Reading James Jackson: Footnotes: Reading Race, Collecting Cultures - The Roving Reader Files: 'Reading James Jackson'

Alison Newby

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Abstract

The Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Race Relations Resource Centre is an open access University of Manchester facility. The blog 'Reading Race, Collecting Cultures' (www.aiucentre.wordpress.com) features on its website (http://www.racearchive.manchester.ac.uk). The Roving Reader Files category of blog posts is produced by Alison Newby (under the pseudonym The Roving Reader) in collaboration with Hannah Niblett (Collections Access Officer). The former provides the text and the latter provides the images. The Roving Reader Files are designed as public engagement materials. The intention is to introduce research skills and terminology to the general user/reader in an entertaining yet informative manner by revealing hidden stories, making unusual connections and sharing insights into using the Centre's collection for research. The related posts "Reading James Jackson: Who's the author?" and "Reading James Jackson: Footnotes" introduce readers to biography; scholarly editions and the role of the editor; the importance of contextualising sources in their historical period; footnotes and their uses.
Original languageEnglish
TypeBlog post on Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Race Relations Resource Centre blog
PublisherAhmed Iqbal Ullah Race Relations Resource Centre
Publication statusPublished - 10 Jul 2014

Keywords

  • Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Race Relations Resource Centre
  • The Roving Reader Files
  • African American biography
  • Biography
  • Black history
  • James Jackson
  • Lois Brown
  • Susan Paul
  • Memoir of James Jackson
  • Abolition
  • Slavery
  • Footnotes

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