New Thinking: Archiving the Commonwealth Games and Commonwealth ties
Islam Issa talks to Christopher Cassidy and Andrew Dilley about their research into the Scottish sporting archives and the Federation of Commonwealth Chambers of Commerce
From the kit for athletes to interviews which tell us the impact of race times changing – Islam Issa hears about an oral history project in Scotland which aims to capture experiences of past Commonwealth Games held in Glasgow and Edinburgh. Another project explores the commercial and business links between commonwealth countries and what attempts to build connections tell us about and sharing units of measurement, currencies and the impact of EEC membership. New Generation Thinker Islam Issa talks to two researchers:
Christopher Cassidy is a researcher based at Stirling University working on the Commonwealth Games Archive in Scotland
https://www.sportingheritage.org.uk/content/collection/university-stirling
Dr Andrew Dilley at the University of Aberdeen is researching the Federation of Commonwealth Chambers of Commerce https://www.abdn.ac.uk/sdhp/people/profiles/a.dilley#research
https://search.lma.gov.uk/scripts/mwimain.dll/144/LMA_OPAC/web_detail?SESSIONSEARCH&exp=refd%20CLC/B/082
Dr Islam Issa teaches in the School of English at Birmingham City University and is a New Generation Thinker on the scheme run by the Â鶹Éç and the Arts and Humanities Research Council to turn research into radio.
This conversation is part of the New Thinking series of Arts and Ideas podcasts made in partnership with the Arts and Humanities Research Council, part of UKRI. You can find other discussions about archives across the UK and new research into archaeology, history, literature and language in a collection called New Research on the website for the Free Thinking programme on Â鶹Éç Radio 3 /programmes/b0144txn
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