Abstract
In 2014, five First World War Engagement Centres were established by the UK’s Arts and Humanities Research Council to connect academic and public histories of the conflict during the centenary by working collaboratively with community groups. In this chapter, the authors will consider the impact of collaborative working on both community organisations and the academy, drawn from case studies and evaluative work, many of which addressed silences within the histories of the First World War as well as the legacies of colonialism. Through interrogating the data, the authors will consider how these projects addressed the legacy of colonialism and empire in conflict and how commemoration and memory has been challenged in the name of historical justice.
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For a full list of the projects please visit: https://www.voicesofwarandpeace.org/voices-projects/
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Gauld, N., Grosvenor, I. (2021). The Role of Commemoration in History and Heritage: The Legacy of the World War One Engagement Centres. In: Keynes, M., Åström Elmersjö, H., Lindmark, D., Norlin, B. (eds) Historical Justice and History Education. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-70412-4_8
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