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SUMMARY:Natural History Museum Collections & Culture workshop
DESCRIPTION:As part of the University’s developing partnership with the Natural History Museum (NHM)\, and as a return visit by NHM curators and researchers to the trip a number of us made to South Kensington in early May\, we will be holding a joint workshop day at The MERL on 20th November 11-4pm. \nOrganised in collaboration with colleagues in UMASCS and the Collections and Culture Theme at NHM\, the day will be a chance to develop individual relationships\, share research enthusiasms and to advance more concrete plans to develop joint activities\, including joint grant applications and doctoral training collaborations. \nAgenda\n\n\n\n11:00\nWelcome and coffee\n\n\n11:15\n1-minute introductions. \nSlides are encouraged from all participants in advance (please submit to Beth Steiner: e.steiner@reading.ac.uk by 14th November).\n\n\n12:15\nObject-based discussion\n\n\n13:15\nLunch\n\n\n14:00\nStrategic breakout groups I \nProposed themes include: \n\nMaritime Exploration and Monitoring [voyages of discovery; collectors at sea and maritime impact of collections; aligning specimens and documentation with ships’ logs and written histories]\nIndia and Hidden Collectors [botanical hidden histories; decolonisation of collections; exploring the histories of the people who collected the specimens but whose names don’t feature in the record]\nOne Health [the integrated health of people\, animals\, plants\, and environment; zoonotic research; the human-nature relationship from the past to the future and the public dialogue around it]\nCreative Approaches to the Natural History Museum’s Collections\, especially visual and material culture\, including data and digitisation\n\n \n\n\n15:00\nRefreshments\n\n\n15:10\nStrategic breakout groups II – feedback and future planning.\n\n\n16:00\nEnd\n\n\n\nThese breakout group themes are not exhaustive and we would welcome further suggestions for breakout groups\, which we can facilitate according to demand. Please respond to the question in the form when you register so we can try to accommodate as many areas of interest as possible. \nLunch and refreshments will be provided. \nPlease register here by Friday 3rd November. 
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/natural-history-museum-collections-culture-workshop/
LOCATION:Museum of English Rural Life (The MERL)\, Redlands Road\, Reading\, RG1 5EX\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Heritage & Creativity
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