Our Guild: young people respond to the story of the Guild of the Brave Poor Things
Using film-making, acting and poetry, young Bristolians respond to the story of disabled people from a century ago. With BSL subtitles.
Stories from George and Mark: oral histories for the M Shed archive
Emma Yanmeng Zhang talks about her experience of interviewing two disabled people from Bristol for M Shed’s archives – and discusses how attitudes in Bristol compare to those in China.
A ‘society of friends’
What is it like gathering oral histories relating to deaf and disabled people for M Shed’s archive? – and what new perspectives do you discover that may not be in the ‘official’ historical record? Kate Phillips and Grace Morgan-Tait find out.
What did the West of England Centre for Inclusive Living think of our exhibition?
We’ve been talking to WECIL members since the beginning of the History of Place project, and invited them to a tour of ‘Brave, Poor Things: Reclaiming Bristol’s Disability History’ and a workshop.
Miro and his robot
We gave Miro Griffiths a test run of a robot from Bristol Robotics for a day as part of our symposium on the past and future of deaf and disabled people. He discussed the implications of new tech with Dr Praminda Caleb-Solly.
Rising with the city: our exhibition about the Bristol Guild
Our MShed exhibition about the Guild of the Brave Poor Things shows how disabled people advocated for themselves and survived in a changing society from the late Victorian period the 1980s.
The Guild in a time of flags and war
How did the imperial and World wars which Britain was engaged in affect the Guild and how it presented itself?
Irritated apprentices: empowering people, up to a point
How Guild members got stuck for so long with a name that many did not like.
Watch the film: Brave, Poor (and invisible): The gatekeepers of past and future cities
History and storytelling met robotics in our symposium – watch the film to explore utopias and dystopias for deaf and disabled people.
Please may I go to the country?
How poverty, disability and lack of access to nature were all linked for some Guild members – and the language used to appeal for country holidays.