Engagement
Integral to this research are two engagement strands that aim to diversify debates about the ‘migrated’ archives, and co-create new understandings of this controversial collection.
Early Career Researchers in Nigeria
The removal of the ‘migrated’ archives to Britain, and British authorities’ efforts to keep them secret from people of colour, have made it difficult for researchers based in the Global South to access the files. In collaboration with the Lagos Studies Association and the Institut français de recherche en Afrique (IFRA-Nigeria), this project will deliver an innovative programme of mentorship to early career researchers based in Nigeria. It will make available digital images of the ‘migrated’ files to support their own research, and bringing important new perspectives to bear on debates about these archives.
Schools in Britain
The ‘migrated’ archives story is rarely taught in British secondary schools, despite its importance in understanding the end of empire and its legacies for contemporary Britain. The project will facilitate the co-creation of new teaching resources for schools about the ‘migrated’ archives. A-level students from partner schools will work as ‘interns’ on the project, collaborating with Northumbria University student mentors and school teachers to analyse ‘migrated’ archives documents. The project will co-create teaching resources that will generate new conversations among young people about decolonisation.
