“Decolonising isn’t about writing an alternate narrative, it’s about creating space for multiple narratives” (Research participant, 2025)
This impact project aims to extend the impact of workshops run on ‘Decolonising the British Empire Exhibition of 1938 through Augmented Reality Narratives’ by creating a series of 5 events over 5 months to allow space for discussion of Glasgow’s heritage from a racially literate perspective. Four workshops will focus on deepening engagement and building trust with the participant group. The final workshop will be a summary/evaluation to allow us to understand the key issues for sharing beyond the group.
This project will:
Create further prompt materials, using the Empire Exhibition as a case study.
Create card decks to support polyvocality and acceptance of difference about Glasgow’s history/heritage.
Make use of the resources produced for the ‘Decolonising the British Empire Exhibition of 1938 through Augmented Reality Narratives’ to explore the issues in depth.
Deepen and widen the community of people who wish to explore multiple narratives of history.
Lead to greater racial literacy about Glasgow residents’ complex relationships to empire/colonialism, in a form that can be shared with policymakers and used as evidence for policy reform.
We also hope that the project may lead to a additional experience and resources for partner organisations to run similar events in future and potentially be used as a springboard for creating regular, self-sustaining event series.