Black History Month: 'Co-curating with care: Exhibiting Caribbean experiences of Edinburgh - the Respect! Project'

The School of History, Classics and Archaeology and the School’s Heritage Research Group are pleased to host a Black History Month event “Co-Curating with Care: Exhibiting Caribbean Experiences of Edinburgh - the Respect! Exhibition”. The Respect! Caribbean Life in Edinburgh exhibition was part of a UK-wide community-led collections research project, Exchange, co-run by the National Museums of Scotland and London’s National Maritime Museum. Funded by the AHRC, Exchange brought together museums across the UK and South Asian, African, and Caribbean diaspora community groups. 

The Respect! Exhibition project was a specific collaboration between the Edinburgh Caribbean Association and Museums & Galleries Edinburgh that sought to explore and challenge representations of childhood through the collections of the Museum of Childhood. The exhibition was installed in the Museum of Edinburgh and included workshops in music, wellbeing, creative writing, food and folklore. The group of panellists will explore the role of intergenerational dynamics in community healing and racial justice, and the challenges, limitations, and rewards of forging meaningful collaborations between community members, curators, and the wider museum.