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This is an email sent via the SHCG List. If you reply to this message, your message will be sent to all the people on the list, not just the author of this message. --------------- Apologies for cross posting, please find below details of an event which may be of interest. On Tue 2/10/12 5:23 PM , Rowena Lamb <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Dear Sir/Madam > I am writing to inform you about our upcoming event at the British > Library entitled ‘Tales from the Archive: How do food researchers > from different disciplines use archives?’ which I think would be of > interest to you and your members. I have also attached a flyer for > the event. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to > contact me. > With best wishes > Rowena > Rowena Lamb > > Administration Officer - NOVELLA > THOMAS CORAM RESEARCH UNIT > > Institute of Education > > 27-28 Woburn Square > > London WC1H 0AA > > Tel: +44 (0)20 7612 6921 > > Fax: +44 (0)20 7612 6927 > > Email: > > Website: http://www.ioe.ac.uk/research/54490.html [2] > > Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/NOVELLAUK [3] > TALES FROM THE ARCHIVE: > > HOW DO FOOD RESEARCHERS FROM DIFFERENT DISCIPLINES USE ARCHIVES? > > THE BRITISH LIBRARY CONFERENCE CENTRE > > MONDAY 19TH NOVEMBER, 2012 > > 10:00 – 16:00 > > LIBBY BISHOP - PETER JACKSON - STEPHEN MENNELL - ANNE MURCOTT - > POLLY RUSSELL - DAVID SMITH – NOVELLA > > The recent turn towards the re-use of data in the social sciences > means a growing number of food researchers are conducting 'fieldwork > in the archives' (Brettell, 1998). Making sense of historical data > raises a number of methodological questions for social scientists: > What historical food data-sets are available and how have they been > used for different studies? How do social scientists contextualise > historical data in relation to contemporary sources? What can social > scientists learn from historians about working with historical data > in relation to food? How have social scientists in the past engaged > with archives? > > Through a series of presentations and audience-led discussion, this > day-long workshop will examine the issues raised by the use of > archives in social science food research. There will also be an > optional tour of the British Library between 4-5pm. If you wish to > attend the tour, please ensure that you book a place as well. The > event will be of relevance to researchers interested in historical > and contemporary food research. > > The cost of attendance includes refreshments on arrival, lunch and > afternoon tea: > > − UK registered students - £30 > > − Staff from UK academic institutions, ESRC funded > researchers, UK registered charitable organisations and government > employees - £60 > > − All other attendees - £120 > Places on both the workshop and tour are limited and offered on a > first come first served basis. Registration closes on 2nd November, > 2012. To register please visit our online store: > http://store.ioe.ac.uk/browse/extra_info.asp?compid=1&modid=2&prodid=122&de > ptid=112&catid=42[4] > > Tales from the Archive is hosted by NOVELLA (Narratives of Varied > Everyday Lives and Linked Approaches) in collaboration with the > British Library. NOVELLA is an ESRC funded, National Centre for > Research Methods Phase III node concerned with the everyday habitual > practices of families. > > Please direct academic enquiries to Abigail Knight () and > administrative enquiries to Rowena Lamb (). > > > Links: > ------ > [2] http://www.ioe.ac.uk/research/54490.html > [3] https://twitter.com/#!/NOVELLAUK > [4] > http://store.ioe.ac.uk/browse/extra_info.asp?compid=1&modid=2&prodi > d=122&deptid=112&catid=42 > The SHCG list is provided for members of Social History Curators Group to discuss subjects relevant to social history in museums. To join SHCG visit www.shcg.org.uk . Opinions expressed in this email are the responsibility of the author and are not necessarily shared by SHCG. To leave the list do not reply to this message but send an email to [log in to unmask] with a blank subject line and these words as the body of the email: SIGNOFF SHCG-LIST