I feel there is a change in the wind… Specifically people are starting to think more long term about their projects, they are becoming more archive focused. This is not too surprising there is a reason my PhD is happening now and not earlier. Timing is everything when it comes to research and people from different fields have invested in this PhD which they would not have done if it was a ridiculously radical idea. But crucially funding bodies also seem to be changing their tune slightly. I was pointed in the direction of the National Heritage Fund’s new programme, Dynamic Collections. According to their new campaign:
Our new campaign supports collecting organisations across the UK to become more inclusive and resilient, with a focus on engagement, re-interpretation and collections management.
THE NATIONAL HERITAGE FUND
Sounds pretty promising if you ask me…