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AC-21st Anniversary and conference 2014

AC-21st Anniversary and conference 2014

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My Roots My Culture Exhibition

My Roots My Culture Exhibition

The My Roots My CultureExhibition traces the last 6 months of the BAM! Sistahood! Heritage  Project, the research and the development of the project through the eyes of the project participants. Taken by participants across the region, namely Northumberland, Middlesbrough and Newcastle, BAMER women have taken, chosen and curated this exhibition with the support of artists, Phyllis Christopher and…

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We're revamping our website!

We’re revamping our website!

We’re revamping our website- updating the layout and heritage media sections with support from Newcastle University’s Computer Science School, should be up and running by May 2014.

In the meantime- enjoy the blog entries and we will try and post as much media as possible.

If you would like to contribute to BAMER women’s regional digital archive or know more about the BAM! Sistahood! Project,…

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Behind the Archive at Tyne and Wear Museums Part 1

The BAM! Sistahood! Project participants have been lucky enough to go behind the scenes delving…

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Its our Party.....Celebrating Our Heritage!

The BAM! Sistahood! Celebration in Newcastle upon Tyne, with a focus on BAMER women’s food and…

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Researching Middlesbrough Migration from 1949 - 2014.......

In Middlesbrough today with the Teeside BAM! Sistahood! Group, discussing heritage, identity and…

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Designing the Logo

designed by a chinese volunteer at the Heritage Hub

Lalya and the Heritage Hub design volunteers…

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Stockton BME Network

We had the pleasure of presenting the BAM! Sistahood! Project to the Stockton BME Networkin Teeside the other day. The network brings together a membership of 47 groups  who work with or support black and minority ethnic communities. Established in 2005,…

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Women's Networking

From a research point of view BME or black community networks, especially women’s networks, were…

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Celebration Event!

Stay posted to our activities page for further information about our upcoming heritage celebration…

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Researching Our Heritage Part 3: Mapping the Unknown

Maps and borders seem to be coming up recurrently in our research. For many of the participants…

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Brainstorming!

The prototype participants have been hard at work brainstorming and coming up with some brilliant…

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Researching Our Heritage Part 2

In searching through the archives at the wonderful City Libraryin Newcastle, the lack of…

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Researching our Heritage Part 1

Researching from secondary sources; libraries, museums, county records offices etc is a big part of…

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A big part of the BAM! Sistahood! Research & Development Phase and any participant led process…

A big part of the BAM! Sistahood! Research & Development Phase and any participant led process is reflecting upon and evaluating the progress of a project as it unfolds.We’ve been engaging the Heritage Hub and Cafe in a number of reflective dialogues…

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Developing Project Guidelines

Whilst the sessions with volunteers involve skills based training, research and introductions to digital media and platforms, a really important part of this Research and Development Phase, funded by HLFis to think about how we involve black, asian,…

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So just what is a Prototype?

A digital prototype by Rachel Clark being further developed by Angelou Centre Research participants

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