Heritage

Explore how archival research, historical linguistics, translation and collaboration help uncover and reinterpret cultural histories, languages and identities.

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Research into cultural heritage brings together written, material, visual and spoken forms of evidence. Methods including archival research, historical linguistics, translation and collaboration with artists and communities can recover voices and perspectives from the past while exploring how histories, languages and cultural identities are interpreted and understood today.

Dr Katherine Fennelly

Dr Katherine Fennelly explains how mapping, archival research and site visits can be combined to uncover the histories of buildings, institutions and landscapes.

Dr Ranjan Sen

Dr Ranjan Sen explains how historical linguistic evidence can be used to reconstruct how people spoke in the past and explore the meanings attached to linguistic variation.

More examples of Arts & Humanities research projects engaging with heritage...

Place and Craft AlcoholSheffield Jewish HeritageImagining Greece ExhibitionRoots & Futures: Exploring Place-Based Heritage with Underserved Communities in SheffieldThe Morecambe Winter Gardens: Contested HistoriesPeople’s Archive of Food Memories

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