Methodologies: Creative responses and research methods in archives

Research happens in a myriad of spaces and in a myriad of ways. Creative and artist research encourages innovation, sustained collaboration, co-creation, and inter/trans-disciplinary or hybrid practice.

With the event series ‘Methodologies,’ we will bring together researchers, practitioners, and creatives, all who create new knowledge through the interrogation/disruption of archives. Through this programme we encourage you to engage with our collections in new and innovative ways, explore the possibilities for creative collaborations, and consider methodologies and practices that reach beyond traditional academic practice and outputs.

If you have any questions about Methodologies, please email research@nationalarchives.gov.uk.

Current programme

Knitting the Spare Rib ‘Women’s Woolly’: Making and Remaking the Archive

Walking Through Countryside’s Forgotten Colonial Histories

Weather in the Archive: Research Sketchbook Workshop

  • Speakers: Anushka Tay (creative practitioner and researcher), Dr Lucy Razzal and Dr Giorgia Tolfo (Collection Researchers, The National Archives UK)
  • Wednesday 25 September 2024, 13:00 – 16:00 GMT, The National Archives (Kew)
  • Find out more about the workshop and how to apply  

Research Stages: Intersections of Performance and Emerging Technologies