outcomes 89
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Notes on contributors
John Ball is World Music Performer in Residence in the Department
of Music, University of Sheffield.
Tony Bowring is Chairperson of Arts on the Run in Sheffield.
Karen Brookfield is Deputy Director of Strategy and Business
Development at the Heritage Lottery Fund.
Danny Callaghan is Project Co-ordinator for Ceramic City Stories,
Stoke-on-Trent.
Esme Cleall is Senior Lecturer in the Department of History,
University of Sheffield.
Vicky Crewe works in learning and teaching development at the
University of Sheffield.
Elizabeth Curtis is Lecturer in the School of Education, University
of Aberdeen.
Neil Curtis is Head of Museums at the University of Aberdeen.
Oliver Davis is Lecturer in the School of History, Archaeology and
Religion, University of Cardiff.
Jayne Fair is a member of Ceramic City Stories, Stoke-on-Trent.
David Forrest is Senior Lecturer in the School of English, University
of Sheffield.
Helen Graham is Associate Professor in the School of Fine Art,
History of Art and Cultural Studies, University of Leeds.
Fay Hield is Lecturer in the Department of Music, University of
Sheffield.
Nick Higgett is Associate Professor in the School of Design at
De Montfort University, Leicester.
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Heritage as community research
Mark Hope is a trustee of The Barn, Aberdeenshire.
Dave Horton is Community Development Manager for Action in
Caerau & Ely (ACE), Cardiff.
Robert Johnston is Senior Lecturer in the Department of
Archaeology, University of Sheffield.
Kimberley Marwood is a Policy Adviser with the Integration and
Communities Directorate, Ministry of Housing, Communities and
Local Government.
Jodie Matthews is Senior Lecturer in the School of Music,
Humanities and Media, University of Huddersfield.
Helen McCarthy is part of the Hidden Hillforts Management Team,
Cardiff.
Jane Murison is Head Teacher of Keig School, Aberdeenshire.
Jeff Oliver is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Archaeology,
University of Aberdeen.
Kate Pahl is Professor of Arts and Literacy at Manchester Metropolitan
University.
Toby Pillatt is an Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of
Archaeology, University of Sheffield.
Jan Roberts is a member of Ceramic City Stories, Stoke-on-Trent.
Phil Rowley is a member of Ceramic City Stories, Stoke-on-Trent.
Colin Shepherd is an archaeologist in Aberdeenshire.
Helen Smith is a visual artist based in Newcastle.
Gemma Thorpe is a photographer and film-maker in Sheffield.
Jo Vergunst is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Anthropology,
University of Aberdeen.
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Notes on contributors
Jenny Wilkinson is a PhD student in the School of Design, De
Montfort University.
Dave Wyatt is Senior Lecturer in the School of History, Archaeology
and Religion, University of Cardiff.
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