From Place to Place

What radical histories can be found in 'working and wandering' from place to place? This series explore itinerance in histories of space, movement and labour, and how historians might imagine news ways of researching itinerantly.

Do you know this place used to be a camp?

Juliana Yat Shun Kei 13 May 202512 May 2025

How do you tell a history of a city hidden in plain sight? Juliana Yat Shun Kei asks how to adequately locate Hong Kong's Vietnamese refugee camps.

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Begging Places

Dave Hitchcock 8 May 20255 May 2025

How does a public space become a 'begging place'? David Hitchcock on the life of Jamaican street sweeper in Regency London, Charles McGee.

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Mapping Surabaya’s Street Markets

Anitha Silvia 10 April 202510 April 2025

Anitha Silvia explores the intricate histories found in mapping the informal street markets of Surabaya.

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The Flower Girls of London

Felicity Hall 3 April 20253 April 2025

Felicity Hall explores the mythologised lives and lived experiences of Victorian London flower sellers.

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The Travelling Folk Museum

Eileen Budd 20 March 202519 March 2025

Eileen Budd shares how she continues Scottish ceilidh culture through the Travelling Folk Museum.

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Listening in One’s Own Voice

Zarna Hart 11 March 202512 March 2025

Zarna Hart reflects on the significance of listening to the archive in the tradition of Caribbean orality.

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Temporal Imprecision

Esther McManus 11 February 202511 February 2025

Esther McManus explores how comics can narrate multiple histories and foster 'temporal imprecision' in archival research.

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Noise, Nostalgia, and the Sound of Beijing’s Peddlers

Odila Schröder 6 February 20255 February 2025

What happens in the process of preserving the 'sounds of old Beijing'? Odila Schröder explores the heritagisation of Beijing's peddler calls.

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