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As part of the University\u2019s 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<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Organised 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.<\/p>\n

Agenda<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
11:00<\/td>\nWelcome and coffee<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11:15<\/td>\n1-minute introductions.<\/p>\n

Slides are encouraged from all participants in advance (please submit to Beth Steiner:\u00a0e.steiner@reading.ac.uk<\/a>\u00a0by 14th<\/sup>\u00a0November).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

12:15<\/td>\nObject-based discussion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13:15<\/td>\nLunch<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14:00<\/td>\nStrategic breakout groups\u202fI<\/p>\n

Proposed themes include:<\/p>\n

    \n
  • Maritime Exploration and Monitoring [voyages of discovery;\u00a0collectors at sea and maritime impact of collections; aligning specimens and documentation with ships\u2019 logs and written histories]<\/li>\n
  • India and Hidden Collectors [botanical hidden histories; decolonisation of collections;\u00a0exploring the histories of the people who collected the specimens but whose names don\u2019t feature in the record]<\/li>\n
  • One Health [the integrated health of people, animals, plants, and environment; zoonotic\u00a0research; the human-nature relationship from the past to the future and the public dialogue around it]<\/li>\n
  • Creative Approaches to the Natural History Museum\u2019s Collections, especially visual and material culture, including data and digitisation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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15:00<\/td>\nRefreshments<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15:10<\/td>\nStrategic breakout groups\u202fII \u2013 feedback and future planning.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16:00<\/td>\nEnd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

These 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.<\/p>\n

Lunch and refreshments will be provided.<\/p>\n

Please register here<\/a> by Friday 3rd<\/sup> November.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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