Dismantle Preservation- LGBTQ+ Heritage and Narratives in the U.K.

The #DismantlePreservation unconference works to push cultural resource conversations in a range of directions and the 2021 features current students, recent graduates, and grassroots activists from around the world!

Lightning Talk: Questions of LGBTQ+ heritage in London: queer precarious spaces in the 1970s and the lack of commemoration.

During the 1970s there were several communes, squats, and centres, which sprung up in London. Those spaces were quintessential for the progression of queer politics in the UK, but their existence is not well-documented or commemorated. Today, several of these spaces have languished into oblivion; their effects on their respective surroundings, however, are still visible.

Speaker: Filippos Toskas, Urban Historian

Lightning Talk: Writing LGBTQ+ Narratives in Museums

This presentation will explore how historical LGBTQ+ narratives are reconstructed in museum interpretation in the UK. It will highlight that whilst many museums have special tours to highlight LGBTQ+ stories from with their collections, this information is still often missing from permanent, written, interpretation.

Speaker: Amy Saunders (she/her), History and Heritage PhD Student, The University of Winchester