Disability and Industrial Society
14 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 8 years ago -A collaborative project involving five UK universities looking at industrial injuries and diseases in three British coalfields between 1780 and 1948
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Coalfield Literature Readings
March 03, 2016 00:00 - 14 minutes - 12.9 MBAll of the literature readings from our exhibition 'From Pithead to Sick Bed'. For transcripts and information, check out our website: http://www.dis-ind-soc.org.uk/en/literature-readings.htm
Being Human Festival 2015 part II: Andrea Gordon (Guide Dogs Cymru) and audience discussion
December 09, 2015 00:00 - 25 minutes - 23.7 MBAndrea Gordon of Guide Dogs Cymru and the audience discussion at our event for Being Human Festival 2015, 'Disability and Wellbeing: Past, Present and Future'. Recorded at Swansea University, 17 November 2015. Research on the so-called ‘disability paradox’ has shown that life-limiting impairment is not necessarily a barrier to happiness and wellbeing, with many disabled people reporting a good quality of life. Swansea University researchers and academics at the universities of Abery...
Being Human Festival 2015 part I: David Turner, Daniel Blackie and Alexandra Jones
December 01, 2015 00:00 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MBDavid Turner, Daniel Blackie and Alexandra at our event for Being Human Festival 2015, 'Disability and Wellbeing: Past, Present and Future'. Recorded at Swansea University, 17 November 2015. Research on the so-called ‘disability paradox’ has shown that life-limiting impairment is not necessarily a barrier to happiness and wellbeing, with many disabled people reporting a good quality of life. Swansea University researchers and academics at the universities of Aberystwyth, Glasgow Cal...
Exhibition podcasts: Mark Stone, SAFE/RNIB volunteer
September 14, 2015 00:00 - 6 minutes - 5.96 MBIn the final podcast to accompany our exhibition, Mark Stone of Swansea Access for Everyone (SAFE) and volunteer for RNIB Swansea, reviews our exhibition and talks about access to museums and exhibitions for blind and visually impaired people.
Exhibition podcasts: George Brinley Evans
August 19, 2015 00:00 - 32 minutes - 29.7 MBOur second exhibition podcast features George Brinley Evans, writer and ex-miner. George walks through our exhibition with Mike Mantin and talks about the loss of his eye in the mine, working after the accident, life in a mining village and starting his writing career.
Exhibition podcasts: Kat Watkins, SAFE
August 05, 2015 00:00 - 18 minutes - 25.9 MBIn the first of a series of podcasts about our exhibition, 'From Pithead to Sick Bed', Kat Watkins from the disability group Swansea Access For Everyone (SAFE) tours the exhibition and talks about how disability history connects to her own experience and activism. In conversation with Mike Mantin.
Disability History Festival: Mike Mantin - '‘Leisure, Play and Sport in Schools for Disabled and Deaf Children in the 19th and early 20th Centuries’
August 22, 2014 00:00 - 20 minutes - 27.8 MBA recording of a public talk by Dr Mike Mantin. Part of our Disability History Festival for the IPC Athletics European Championships in Swansea. Although the popular image of Victorian and Edwardian special education was one of drab, indoor learning routines, there was also an important role for leisure, play and sport. This talk will explore its history using records from the Chailey Heritage School in Sussex and the Cambrian Institution for the Deaf and Dumb in Swansea. Sports day...
Disability History Festival: David Turner - ‘Admiration or Exploitation? Disabled People and Sporting Events before the Twentieth Century’.
August 22, 2014 00:00 - 31 minutes - 43.8 MBA recording of a public talk by Dr David Turner. Part of our Disability History Festival for the IPC Athletics European Championships in Swansea. Although the modern Paralympic movement began after the Second World War, sporting events involving people with disabilities have a longer history. During the eighteenth century, for example, there were many reports in the press of races, boxing bouts and even cricket matches involving people with physical impairments. This presentation ta...
Disability History Festival: Daniel Blackie - 'Disability and the Industrial Revolution'
August 22, 2014 00:00 - 25 minutes - 34.6 MBA recording of a public talk by Dr Daniel Blackie. Part of our Disability History Festival for the IPC Athletics European Championships in Swansea. It is often said that the Industrial Revolution is to blame for the discrimination and marginalisation experienced by disabled people. This talk draws on historical research from the Disability and Industrial Society 1780-1948 project (co-ordinated by Swansea University) and assesses how accurate this view really is. In doing so, the pre...
Scottish Roadshow: Alex Rees: Joe Corrie's 'The Darkness'
July 16, 2014 00:00 - 22 minutes - 20.6 MBAlex Rees discusses Joe Corrie's play 'The Darkness', about a miner blinded by an accident at work, with live readings from the play.
Scottish Roadshow: Arthur McIvor and Iain Hutchison
July 16, 2014 00:00 - 33 minutes - 46.1 MBArthur McIvor introduces our Scottish roadshow and Iain Hutchison asks 'Why do we do disability history?'
Scottish Roadshow: Discussion panel
July 16, 2014 00:00 - 53 minutes - 49.2 MBIn the final recording from our Scottish roadshow, a panel discusses the realities of life in the coalfields for disabled people. Panelists were Nicky Wilson (General Secretary, NUM Scotland), Alex Bennett (NUM representative on Medical Appeals Tribunals) and Prof Ken Donaldson (Emeritus Professor of Toxology, University of Edinburgh)
Scottish Roadshow: Ewan McVicar and Rab Wilson
July 16, 2014 00:00 - 58 minutes - 53.6 MBEwan McVicar introduces the schools project and sings songs from the coalfields, including a new song written by the children (http://www.miningdisabilityscotland.com/). Also Rab Wilson reads from his poetry.
Scottish Roadshow: Music from Travelling Folk
July 16, 2014 00:00 - 21 minutes - 19.8 MBThe Scottish band Travelling Folk sing traditional mining ballads.