Helping people through heritage with Norma Gregory

What's the Point?

11/30/22 • 40 min

Social historian Norma Gregory joins Bryony Armstrong to discuss:

Useful skills and knowledge from an arts and humanities education
Making recorded history representative of the past
The importance of accessibility in historical research
Improving mental health and wellbeing through heritage
Bringing people together and building communities through heritage
Creating jobs in heritage work
Why art, humanities and creativity are essential for life
Why you can’t memorise your way through an arts or humanities degree

Please sign these petitions:
https://www.change.org/p/no-job-cuts-at-birkbeck-university-of-london
https://www.change.org/p/no-job-cuts-in-english-at-birkbeck-university-of-london
Find out more about the Black Miners Museum: https://blackcoalminers.com/
Find Bryony @BF_Armstrong
Find Norma @normagregoryNNC
Artwork: Riduwan Molla https://www.canva.com/p/riduwanmolla/
Music: Madaan Mansij https://www.pond5.com/artist/mansij_tubescreamer
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11/30/22 • 40 min

What's the Point? - Helping people through heritage with Norma Gregory

Transcript

Bryony Armstrong00:00:04.950

Hello, and welcome to What's the Point, the podcast where we discuss the need for arts and humanities today. I'm your host, Bryony Armstrong. We're living in a time when the arts and humanities are under threat, and I know this firsthand, having studied both English and maths at university, and now doing a PhD in English. Each week, I'll be joined by a guest talk about what arts and humanities do for the world. If you've ever wondered, wha

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