Y Caban

Y Caban is our quarterly online meeting for RSA Fellows across Wales to connect with one another and share expertise.

Each time we have a presentation from an RSA Fellow about their work followed by discussion and networking. These gatherings are a great way to be more connected into the Welsh Fellowship, meet other Fellows from different professions and deepen our community spirit.In April, we will hear from Peter Jones on 'Atgofion: Heritage, Place and Civic Life in South Wales'.

Peter Jones is an Associate Lecturer at the Open University and an Associate Professor at the American Institute of Foreign Study. He has worked as bid coordinator, workshop facilitator and most recently a freelance curator for Wales REACH, a project which brings history, heritage and the Arts to people’s doorsteps, working with five communities across Wales. Wales REACH is a partnership between thirteen organisations and is led by The Open University and Amgueddfa Cymru (Museum Wales). It is funded with a grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund. 

Peter's talk will draw on his experience working on Wales REACH, an NLHF-funded project that takes heritage discovery to the doorsteps of under-served communities across Wales. Alongside designing an inclusive heritage learning programme, this has involved working with older residents in Sandfields and Port Talbot to create opportunities for reminiscence — to revisit the stories of their neighbourhoods and document the memories that matter to them.

Peter says: "I have been struck by how many of the fond and formative memories shared are bound up with spaces that sustained everyday civic and associational life in these neighbourhoods — social and labour clubs, schools, libraries, beaches, shops, fairs and high streets." 

What role should knowledge-holding institutions — universities, museums and libraries — play when heritage conversations reveal both a powerful sense of civic loss and a determination to hold onto the places that shape community life? How can organisations look beyond their own walls and contribute to the renewal of inclusive civic spaces that shape belonging and togetherness? And what practical role can participative, arts-based heritage engagement play in sustaining pride of place and collective wellbeing?

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