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Using local history in a schools' educational context. £3 entry.
Part of the King's Museum Tuesday evening Lecture programme. Lectures are held at 7.30pm on Tuesdays. Where there is a charge this should be paid on the door. Please contact King's Museum if you have any questions or suggestions. Final details, changes and additions to the programme will be available at: www.abdn.ac.uk/museum/lectures.
With severe financial restrictions effecting all but core activities in schools whilst, conversely, having a new curriculum that demands adventurous interdisciplinary approaches to teaching and learning, approaches heavily predicated on interaction with external communities and creative practitioners, it is important for educators to understand the importance of partnership working and the mechanisms through which successful programmes are orchestrated.
Aberdeenshire's emphasis on the right of all children and young people to 'learn in, learn about and learn through the unique natural, cultural and economic environment of Aberdeenshire and the north east...' gives added weight to this requirement and is especially cognisant of cultural opportunities offered through the arts and heritage.
'What's the War Got to Do With Us?' outlines a specific piece of work that focussed on Duff House and its environs but shows how a modest idea involving oral history and archival sources was able to grow into a valuable resource of national relevance that benefits pupils, researchers and the general public alike.
David Atherton has worked in the cultural education sector for some 25 years, the last 5 managing the Arts Education team in Aberdeenshire and the previous 14 as Cultural Services Education Officer in Aberdeen City. During the 80’s and early 90’s he taught in both Higher Education and Adult Education and was particularly involved in developing opportunities for excluded student groups.
Having a passion for oral history, he has edited and published a number of books including ‘Old Torry o’ Fish an Fowk’, Far Wis Ye Fin the Sireens Blew?’, ‘Work, Welfare and the Price of Fish’ and ‘We’re Far fae Home Now!’.
As a practicing visual artist he has exhibited in many countries, securing pieces in collections that include the Hanagawa Prefectural Gallery (Japan), the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Australian National Gallery and the Italian Embassy (London) and the Salzburg State Gallery. He has held artists residencies in Pecs and Sellye (Hungary), Lassing (Austria), Berlin and several settings in the UK.
- Speaker
- David Atherton
- Hosted by
- Aberdeenshire Council
- Venue
- MacRobert Building, Room 055
- Contact
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King's Museum - 01224 274330