Mo, Lab Ky, Seargeant, Philip, Giaxoglou, Korina and Monaghan, Frank (2024) Black Blue Plaques. [Video]

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Abstract

A film produced for the Open University and directed by Lab Ky Mo. This film explores the under-representation of Black heritage and the linguistic landscape in relation to Blue Plaques. What does British heritage mean today and how is it signalled in public space? If you walk through the streets of central London, it won’t be long before you catch sight of a Blue Plaque on the outside of a building. There are thousands of them dotted around the city today, commemorating famous people and the buildings with which they had an association. Over the century and a half since the scheme started, however, the idea of ‘heritage’ that these plaques tend to represent has changed significantly – and this change is reflected in the growing numbers of plaques put up to celebrate the contribution of previously under-recognised sections of society. The film explores how minoritised groups, in this case Black people, can use a classic symbol of ‘heritage’ like the Blue Plaques to counter their under-representation in the public space and imagination.

Item Type:	Video
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Open University; Lab Ky Mo; black blue plaques; Nubian Jak; Dr Jak Beula; Tony Warner; Black History Walks; Dr Howard Spencer; English heritage
Subjects:	D History General and Old World > D History (General) H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN1990 Broadcasting
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences > School of Stage and Screen
Related URLs:	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbYh7jNZ2...
Last Modified:	20 Sep 2024 09:09
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/47983

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