Lincolnshire Folk Tales: Origins, Legacies, Connections, Futures
We are working on an exciting research project exploring Lincolnshire Folk Tales over the next year.
'Lincolnshire Folk Tales: Origins, Legacies, Connections, Futures’ is a project funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (grant number AH/Y003225/1), and is led by Dr Rory Waterman and the Research Fellow Dr Anna Milon in the School of Arts and Humanities at Nottingham Trent University. The project explores the origins, legacies, intertextual and social connections and futures of Lincolnshire folk tales, and is intended to facilitate wider engagement with this heritage from writers, the general public, and scholars.
Adverse Camber’s part of the project will be particularly focused on the inventiveness and creativity of young people aged 8 to 15, exploring how they interpret the legends and folktales of their places, passing them on into the future. We will be running outreach workshops with schools and groups.
Over the summer we worked with young people to share and develop stories. This autumn, Adverse Camber is working with Lincolnshire Folktales to deliver 3 days of of story-making workshops in schools, Skegness Junior Academy, Dunston St Peters and St Mary's Catholic Primary. Storyteller Pyn Stockman will be working with Year 4, 5 and Yea r 6 pupils to explore traditional Lincolnshire Folktales and create new ones. The project, which aims to connect young people with their local heritage and help them develop their oral story-making skills, is funded by the AHRC. Recorded stories from schools taking part in the project will be professionally edited by digital producer Marc Reck into a podcast which will feature on the Lincolnshire Folk Tales project webpage and on Adverse Camber’s website and SM.
Find out more on the Lincolnshire Folk Tales project website
The young people from the August Make Your Story share their story with an audience of families and friends.
The young people from the August Make Your Story share their story with an audience of families and friends.
Musician Anna is playing the violin while one of the young participants sings alongside her.
Storyteller Pyn is interviewing young people about their stories
The young participants learning how to create a narrative of a story.
The young people rehearsing their story
Pyn Stockman teaching the young people how to use paper birds
Teachers and young participants from the Make Your Story workshop on the steps of the venue
