research youth culture history
Leopard print to fast food, our Research Internships dug through our collections uncovering new stories.
Working to challenge our chronological narrative, we invited four research to dig through our collection and propose new ways of storytelling.
In collaboration with the Centre for the History of People, Place and Community we mentored four paid research interns, whose projects made use of the Museum’s online archive and sought to challenge traditional narratives around youth culture and instead develop inclusive, diverse stories that champion the everyday experiences of being young. The four research projects included work on fast food spaces and youth culture, Grime music and social housing, histories of leopard print, and the opening night of gay superclub Heaven.
The Centre for the History of People, Place and Community is based at the Institute of Historical Research at University of London. The centre fosters engaged, innovative research into placed histories across all regions and periods, with an emphasis on the localised, the micro-historical, and the site-specific.
Part of Setting the Record Straight on British Youth Culture, supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.
