A reflection on the importance of the feelings of belonging and confidence in learning new digital skills; the need to ensure a safe space for learning and the power of language to encourage or disconnect.
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A behind-the-scenes look at how GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums) professionals manage problematic collections and the work needed to challenge elitist and oppressive frameworks within the archive in terms of BAME representation.
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The lack of BME characters and authors in children’s literature has been recently highlighted by research from the Centre for Literacy in Primary Education and from Book Trust. This noted lack raises questions such as:
This workshop, led by Royal Literary Fund Fellow Leila Rasheed, will include highlights from a report on Megaphone: an Arts Council England funded project to support BME children’s authors, which she ran until 2016 and consider the above questions and more.
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