Scotland's transnational heritage : legacies of empire and slavery / edited by Emma Bond and Michael Morris.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bond, Emma, 1979- editor.

Morris, Michael (Lecturer in English), editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International relations.

Scotland--Historiography.

Scotland.

Scotland--History.

Scotland--Relations.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 242 pages) :illustrations ; digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2023.

Summary:

"How do we re-think the way Scotland's history is told today? In the current context of calls to decolonise both the museum and the academy, how do we tell the stories of Scotland's role in networks of colonialism? Scotland's Transnational Heritage draws on the expertise of academics, museum professionals and creative practitioners working together to re-think the way that the transnational histories of Scotland are being told today. It outlines new historical examples of how Scottish trades and institutions benefitted from Empire. It gathers examples of contemporary case studies and innovative practices in storytelling that engage and inform. The book aims to inspire heritage and museum staff and academics to create new approaches to these histories, both in Scotland and beyond. It provides a timely snapshot of the exciting and diverse work taking place in the field in Scotland today."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Acknowledgments; List of Illustrations; Foreword: Fostering Recognition under the Luxury of Amnesia (Alberta Whittle); 1. An Introduction to Scotland's Transnational Heritage: Sites, Things and Time(s) (Emma Bond); Part I: Transnational Sites; 2. Tartan: Its Journey Through the African Diaspora (Teleica Kirkland); 3. Textiles in Transition. Linen, Jute, and the Dundee Region's Transnational Networks, c. 1740- c. 1880 (Sally Tuckett and Christopher A. Whatley); 4. Some Things Can't Be Unknown

Sharing History with My Neighbours (Jeni Reid); 5. Black History Walking Tours Edinburgh (Lisa Williams); Part II: Transnational Things; 6. The East India Company and Scotland: Tracing the Recovery and Reappraisal of a Transnational Corporation (Bashabi Fraser); 7. The Matter of Slavery at National Museums Scotland (Sarah Laurenson); 8. Paisley's Empire: Representation, Collection and Display (Joel Fagan); 9. Telling a Fuller Story: Scottish Design, Empire and Transnational Heritage at V&A Dundee (Meredith More and Rosie Spooner); Part III: Transnational Time(s); 10. Storywalking as Transnational Method: From Juteopolis to Sugaropolis (Mona Bozdog); 11. Digital Museum Objects and Transnational Histories (Nicôle Meehan); 12. Decolonising University Histories: Reflections on Research into African, Asian and Caribbean Students at Edinburgh (UncoverED); 13. Avowing Slavery in the Visual Arts (Michael Morris); Afterword: Building Solidarity: Moving Towards the Repatriation of the House of Ni'isjoohl Totem Pole (Amy Parent, Noxs Ts'aawit, with William Moore, Sim'oogit Duuk); List of Contributors; Index.

Foreword: Fostering Recognition under the Luxury of Amnesia, Alberta Whittle 1. An Introduction to Scotland's Transnational Heritage: Sites, Things and Time(s), Emma Bond (University of Oxford) Part I: Transnational Sites 2. Tartan: Its Journey Through the African Diaspora, Teleica Kirkland 3. Textiles in Transition. Linen, Jute, and the Dundee Region's Transnational Networks, c. 1740- c. 1880, Sally Tuckett (University of Glasgow) and Christopher A. Whatley (University of Dundee) 4. Some Things Can't Be Unknown

Sharing History with My Neighbours, Jeni Reid 5. Black History Walking Tours Edinburgh, Lisa Williams (Edinburgh Caribbean Association / University of Edinburgh) Part II: Transnational Things 6. The East India Company and Scotland: Tracing the Recovery and Reappraisal of a Transnational Corporation, Bashabi Fraser 7. The Matter of Slavery at National Museums Scotland, Sarah Laurenson (National Museums Scotland) 8. Paisley's Empire: Representation, Collection and Display, Joel Fagan (Paisley Museum) 9. Telling a Fuller Story: Scottish Design, Empire and Transnational Heritage at V&A Dundee, Meredith More (V&A Dundee) and Rosie Spooner (University of Glasgow) Part III: Transnational Time(s) 10. Storywalking as Transnational Method: From Juteopolis to Sugaropolis, Mona Bozdog 11. Digital Museum Objects and Transnational Histories, Nicôle Meehan (University of St Andrews) 12. Decolonising University Histories: Reflections on Research into African, Asian and Caribbean Students at Edinburgh, UncoverED 13. Avowing Slavery in the Visual Arts, Michael Morris (University of Dundee) Afterword. Building Solidarity: Moving Towards the Repatriation of the House of Ni'isjoohl Totem Pole, Amy Parent, Noxs Ts'aawit, with William Moore, Sim'oogit Duuk.

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ISBN:

9781474493529 (electronic book)

9781474493536

147449353X

9781474493529

1474493521

OCLC:

1352970325