Dr Edson Burton: #Resist Curator
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Meet Dr Edson Burton, Working Class Equality Researcher for the Art of Resistance project.
Dr Edson Burton is a historian, writer and curator living in Bristol since 1994. Old Market, & Edson joined the Trinity staff team in 2010 to lead What’s Your Trinity Story Project, since then he has led the ground breaking Old Market Study Vice & Virtue, Bridges & Heart & Soul projects. He is co-author of What’s Your Trinity Story & Vice & Virtue. He is a regular voice on local and national radio and television.
His areas of interest include the history of Old Market and the transatlantic slave trade. He is co-author of What’s Your Trinity Story, Vice and Virtue and the poetry collection Seasoned.
Edson is also heading up the project as Heritage Curator. Please get in touch with him if you're interested in getting involved with the project.