Description
We are looking for a freelance researcher to help shape our new cultural programme, Making Leicestershire My Home. This will involve using local, national and international resources but in particular, the collections of the Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland (ROLLR).
Making Leicestershire My Home
This programme of activity will focus on reflecting the histories, experiences and contributions of people who have made Leicestershire their home over thousands of years, and how this continues to shape the culture of where we live today. We will achieve this through a programme that will showcase our existing museum and archive collections and stories, co-created community projects with targeted audiences, and outreach with communities facing barriers to accessing our cultural offer. We will use the skills of our staff, volunteers, and commissioned creative practitioners and artists to shine a light on modern Leicestershire in the context of its own history.
Team: CuL Senior Leadership Team
Location: Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland andhome based
Project Delivery Timeframes: Feb - March 26
Commission Amount: £5000
- Develop historically accurate research using the archives and collections based at ROLLR, and by working with our professional Archivists and Museum Curatorial Teams.
- Identify migration stories relevant to Leicestershire's history and cultural heritage that provides a strong historical foundation for the Making Leicestershire My Home programme.
- Research, review and document 10 themes/stories relating to Leicestershire's migration stories and present them to project leads and stakeholders in a format which will support them to prioritise 4/5. These will be selected for further in-depth attention by the freelancer and the CuL team.
- Produce clear, accessible reports or case studies that can be easily adapted for multiple uses, including museum and library exhibitions, community displays, digital case studies, workshops, talks, and tours.
- Demonstrable relevant experience of working within the Cultural and Heritage sectors as a researcher using a people and place-based approach.
- Passion for and understanding of how the potential of this research can inspire audience engagement throughout the wider programme.
- Ability to identify previously untold/less well-known material which would be meaningful to communities and the heritage/history of Leicestershire.
- Efficiency in researching, reviewing and summarising volumes of information in different formats, and identifying relevant content within it.
- Able to present information in a digestible and appealing way in order for project leads and stakeholders to make decisions on scope and potential of impact and easily use it afterwards.
- Commitment to equity of opportunity, inclusivity and accessibility.
- Able to work using own initiative and with limited day to day guidance.
- Consider and reduce the environmental impact of any materials and methods used.
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