Category: Education
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Shifting identities: Why Scotland’s Showpeople need to appear on the 2021 census.
In our last post we updated you on our efforts to ensure Scottish Showpeople were included in Scotland’s 2021 census. Writing in her blog, Fair Scotland member and social policy expert Dr. Andrea Salvona reflects on the difficulties of categorising showmen and women, and why we need to avoid simply being ‘other’. Categorising Identity: ‘Occupational…
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Showtime in Glasgow and Paris
Just thought I’d draw your attention to some interesting things related to showpeople. Firstly there is a photographic exhibition in the foyer of Trongate 103 Glasgow (where I am the attendant) which may be of interest: The Forgotten Collective 4/4 (Reprise) The work of Steven Scott – No Money Refund – 10 photographs documenting the…
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Schools Workshop
Great news! This advert is going out to Glasgow schools. Please feel free to pass this information on / contact me for a copy. BEHIND THE SCENES AT THE FAIR! Where do Fun Fairs come from and where do they go? Use museum displays, objects and role-play to learn about the life and work of…
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Handling Objects
Working with schools in the museum, Learning & Access use displays to bring history to life and to start conversations about all sorts of topics. As we are not allowed to touch most of the objects in the museum, we use ‘handling objects’ to make the experience as true to real life as possible. We…
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What are your thoughts?
The politics of universalism (equal dignity) and the politics of difference (identity) – The politics of universalism are based on the idea that whatever is established is meant to be universally the same for all citizens, the objective being that all citizens and all perspectives should be mainstreamed into society and its institutions – including…
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Intangible Cultural Heritage – what is it?
Hi everyone, in advance of our conversation this Thursday, I thought it would be useful to send around a few links on Intangible Cultural Heritage, and some short definitions…. This below is taken from UNESCO’s definition of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) here: http://www.unesco.org/culture/ich/index.php?lg=en&pg=00003 and there is also a pdf attached to this post (below) that explains it in more…
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Education for All
I believe that education should be accessible to all and that learning should be for life. So the work of the Scottish Traveller Education Programme (S.T.E.P.) is of great interest to me. S.T.E.P. have outlined some definitions of various travelling communities in Scotland on their website http://www.step.education.ed.ac.uk The following text is copied from the S.T.E.P. website and helped…
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