Articles

These articles are the work of different authors. As a result they reflect a range of perspectives, and document the growth of understanding of the Harrison collection. Articles with square images are contributions from Citizen Researchers and articles with oval images are written by members of the From Local To Global (FLTG) team.

In each case the article has been read and, if necessary, edited by at least two of the FLTG team before being published. Any edits have been made with the agreement of the author and with an aim to preserve the original voice as much as possible, whilst making sure the project position statement is referenced.

February 2023

Three Musical Instruments

Visit by Centre Resolution Conflicts - Bradford

 
 

The Day That Burton Came To Town

January 2023

‘The Guardian’ article: A learning opportunity

 

Colonialism and Exploitation

A Review of the Arts Council of England’s Restitution and Repatriation: A Practical Guide for Museums in England

 

JJ Harrison - his private and public persona

Surviving Displacement

 

Tackling our colonial past - the role of museums

September 2022

From Slavery to Illegal Debts

Decolonial Display Practices

A Focus on the Scarborough Fishing Community 1880-1910

“Wish you were here”

August 2022

Amuriape’s Daughter

Infectious diseases experienced on Congo expeditions

Collecting ‘folk’ music in the 1900s - Harrison and Cecil Sharp

The Ituri Rainforest

 

Research sessions at Scarborough Library

Environmental Rights in the Democratic Republic of Congo

King Leopold II

 

Post Colonial Experiences of the Democratic Republic of Congo


July 2022

Colonel Harrison’s Big Game Hunting in Africa 1896 - 1910

How/When/Why Scarborough’s fishing industry was hooked by “the big fish in the small port” but was left “gutted”

A Brief Introduction To The Congo

A Reflection on Harrison, Colonialism and the Congo

Strange Currency

From Local To Global: The role of citizen researchers

‘Fortress Conservation’: The impact on indigenous peoples today


June 2022 

Understanding the Colonial World View Through Children’s Books

Racism in Empire

‘When the Spirit Moved Them’: the Ituri ‘Dancers of God’ (part I)

‘When the Spirit Moved Them’: the Ituri ‘Dancers of God’ (Part 2)


May 2022 

The Emergence of Humanitarian Activism in Africa

Scientific Racism

The Mbuti of the Ituri Forest

George Beeforth and South Cliff Gardens

Time-travel to Edwardian Forge Valley


April 2022 

Exploitation Of Natural Resources In The Democratic Republic of Congo

Colonel Harrison’s ‘Guests’

Porters - Unseen disposable people

Exhibiting People In The 19th Century


March 2022 

The Edwardian Photographer

Strong Women and the Silver Darlings

Ships of Empire

From Congo’s Ituri Forest To Cairo’s Kasr El-Einy

Part 2: In Kasr El-Einy among the Medics and the Mummies

Inside Brandesburton Hall: Summer 1923


February 2022 

The Scramble for Africa: European colonisation across the continent

Big Game Hunters and Collectors

From Ituri to Raincliffe - a brief history of a woodland

January 2022 

Sustenance From Hunted and Cultivated Foods

J J Harrison of the ‘Prince of Wales Yorkshire Hussars’

December 2021 

Colonel James Harrison

History of the Harrison Collection