1. 6HUM1126 Finding the Past: local and global communities Workshop 1 introduction Dr Katrina Navickas

2. Community history History of communities History by communities http://www.hackney.gov.uk/hackney-the-place-diversity.htm http://www.wforalhistory.org.uk/http://www.wforalhistory.org.uk/ - Waltham Forest Oral History project http://www.queerinbrighton.co.uk/http://www.queerinbrighton.co.uk/ Brighton LGBT community project

3. ‘History from below’ Developments in social history since the 1960s – challenging ‘mainstream’ history moving the emphasis away from for example ‘high politics’ to the history of everyday life Key influence – E. P. Thompson – not just The Making of the English Working Class (1963) but also his work with the W. E. A. http://www.london.wea.org.uk/component/content/article/209 http://www.wea.org.uk/news/lukefowler.aspx

4. ‘history from below’ – other challenges to mainstream history History Workshop movement Feminist history Black history queer or LGBT history Yet most of these were still directed by academic historians… http://www.historyworkshop.org.uk/

5. ‘people’s history’ – community projects Role of the Heritage Lottery Fund – again challenging mainstream funding by English Heritage, National Trust, etc Move away from ‘castles and stately homes’ to community heritage Often started by pre-existing local groups such as WEA, Historical Association, residents’ associations For example, St Luke’s Community History Group, Finsbury, www.stlukescommunityhistorygroup.co.uk/ www.stlukescommunityhistorygroup.co.uk/

6. Community history in the media Who do you think you are? – builds on the huge rise in interest in family history or genealogy

7. Online resources & digitisation transforming access to community history Church of the Latter Day Saints – ‘I.C.I’ index to births, marriages and deaths – previously on paper & microfilm Ancestry.com and findmypast.co.uk = the census, parish records, military records from The National Archives and local record offices - what are the advantages of such sites? - what are their disadvantages?

8. Community ‘co-production’ of histories Own websites Specific needs and communities – sharing globally – from local to global E.g. ‘Deaf in New South Wales’ (Australia) http://deafinnsw.com/ Look at their timeline – http://deafinnswtimeline.com/#timeline2