Back in May I was pleased to be invited to participate as a panellists in the University of Warwick Resonate Festival event Step into Coventry’s History: A Virtual Walking Tour.
This evening event was held at St Mary Magdalene Community Hall in the city’s Chapelfields area as well as being streamed online.
It comprised a livestreamed walking tour of the area by local historian Adam Wood, covering Chapelfields’ urban development during the Victorian era, what a well preserved example of a Victorian suburb it remains, and a social history of some of the crimes and unfortunate death’s which occured there during the area’s first decades as a component of Coventry’s urban core.
Following the tour I was pleased to join Adam and the University of Warwick’s Dr. Jen Baker in a panel discussion relating to sensitively engaging with dark historial topics when making work for audiences, regional and social history more broadly, and walking.
It was a great event, and very helpful in terms of reflection upon both what I am doing with Walk Midlands and my current walk across West Midlands county book.
Resonate have also written up a fuller report about the event
This event is part of the University of Warwick’s Resonate Festival organised by the Warwick Institute of Engagement. Picture used in the post header and the copy in the body of this post is via their website.