Disability and Industrial Society

Disability and Industrial Society

A collaborative project involving five UK universities looking at industrial injuries and diseases in three British coalfields between 1780 and 1948

  1. 03/03/2016

    Coalfield Literature Readings

    All 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

    Coalfield Literature Readings

  2. 09/12/2015

    Being Human Festival 2015 part II: Andrea Gordon (Guide Dogs Cymru) and audience discussion

    Andrea 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 Aberystwyth, Glasgow Caledonian and Strathclyde, are uncovering historical attitudes towards disability through the experiences of those disabled in the coal industry of the 18th–20th centuries. What do these ‘hidden histories’ tell us? How do these historical experiences compare to those of people today? What more can be done to improve people’s prospects, happiness and social inclusion? This public debate, in partnership with Disability Wales, focuses on how the happiness and wellbeing of disabled people have changed over time.

    Being Human Festival 2015 part II: Andrea Gordon (Guide Dogs Cymru) and audience discussion

  3. 01/12/2015

    Being Human Festival 2015 part I: David Turner, Daniel Blackie and Alexandra Jones

    David 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 Caledonian and Strathclyde, are uncovering historical attitudes towards disability through the experiences of those disabled in the coal industry of the 18th–20th centuries. What do these ‘hidden histories’ tell us? How do these historical experiences compare to those of people today? What more can be done to improve people’s prospects, happiness and social inclusion? This public debate, in partnership with Disability Wales, focuses on how the happiness and wellbeing of disabled people have changed over time.

    Being Human Festival 2015 part I: David Turner, Daniel Blackie and Alexandra Jones

  4. 14/09/2015

    Exhibition podcasts: Mark Stone, SAFE/RNIB volunteer

    In 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: Mark Stone, SAFE/RNIB volunteer

  5. 19/08/2015

    Exhibition podcasts: George Brinley Evans

    Our 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: George Brinley Evans

  6. 05/08/2015

    Exhibition podcasts: Kat Watkins, SAFE

    In 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.

    Exhibition podcasts: Kat Watkins, SAFE

  7. 22/08/2014

    Disability History Festival: Daniel Blackie - 'Disability and the Industrial Revolution'

    A 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 presentation aims to demonstrate that disability history is of significance to everyone, not only disabled people.

    Disability History Festival: Daniel Blackie - 'Disability and the Industrial Revolution'

  8. 22/08/2014

    Disability History Festival: Mike Mantin - '‘Leisure, Play and Sport in Schools for Disabled and Deaf Children in the 19th and early 20th Centuries’

    A 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 days for disabled children, the supposed ‘pure’ healing powers of outdoor play and fears of flirtation at Deaf athletics meetings will all be uncovered.

    Disability History Festival: Mike Mantin - '‘Leisure, Play and Sport in Schools for Disabled and Deaf Children in the 19th and early 20th Centuries’
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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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    Disability and Industrial Society
  • Years Active
    2014 - 2016
  • Episodes
    14
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