Abstract
Why might historians, archivists, and other researchers want to take a ‘creative turn’?
In these pieces, Alison Twells, Matt Houlbrook, Will Pooley and Helen Rogers reflect on the creativity of historical research, and how embracing creative practices offers ways to reach different audiences. Their co-produced projects show how practice-based research and creative responses to archives and collections can allow different forms of engagement.
These reflections are part of a collection of pieces published on Paper Trails, written by artists, heritage workers, writers and academics exploring ideas of ‘creative history’. These pieces reflect more on the process of bringing these creative histories together, and are connected to a forthcoming article on ‘undisciplined histories’. The workshops, conferences and projects here described explored creativity and co-production, exploring a wider web of collaboration and how it has shaped our own practice.
In these pieces, Alison Twells, Matt Houlbrook, Will Pooley and Helen Rogers reflect on the creativity of historical research, and how embracing creative practices offers ways to reach different audiences. Their co-produced projects show how practice-based research and creative responses to archives and collections can allow different forms of engagement.
These reflections are part of a collection of pieces published on Paper Trails, written by artists, heritage workers, writers and academics exploring ideas of ‘creative history’. These pieces reflect more on the process of bringing these creative histories together, and are connected to a forthcoming article on ‘undisciplined histories’. The workshops, conferences and projects here described explored creativity and co-production, exploring a wider web of collaboration and how it has shaped our own practice.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Paper Trails |
| Subtitle of host publication | The Social Lives of Archives and Collections |
| Publisher | UCL Press |
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| Publication status | Published - 12 May 2022 |