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Episode Synopsis
My guest today is Corinne Fowler, Professor of Colonialism and Heritage at Leicester University.
Between 2018 and 2022, Corinne directed a child-led history and writing project called 'Colonial Countryside: National Trust Houses Reinterpreted' and has also worked on the rural racism project.
In 2020, she co-authored a National Trust report that explored the colonial connections between 93 Properties that are now in the Care of the Trust and global slave trades, goods and products of enslaved labour and the East India Company and the British Raj.
After its release, the report attracted huge media interest and led to hundreds of articles which debated not only its content, but also the work and lives of the authors and the wider role of the National Trust.
We talk about what it’s like to be the recipient of intense media scrutiny, and the strategies that Corinne employed during this high-profile public debate.
We also chat about Corinne’s latest book, Our Island Stories, which is written around 10 country walks that she undertook with different companions, and which explores the relationships between local and global histories.
This conversation was recorded in January 2024 over zoom and is an edited version of a longer conversation.
Links:
Corinne Fowler: https://le.ac.uk/people/corinne-fowler
Centre for New Writing: https://www.alc.manchester.ac.uk/centrefornewwriting/
Colonial Countryside Project: https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/research/colonial-countryside-project
Rural Racism Project: https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/rural-racism
Centre for Hate Studies: https://le.ac.uk/people/neil-chakraborti
University of Leicester Museum Studies: https://le.ac.uk/museum-studies
SATs (Key Stage 2 tests): https://educationhub.blog.gov.uk/2022/05/everything-you-need-to-know-about-sats/
Arts Council England: https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/
National Lottery Heritage Fund: https://www.heritagefund.org.uk/
Renaissance One: https://www.renaissanceone.co.uk/
Our Island Stories (Book): https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/289672/corinne-fowler
Cooperative Movement: https://www.uk.coop/understanding-co-ops/how-co-ops-began
Marian Gwyn: https://www.bangor.ac.uk/iswe/dr-marian-gwyn
Penrhyn Castle: https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/wales/penrhyn-castle-and-garden
Moving Manchester Project: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=19248%2F1
Post Colonial Manchester (book): https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/renaissance/9781526120014/
Graham Campbell: https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/article/1703/Councillor-Graham-Campbell
Harewood House: https://harewood.org/
Harewood House - Missing Portrait Project: https://harewood.org/about/blog/category/missing-portraits/
David Harewood: What's in a name? A conversation between David Harewood and David Lascelles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiPuklu41tw
Colonialism and Historic Slavery Report (National Trust): https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/features/addressing-the-histories-of-slavery-and-colonialism-at-the-national-trust
Edward Coulson Statue: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Edward_Colston
Country Houses and the British Empire: How Imperialism Transformed Britain’s Colonial Countryside MOOC: https://le.ac.uk/people/corinne-fowler
Inclusive histories | Responding to the ‘culture war’ through engagement and dialogue: https://www.museumsassociation.org/campaigns/decolonising-museums/inclusive-histories-responding-to-the-culture-war/
Common Sense Group: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Sense_Group
Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning By Nigel Biggar: https://www.williamcollinsbooks.co.uk/products/colonialism-a-moral-reckoning-nigel-biggar-9780008511630/
Kevin Ncube: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-ncube-32295372/?originalSubdomain=uk
Neil Chakraborti: https://le.ac.uk/people/neil-chakraborti
Between 2018 and 2022, Corinne directed a child-led history and writing project called 'Colonial Countryside: National Trust Houses Reinterpreted' and has also worked on the rural racism project.
In 2020, she co-authored a National Trust report that explored the colonial connections between 93 Properties that are now in the Care of the Trust and global slave trades, goods and products of enslaved labour and the East India Company and the British Raj.
After its release, the report attracted huge media interest and led to hundreds of articles which debated not only its content, but also the work and lives of the authors and the wider role of the National Trust.
We talk about what it’s like to be the recipient of intense media scrutiny, and the strategies that Corinne employed during this high-profile public debate.
We also chat about Corinne’s latest book, Our Island Stories, which is written around 10 country walks that she undertook with different companions, and which explores the relationships between local and global histories.
This conversation was recorded in January 2024 over zoom and is an edited version of a longer conversation.
Links:
Corinne Fowler: https://le.ac.uk/people/corinne-fowler
Centre for New Writing: https://www.alc.manchester.ac.uk/centrefornewwriting/
Colonial Countryside Project: https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/research/colonial-countryside-project
Rural Racism Project: https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/rural-racism
Centre for Hate Studies: https://le.ac.uk/people/neil-chakraborti
University of Leicester Museum Studies: https://le.ac.uk/museum-studies
SATs (Key Stage 2 tests): https://educationhub.blog.gov.uk/2022/05/everything-you-need-to-know-about-sats/
Arts Council England: https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/
National Lottery Heritage Fund: https://www.heritagefund.org.uk/
Renaissance One: https://www.renaissanceone.co.uk/
Our Island Stories (Book): https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/289672/corinne-fowler
Cooperative Movement: https://www.uk.coop/understanding-co-ops/how-co-ops-began
Marian Gwyn: https://www.bangor.ac.uk/iswe/dr-marian-gwyn
Penrhyn Castle: https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/wales/penrhyn-castle-and-garden
Moving Manchester Project: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=19248%2F1
Post Colonial Manchester (book): https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/renaissance/9781526120014/
Graham Campbell: https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/article/1703/Councillor-Graham-Campbell
Harewood House: https://harewood.org/
Harewood House - Missing Portrait Project: https://harewood.org/about/blog/category/missing-portraits/
David Harewood: What's in a name? A conversation between David Harewood and David Lascelles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiPuklu41tw
Colonialism and Historic Slavery Report (National Trust): https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/features/addressing-the-histories-of-slavery-and-colonialism-at-the-national-trust
Edward Coulson Statue: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Edward_Colston
Country Houses and the British Empire: How Imperialism Transformed Britain’s Colonial Countryside MOOC: https://le.ac.uk/people/corinne-fowler
Inclusive histories | Responding to the ‘culture war’ through engagement and dialogue: https://www.museumsassociation.org/campaigns/decolonising-museums/inclusive-histories-responding-to-the-culture-war/
Common Sense Group: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Sense_Group
Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning By Nigel Biggar: https://www.williamcollinsbooks.co.uk/products/colonialism-a-moral-reckoning-nigel-biggar-9780008511630/
Kevin Ncube: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-ncube-32295372/?originalSubdomain=uk
Neil Chakraborti: https://le.ac.uk/people/neil-chakraborti
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