A history of home, culture and identity through objects

Sobers, Shawn

Abstract

This talk explores Black history through certain popular items in a familiar family home. Based on my book, Black everyday Lives, Material Culture and Narrative: Tings in de House, (Routledge, 2023), this talk takes you on a journey through a few hundred years of history, exploring stories, personal experience, research and fascinating insights. This talk demonstrates how history is not a foreign land in the past, but a very current presence n the present day, whose stories are encapsulated in the objects that surround us.

• Presentation Conference Type: Presentation / Talk
• Conference Name: Black History in Bath
• Start Date: Oct 30, 2024
• Acceptance Date: Oct 2, 2024
• Publication Date: Mar 18, 2023
• Deposit Date: Dec 11, 2024
• Publicly Available Date: Dec 12, 2024
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Keywords: Black History, domestic space, material culture, social history
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/13524511