Scottish Graduate School for Arts & Humanities

Thursday 20th of June

10am-12noon

R225 - Advanced Research Centre, Glasgow

Katherine Mackinnon
Katherine Mackinnon is a PhD researcher at the University of Glasgow, working on an oral history of refugee lives in Scotland from the 1970s to the present day. Her professional background includes work in refugee integration, prison education and community development. Alongside her PhD, Katherine is a writer and workshop facilitator, working with groups to read and write poetry, and explore creative ways of documenting everyday life. She is also a founding member of Radical Glasgow Tours, a collective that runs radical history walks around Glasgow.

About this Session

In this workshop participants can learn about the process of researching, developing and running radical history walking tours across Glasgow. I will draw particularly on a refugee histories tour which is based on my PhD research as an example of how walking tours can be used by researchers for public engagement, and will also share examples of other tours around the world.

The workshop will include practical guidance on developing a walking tour, and participants will have a chance to try out planning a route and/or devising a stop. This can be using their own research as a basis or they can use materials we will provide.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this session, participants will:

  • have been introduced to the walking tour as public engagement
  • develop an understanding of some of the key things to bear in mind when developing tours
  • have had a chance to think about how they might communicate aspects of their own research using the walking tour format

Who might be interested?

This session will be of interest to: Doctoral researchers keen on different methods of public engagement; researchers interested in using walking in research.

Event contact: radicalglasgowtours@gmail.com 

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First published: 11 May 2023

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