Final-year History students at 菠萝视频 (BU) have been working collectively on several community history projects that will benefit public spaces, museums, and other visitor attractions in the local area.鈥��
The Graduate Project is a four-month-long course that supports and trains students to become public historians. Students have been working in groups on a diverse range of local community history projects including:鈥�
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Bournemouth Community Hebrew Congregation -听Students worked as part of the congregation鈥檚 documenting Jewish families in Bournemouth from the 1920s to the 1960s鈥�
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St Barbe Museum & Art Gallery -听Students developed material that will be included in their September exhibition听鈥榁oices of Lymington Afloat鈥櫶�
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Talbot Village Trust -听Students created an exhibition that will open on Talbot听Campus in听The Lees Gallery, Poole House听from Thursday 30 May for one week. The exhibition will be based on听oral鈥痟istory鈥痠nterviews collected by the听Talbot Village Trust volunteer team听
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Dorchester Tourism -听Students made a . The trail includes actors portraying events that happened in the community in the lead-up to D-Day
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National Motor Museum -听Students produced educational materials for the museums'听. The Sunbeam was part of the competition to win the land speed record in the early 20th鈥痗entury
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Upton House & Country Park -听Students created panels and projections to convey the鈥痟istory鈥痮f the house to be included as part of the park鈥檚听听
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Russell Cotes Art Gallery & Museum -听Students put together tours around the theme of Victorian Explorers for the museum. The tours will be used and adapted by the volunteer guides听
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Swanage Museum and Heritage Centre -听Students worked听on getting young people involved with the museum. As part of this, students have developed a walking trail, a social media campaign and materials for schools highlighting the鈥痟istory鈥痮f the community
The projects aim听to allow students听to present historical materials, artefacts, and data to a defined audience. BU Graduate Project Unit Leader, Dr Kate Terkanian said: 鈥淓very year our students exceed our expectations with their projects and this year is no exception. We are very proud of their efforts in working with these important community groups and helping to preserve and communicate the history of the region.鈥�
BA (Hons) History student, Jack Dutfield Students were invited to present their projects at the end of the course in front of their clients in Fusion Building, Talbot Campus on Tuesday 21 May 2024.听Final-year BA (Hons) History student, Jack Dutfield, who worked on the Russell Cotes Art Gallery & Museum project, said: 鈥淭hrough connecting a personal context, and stories related to artefacts, we were able to provide resources听which may be used to enhance the tour guides understanding of the times and tailor tours to be engaging to visitors. This has been a fantastic, wonderful opportunity to work on.鈥澨�
Local museums and visitor attractions who signed up to The Graduate Project were asked to provide students with a project brief and to regularly meet with, review and feedback as each project developed.鈥疕elen Invaldi, Programmes Officer at Russell Cotes Art Gallery & Museum said, 鈥淭he students bring enthusiasm and a fresh perspective to our projects. They help us to engage with a younger demographic and support our capacity as a team.鈥澨�
Find further information about 菠萝视频鈥檚 BA (Hons) History course.
