Perspectives

About Perspectives

Perspectives is a podcast designed to showcase the diversity of thinking and approaches to scholarship and practice within the. The podcast episodes will feature academics, students, and curators, talking about their own research and how it engages with themes of equality, diversity, and inclusivity either in its content, its ethics, or in the process of researching. Together, these offer the opportunity to problematise our setting and privileges and promote meaningful discussion.

Publisher

SHaC EDI

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

5 Mar 2021

Latest episode

24 Feb 2022

Latest episodes

5 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   24 Feb 2022

   Queerness and the Classics

   Join hosts Dr Hannah Cornwell and Dr Dan Reynolds as they talk to alumni Izzie Heis and Charlie Charleston-Stokes about why those in the queer community might gravitate towards studying and reading the Classics.

2. 

   12 Mar 2021

   The University of Birmingham - Past, Present, & Future

   Join Antonia and Hannah as they talk to UoB Historian, Dr Matt Cole, about the foundations and founding principles of UoB; the challenges it has faced to maintain these aims; and its future.

3. 

   5 Mar 2021

   What is Heritage?

   Join Hannah Cornwell as she talks with Dr John Carman, a Senior Lecturer in Heritage Valuation at the Ironbridge International Institute for Cultural Heritage (IIICH), and Predencia Dixon, a Postgraduate Researcher in IIICH, as they discuss the difficulties around studying and defining heritage.

4. 

   5 Mar 2021

   Researching The Africa Collection

   Join our Equality, Diversity, and Inclusivity lead, Hannah Cornwell, as she talks to Postgraduate Researcher Stacey Kennedy about her research on the Department of African Studies and Anthropology's Africa Collection.

5. 

   5 Mar 2021

   Questions of Curation - The Black Country Living Museum

   Join our Perspectives team, Hannah, Antonia, Michell, and Dan, as they talk to Nadia Awal and Simon Briercliffe about their experience as researchers at the Black Country Living Museum.

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