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Do you know, if there any existing vocabularies around this topic? Local or global?

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employ experts in the topic to re-assess their collections?

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How to 'outsource' selection/curation of archives to 'communities'?

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How to 'outsource' selection/curation of archives to 'communities'?

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Need to ensure that a 'controlled vocabulary' is devised which involves the sector. Not sure if Collections Trust has a link to an existing one or not. Be aware this could keep evolving. 

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Need to ensure that a 'controlled vocabulary' is devised which involves the sector. Not sure if Collections Trust has a link to an existing one or not. Be aware this could keep evolving. 

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I suppose that instead of working backwards from archives, a counter archive might include the development of new material that already innately embeds the perspectives of disabled people

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I suppose that instead of working backwards from archives, a counter archive might include the development of new material that already innately embeds the perspectives of disabled people

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involve as many people as possible to gauge the various vocabulary available in the different spheres

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involve as many people as possible to gauge the various vocabulary available in the different spheres

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National Disability Arts Collection & Archive – The Golden Age of the Disability Arts Movement (the-ndaca.org)

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National Disability Arts Collection & Archive

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The National Disability Arts Collection and Archive - NDACA

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Uncover the heritage story of a group of disabled people and their allies who broke down barriers, helped change the law and made great art and culture along that journey. NDACA is delivered by the disability-led arts organisation Shape Arts which provides opportunities and support for disabled a

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Raise awareness of acceptable terminology

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Raise awareness of acceptable terminology

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Providing context for the repository and being able to offer time to give appropriate interpretation to a collection that helps with audience understanding and access

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Providing context for the repository and being able to offer time to give appropriate interpretation to a collection that helps with audience understanding and access

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Cabinet of Curiosities: how disability was kept in a box | The University of Manchester

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Objects, medical specimens and photographs reveal our perceptions of disability

On 10 June, a very special show will come to Manchester Museum. Cabinet of Curiosities: how disability was kept in a box is written and performed by the critically acclaimed actor Mat Fraser. It takes the form of a performance lecture and uses artefacts in museum collections to explore perceptions of disability.

The performance is part of project called Stories of a Difference Kind, led by the Research Centre for Museums and Galleries at the University of Leicester and funded by the Wellcome Trust and Arts Council England, with Mat Fraser, the Hunterian Museum at the Royal College of Surgeons, the Science Museum, the Royal College of Physicians and SHAPE, with advice and support from the Smithsonian Institution. The project is trying to shift and inform attitudes to disability and create new narratives. Fraser has had access to artefacts and portraits across many museum collections.

Drawing on inspiration gained from sifting through the many objects, medical specimens, photographs and papers held in the collections of the Manchester Museum, the Hunterian Museum at the Royal College of Surgeons, Royal College of Physicians and the Science Museum, Mat explores the part that medical advances and the development of the medical profession have historically played in shaping our present day perceptions of disability.

Performance lasts approximately 75 minutes with no interval. There will be a post-performance discussion.

Ticket prices

Booking

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Cabinet of Curiosities: how disability was kept in a box | The University of Manchester

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Objects, medical specimens and photographs reveal our perceptions of disability On 10 June, a very special show will come to Manchester Museum. Cabinet of Curiosities: how disability was kept in a box is written and performed by the critically acclaimed actor Mat Fraser.

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Would this continue to reinforce 'difference'?

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Would this continue to reinforce 'difference'?

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Consider how archives might be organised/categorised/curated to challenge the traditional organisation of material which might exclude, privilege, label, formulate particular connections, create particular narratives. This is also connected to vocabulary

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liked the discussion re recording the process of debating language within disabled communities, rather than just the outcomes, as its a dynamic process

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liked the discussion re recording the process of debating language within disabled communities, rather than just the outcomes, as its a dynamic process

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Shifting realities, moving in and out of contexts, it is not fixed. 

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Shifting realities, moving in and out of contexts, it is not fixed. 

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I came across this after this morning's conversation which is interesting - info on how to look after archives but also raising questions of responsibility
http://www.bristol.ac.uk/theatre-collection/caring-for-your-theatre--live-art-records/caring-for-your-own-records/

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Theatre and live art records at risk due to the COVID-19

We are currently running a project to find and rescue significant theatre and live art records at risk due to COVID-19.

We are looking to help individuals and organisations that have been affected by the pandemic and need help with caring for their archives, both digital and analogue.

If you need support with caring for your records or know of a vulnerable collection, please contact Siân Williams, Project Archivist for the Theatre & Live Art Records at Risk project: sian.a.williams@bristol.ac.uk

For more information about the project, please have a look at our news article and blog posts.

The records you have created and accumulated in the course of your theatre or live art related activities may have significant research value. If preserved these records could be a valuable source of information and could contribute to the history of theatre and live art.

Whilst your records are in current use it is worth considering how to care for them, as later you may want to select some of them for preservation as part of an archival collection. Records can take various forms including paper based, photographic, audiovisual and digital material.

Managing, caring for and storing your own records

Please have a look at our short informational video for a basic overview of good practice when looking after your records:

For additional resources about caring for your own records, please take a look at the following links:

Heritage Hub produced by Gloucestershire Archives is a web resource for community and family archivists covering a range of topics to help you preserve a personal, organisational, local or subject-related collection

Preserving your personal digital files

Please have a look at our brief overview of good practice when starting to manage your personal digital archive:

For additional resources about preserving your digital files, please take a look at the following links:

For advice on preserving your digital memories, such as digital photographs, audio and video have a look at The Library of Congress personal archiving pages

For performance and theatre companies looking to maintain their archives

Donate your collection

If you decide to donate your collection to a repository for permanent preservation, we can help you find the most appropriate home for it, whether that be at the Theatre Collection or another archive in the UK. Please have a look at our information page Finding a new home for your records.

The benefits of donating your records to an archive, such as the Theatre Collection, are that your records will be:

catalogued to archive standards

made available and accessible to researchers

kept in carefully monitored storage facilities to ensure optimum conditions for long-term preservation

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The records you have created and accumulated in the course of your theatre or live art related activities may have significant research value. If preserved these records could be a valuable source of information and could contribute to the history of theatre and live art.