Monthly Archives: May 2023

RMN’23 – Disability in rural museums – Past and present narratives

The Spring 2023 Rural Voices Seminar Series concluded with the opportunity to explore how rural museums can better represent D/deaf, disabled and neurodivergent people in our museums and using our collections. Karen Sayer, Professor at Leeds Trinity University presented on … Continue reading

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RMN’23 – Utilising Intangible Cultural Heritage to actively support rural crafts

The Spring 2023 Rural Voices Seminar Series continued with a thought-provoking session exploring rural crafts, some of which are becoming endangered, and consequently being added to the Heritage Crafts Red List. Heritage Crafts is the national charity for traditional crafts skills … Continue reading

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RMN’23 – In Your Words – Breathing new life into the Survey of English Dialect

To kick off the Spring 2023 Rural Voices Seminar Series, we were delighted to be joined by a fascinating panel of speakers to explore the topic of dialect. The Dialect and Heritage Project is a national project based on a partnership … Continue reading

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