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ock: The Third Disability History Conference at LMA
Friday 24 November
11am - 3.30pm
FREE - booking essential: https://takingstocklma.eventbrite.co.uk
Teas and coffees will be served. Please note there are no food catering facilities on-site. You are welcome to bring a picnic.

An exciting programme of presentations and workshops will open up our understanding and perceptions of impairment, disability and the lived experience of people from the past. What are our sources and how do they get created? What do they tell us? What don't they tell us? Could they be misleading us? Come and join the big debate.

Speakers include:

The Rt Hon. the Lord Blunkett - The importance of archives for uncovering the history of disability inthe past
Amy Oulton, Graphic Designer, Campaigner and Traveller - Amy is a wheelchair user who spent three months backpacking across Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, and Japan with her friend Steph. Find out what she experienced and discovered on this amazing journey.
Louise Bell, The National Archives -  Prosthetics, recovery and rehabilitation in First World War and beyond.
Sally Bevan, London Metropolitan Archives - The Heart and Soul Oral History Project. Voices speaking to the present and creating a record for the future
Stephanie Wright, University of Southampton - Exploring the history of disability through Roman archaeology

Workshops. Choose A or B:

  1.  Project Building. How can good heritage based ideas get turned into an effective and engaging project which contribute to our histories.
  2.  The Ethical Dilemma Café. A chance to discuss some of the ethical concerns around creating collections, offering access and public engagement.

This event is part of Disability History Month http://ukdhm.org/ and Explore Your Archive http://www.exploreyourarchive.org/



Tom Furber
Development Officer
London Metropolitan Archives
40 Northampton Road
London EC1R 0HB
Tel: 020 7332 3851


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