The enigma of arrival: the politics and poetics of Caribbean migration to Britain

Alan Henry David Miller; Natalie McGuire; Catherine Anne Cassidy; Alissandra Cummins

The enigma of arrival: the politics and poetics of Caribbean migration to Britain

Alan Henry David Miller
, Natalie McGuire
, Catherine Anne Cassidy
, Alissandra Cummins

Research output: Non-textual form › Exhibition

Abstract

June 22nd 2018 marked the 70th anniversary of the landing of the former World War II German navy troopship, the SS Empire Windrush at Tilbury Dock in Essex, heralding the arrival of 492 recruited West Indian labourers (including, for some, their children), and the beginning of the first post-war mass migration from the Caribbean to the UK.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Online
Publisher	Barbados Museum and Historical Society
Media of output	Online / Blog
Publication status	Published - 1 Nov 2018

Keywords

Virtual
Migration
Museum
Memory
Caribbean

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EU-LAC-MUSEUMS: EU-LAC-MUSEUMS
Brown, K. (PI) & Brown, J. A. (Researcher)
Joint Research Centre European Commission
1/09/16 → 31/08/20
Project: Standard

1 Chapter
1 Conference contribution
1 Exhibition

A case study of community virtual museums in the age of crisis: designing a virtual museum of Caribbean migration and memory
Cassidy, C. A., Miller, A. H. D. & Cummins, A., 18 Aug 2023, Communities and museums in the 21^st century : shared histories and climate action. Brown, K., Cummins, A. & González Rueda, A. S. (eds.). Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 221-244 24 p. (ICOM advances in museums research).
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The enigma of arrival: the politics and poetics of Caribbean migration to Britain
Brown, K. E., Keohane, K. F., Fotheringham, F., McAndrew, C., Gonzalez Rueda, A. S., Cummins, A., Hall, K. & McGuire, N., 1 Feb 2021
Research output: Non-textual form › Exhibition
Virtual museum of the Caribbean migration and memory
Miller, A. H. D., Cassidy, C. A., Hall, K. & McGuire, N., 8 Jun 2020, Museums, audio-visual and digital media in a world of changing communication: a collection of papers, presented in the AVICOM sessions during the 25th ICOM General Conference “Museums as Cultural Hubs: The Future of Tradition”, Kyoto, 1-7 September 2019. Faber, M. H. (ed.). Paris: AVICOM
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

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The enigma of arrival: the politics and poetics of Caribbean migration to Britain

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A case study of community virtual museums in the age of crisis: designing a virtual museum of Caribbean migration and memory

The enigma of arrival: the politics and poetics of Caribbean migration to Britain

Virtual museum of the Caribbean migration and memory

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