28 min
5. Dr Claire Reddleman Podcasts from the bagne
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The podcast where we discuss disease, contagion, confinement and isolation in France’s overseas penal colonies. This podcast is part of the Postcards from the bagne research project funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AH/R002452/1). Have a look at our project blog, follow us on Instagram and Twitter.
In today’s episode I interview Dr Claire Reddleman. Claire currently teaches in the Digital Humanities department at King’s College London, working on digital cultural heritage, visual methods, mapping and contemporary art. Prior to this she carried out postdoctoral research on this project ‘Postcards from the bagne’, using visual research methods to engage with the history of France’s penal colonies. Claire’s PhD in Cultural Studies from Goldsmiths, University of London, focussed on Marxian theory, mapping and contemporary art. Claire previously gained a MA in Art and Politics from Goldsmiths, and a BA in History of Art from the University of Reading. She is also a photographic artist and can be found online at www.clairereddleman.com and on Twitter @reddlemap. An online viewing room of 'Collages from the bagne' will also be appearing on Claire's website this month.
Claire discusses her work as part of the Postcards from the bagne project focusing especially on methods used to document the sites, displays and material encountered on fieldwork in French Guiana and New Caledonia. Digital photography is used fairly extensively throughout and an archive of all of these images is freely available on figshare (search for 'Postcards from the bagne' for all folders). I particularly enjoyed listening to Claire talk about experimenting with other methods including plant collecting, flower pressing and cyanotypes. More information about these approaches can be found on the project blog. We also reflect on islands as spaces of quarantine, both during the current Covid-19 pandemic and as part of the penal colony in French Guiana. I hope that you enjoy the episode!
The podcast where we discuss disease, contagion, confinement and isolation in France’s overseas penal colonies. This podcast is part of the Postcards from the bagne research project funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AH/R002452/1). Have a look at our project blog, follow us on Instagram and Twitter.
In today’s episode I interview Dr Claire Reddleman. Claire currently teaches in the Digital Humanities department at King’s College London, working on digital cultural heritage, visual methods, mapping and contemporary art. Prior to this she carried out postdoctoral research on this project ‘Postcards from the bagne’, using visual research methods to engage with the history of France’s penal colonies. Claire’s PhD in Cultural Studies from Goldsmiths, University of London, focussed on Marxian theory, mapping and contemporary art. Claire previously gained a MA in Art and Politics from Goldsmiths, and a BA in History of Art from the University of Reading. She is also a photographic artist and can be found online at www.clairereddleman.com and on Twitter @reddlemap. An online viewing room of 'Collages from the bagne' will also be appearing on Claire's website this month.
Claire discusses her work as part of the Postcards from the bagne project focusing especially on methods used to document the sites, displays and material encountered on fieldwork in French Guiana and New Caledonia. Digital photography is used fairly extensively throughout and an archive of all of these images is freely available on figshare (search for 'Postcards from the bagne' for all folders). I particularly enjoyed listening to Claire talk about experimenting with other methods including plant collecting, flower pressing and cyanotypes. More information about these approaches can be found on the project blog. We also reflect on islands as spaces of quarantine, both during the current Covid-19 pandemic and as part of the penal colony in French Guiana. I hope that you enjoy the episode!
28 min