Project Roles - Vice & Virtue Project

The researcher will support the Vice and Virtue project coordinator in conducting research into existing archival sources documenting the history of Old Market Bristol, from the 1900s to the present.

Funded by Heritage Lottery Fund, the project will consist of activities designed to engage the community of all ages in sharing their experiences and stories connected to the locality. It will also involve carrying out detailed research into the area, with a focus on key themes.

Together, the project team will achieve the following aims:

• Documenting the social history of communities who lived and worked within Old Market High Street before these stories are lost.
• Telling the history of Bristol marginalised communities whose stories are often excluded from mainstream history and heritage activities, i.e. gay and lesbian culture, black servicemen, sex industry workers.
• Documenting the changing population of Old Market with the settlement of migrant communities.
• Documenting the transformation of business and industrial history of Old Market
• The production  of a rich and diverse local heritage to promote a positive image of Old Market to counterbalance media and local negative perceptions of the area.

The project will culminate in an exhibition, booklet, and a series of workshops to produce an Old Market Heritage Trail (hard copy and online), as well as a detailed research project into the area's history, which will build upon existing online and hard copy archive information.

Application deadline

• Project Researcher: 31th January 2014

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