On Tuesday I met with Linda Hellyer from the Royal National College for the Blind (RNCB) in Hereford. We spent over an hour discussing having the students involved in a heritage or archaeology related project as part of their work experience week. A number of possibilities were floated regarding existing or upcoming projects and there is certainly scope to develop something specific to the visually impaired students at the college.
http://www.rncb.ac.uk/
There have been a number of archaeologically based initiatives focused on the subject of the visually impaired and there is certainly plenty of support out there for those who wish to tackle the issue. A good example of this is the Distance Learning Unit in the School of
Archaeology and Ancient History, University of Leicester, who developed an
introductory module in archaeology specifically for students with visual
impairments.
The most popular option we discussed though seemed to be that the students should help design a project that has an outcome that they themselves would contribute to, rather than their involvement being the outcome. This suggestion will be discussed around the college and with some of the students and I will wait to hear back from Linda about what the likely involvement might be.
On Friday I was invited to a meeting with the Woolhope Club at the city library to discuss the topic of 'raising the profile of community archaeology in Herefordshire'. I had a few ideas in mind from previous conversations with the club on the topic and we decided together that the club would help front a new interactive e-newsletter/webpage/blog. The purpose of which would be to creating discussion and dialogue on the subject of archaeology, to advertise and update on excising and upcoming projects and to offer an outlet for gray literature.
A small committee including myself was set up to tackle the project and we will be meeting regularly to decide on what form the new site will take.
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