http://www.connectinghistories.org.uk/forum This is an XML content feed of; Discussion forum : Last 10 Posts Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:57:26 +0000 Thu, 07 Apr 2011 13:57:20 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 8.05a 30 www.connectinghistories.org.uk/forum/RSS_topic_feed.asp http://www.connectinghistories.org.uk/forum/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.gif http://www.connectinghistories.org.uk/forum http://www.connectinghistories.org.uk/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=34&PID=100#100 Author: nikkijthorpe
Subject: Children's Homes - Resources for school
Posted: 07 Apr 2011 at 1:57pm

Please post your comments on this new gallery on the Connecting Histories Website. We are keen to hear how useful this material could be in schools and what we can do to improve it.
Thanks, Nikki Thorpe, Education & Outreach Officer, Birmingham Archives & Heritage]]> Thu, 07 Apr 2011 13:57:20 +0000 http://www.connectinghistories.org.uk/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=34&PID=100#100 http://www.connectinghistories.org.uk/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15&PID=29#29 Author: Emma
Subject: Seeking information about the Corrall family
Posted: 14 Oct 2009 at 10:42am

Seeking information about the Corrall family. Lived in Birmingham around 1800 onwards. Any information much appreciated.]]> Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:42:02 +0000 http://www.connectinghistories.org.uk/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15&PID=29#29 http://www.connectinghistories.org.uk/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10&PID=21#21 Author: anjijoy
Subject: Recommendation of the week
Posted: 18 Jun 2007 at 8:14pm

Connections Exhibition: Hidden British Histories
See www.connections-exhibition.org

some excellent material!]]> Mon, 18 Jun 2007 20:14:43 +0000 http://www.connectinghistories.org.uk/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10&PID=21#21 http://www.connectinghistories.org.uk/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7&PID=19#19 Author: anjijoy
Subject: 2008
Posted: 15 Jun 2007 at 2:39pm

My concern is that there are too many projects out there, all doing the same thing, repeating the same material and not really adding anything new.

I welcome a break from the funding of more projects so that the users can determine which of these projects have been of any lasting significance in terms of content, access, user-friendliness, interactiveness etc.]]> Fri, 15 Jun 2007 14:39:39 +0000 http://www.connectinghistories.org.uk/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7&PID=19#19 http://www.connectinghistories.org.uk/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5&PID=18#18 Author: tomp
Subject: Book on immigration
Posted: 12 Jun 2007 at 11:32am

Hi there Izzy,

I picked that book up a few months ago and it's still waiting to be read on (or down the side of) my bedside table.

I'll certainly get my head down and come back with some thoughts...]]> Tue, 12 Jun 2007 11:32:17 +0000 http://www.connectinghistories.org.uk/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5&PID=18#18 http://www.connectinghistories.org.uk/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7&PID=16#16 Author: JayneL
Subject: 2008
Posted: 08 Jun 2007 at 7:43pm

I agree with both of you about the money. Did anyone ask people if they wanted to cut this kind of stuff to pay for the olympics? I think knowing our history is really important and how is stuff about 2007 going to carry on in schools? How many schools are teaching it anyway? An do they get the fact it didn't stop?
JL]]> Fri, 08 Jun 2007 19:43:03 +0000 http://www.connectinghistories.org.uk/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7&PID=16#16 http://www.connectinghistories.org.uk/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7&PID=15#15 Author: Izzy
Subject: 2008
Posted: 07 Jun 2007 at 2:41pm

Hello there Daniel

Very interesting question - if the budget cuts leading into 2012 reduce opportunity, for community groups, to undertake activities around heritage and history then of course that's deeply troubling...

More worryngly for me, these activities are essential for empowering communities. They offer the opportunity to develop ideas, skills, and experience, as well as expanding mindsets through the engagement of partners and other communtiies.

This coupled with the clear need to enable people to be able to determine their place in society - to develop a sense of place and belonging - and other identity-related concerns, demosntrates the regenerative power of heritage projects.

Regeneration [ of communities ]occurs on a number of levels - we need to remember this...it is as much about the wellbeing of the individual as a person, and investment in them, as it is about how our environment might look, or the number jobs that we can create.

I've always thought of heritage projects in this light...

They are a natural point of entry for engaging community groups - and particularly those that have undergone social and ecnomic difficulty.

Such projects provide the opportunity to engage sections of our communities who would otherwise remain outside of the mainstream, and whose lives have been characterised marginalisation.

As such, for me, 'Black History' is critically important as a tool for the engagement of groups who would otherwise remain out on the margins...

We will have to wait to see the kind of Budget cuts that will take place - but any kind of cut will most certainly impact on the availability of opportunity...

Very worrying - especially since, I believe, heritage projects have been one of the success stories within the voluntary sector...

Izzy ]]> Thu, 07 Jun 2007 14:41:51 +0000 http://www.connectinghistories.org.uk/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7&PID=15#15 http://www.connectinghistories.org.uk/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5&PID=14#14 Author: Izzy
Subject: Book on immigration
Posted: 07 Jun 2007 at 12:30pm

Hiya Helen

Thanks for your comments...

I have to say that the book has really helped me to step back and think about things in a more cool collected kind of way...we know so little compared to what there is to know...yet the book doesn't make me feel inadeuatley prepared in terms of my own knowledge levels...instead its given me the thirst to read on and learn more...

One thing it certainly does is dispel many myths - and demonstrates that the continuous flow of people into the country throughout it history, and from a variety of backgrounds, has enabled a particlar kind of social, economic and political progress and growth - forming a character and identity that we take for granted as being British...but seldom give sufficient time to consider in terms of its depth and its beginnings...

One a more lighter nore - the book is fun to read and has had me cracking up a few times...even over quite serious matters or issues...

Izzy   
]]> Thu, 07 Jun 2007 12:30:54 +0000 http://www.connectinghistories.org.uk/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5&PID=14#14 http://www.connectinghistories.org.uk/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7&PID=13#13 Author: Daniel
Subject: 2008
Posted: 07 Jun 2007 at 11:55am

2007 has helped to raise the profile of Black British history in the media and in schools. My concern is how this heightened profile can be sustained. A lot of the events which have contributed to this raised awareness are the result of HLF funding. This will inevitably decrease in 2008 because of the need to subsidise the 2012 Olympics. So we will go into 2008 with people wanting to do new projects, wanting to find out more about Black history but the funding will not necessarily be there.

Daniel]]> Thu, 07 Jun 2007 11:55:49 +0000 http://www.connectinghistories.org.uk/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7&PID=13#13 http://www.connectinghistories.org.uk/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5&PID=12#12 Author: Helen
Subject: Book on immigration
Posted: 07 Jun 2007 at 9:54am

I've read it - thought it was really interesting and provided a good overview of the topic. There was a lot I hadn't really thought about before, and I liked the way the author took a broad approach and covered migration to Britain over thousands of years - it's not just a modern thing.]]> Thu, 07 Jun 2007 09:54:09 +0000 http://www.connectinghistories.org.uk/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5&PID=12#12