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This week’s post is comes from Dr. Catherine Rider<\/strong><\/a>, a longstanding member of the Centre (and one of the forces behind the inception of this very blog). Catherine is well-known in the Centre for her public engagement work, but what does this sort of work actually involve (besides purchasing Post-It notes)? She offered to help us find out.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I\u2019ve been doing quite a bit of public engagement work over the last few years and it\u2019s not an area we always discuss much as medievalists. I\u2019m lucky my research areas lend themselves to public engagement work – magic, medicine, fertility and the Inquisition are all instantly recognisable and have popular appeal. In recent years I\u2019ve taken part in events and podcasts<\/a>, and given talks in settings as varied as the\u00a0British Academy Summer Showcase<\/a>, the\u00a0British Science Festival<\/a>, the\u00a0Independent Doctors\u2019 Federation<\/a>, and the University of the Third Age<\/a>. I am also shameless about trading on the links to contemporary culture: Harry Potter features quite often in my talk titles. It\u2019s work that I enjoy, and I\u2019ve learned by doing: there wasn\u2019t much advice available when I was a PhD student or early career scholar. With that in mind, I thought I\u2019d write a post that talks about my experience, with some pointers for those starting out.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is public engagement<\/strong>?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Essentially it\u2019s talking to people about your research. This can take many forms: giving talks; writing for popular audiences in places like\u00a0BBC History Magazine<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>or\u00a0History Today<\/a><\/em>; writing blog posts (like this one!); taking part in podcasts; or having a stall at an event or festival. Bear in mind that in university and REF (Research Excellence Framework) jargon, ‘public engagement’ it\u2019s not the same as ‘impact’: \u2018impact\u2019 is about being able to show that a change has happened outside academia as a result of your research, while with public engagement work, that\u2019s not always possible. Public engagement can be a way to publicise your research and make yourself known to partners for future impact-type work, but this sort of development doesn\u2019t necessarily follow from it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Catherine (left), speaking with Dionysius Agius<\/a> (centre) and Mara Livermore<\/a> (left) at the British Academy Summer Showcase.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

So why do it?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

I do it mainly because I enjoy it. I\u2019m always heartened by the amount of public interest in history and in the Middle Ages: you are often pushing at an open door, so to speak.  I also find that explaining myself to non-specialists is a great way to clarify my thoughts: what am I doing, why, how? The questions people ask prompt me to reflect on, and think differently about, my research. I\u2019m also conscious that getting paid to research the Middle Ages is a huge privilege; not everyone gets the chance to earn a living this way, so if people are interested in what I do, I feel I have a duty to give something back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What forms can public engagement take?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve become more adventurous over the years. I often give talks on something engaging that will be new to the audience, usually with some human interest, context, and pictures. But recently I\u2019ve experimented with more interactive formats, and have learned here from the work done by colleagues in Archaeology. For the British Science Festival, they helped me develop a \u2018make your own amulet\u2019 activity. For a recent event at Exeter Library, Sarah Toulalan<\/a>, Sarah\u2019s PhD student Yishu Wang<\/a>, and I brought some examples of pregnancy advice from medieval and early modern texts and asked people to write down on Post-It notes<\/a> any similar advice they\u2019d heard. The idea was to reflect on the similarities and differences in beliefs about pregnancy and childbirth, then and now. Interactive activities like these can work well to get a conversation going. At least, when we managed to persuade the library-goers to stop and talk \u2013\u00a0\u00a0we found that if you stand at a table and flag people down, they assume you\u2019re selling something and run away!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sorting out the Post-It notes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

What, then, might you want to think about when planning your own public engagement work?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Five top tips<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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  1. Finding an audience <\/strong>can often be the trickiest part of doing engagement. Talk to people who do public engagement in your department – they may have links with groups like University of the Third Age or local history groups. See what\u2019s advertised by email: I\u2019ve answered calls for people interested in participating in the British Science Festival, the University\u2019s period community days, and the British Academy showcase. The\u00a0Being Human Festival<\/a>\u00a0runs every year and is a good environment. It\u2019s generally easiest to go to existing events or places where people are rather than having to drum up an audience yourself.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Once you’ve found them, take time to think about your audience’s needs<\/strong>. Who are they? What\u2019s their background and level of knowledge? What have they asked you to talk about? Sometimes you\u2019ll have a free hand to do what you think is interesting, while other times, the people inviting you will have quite specific requests (the Independent Doctors\u2019 Federation, for example, wanted something on my research on magic in early modern Malta to tie in with a study weekend they were holding there). I once gave a Q&A session at a local primary school and it turned out the kids had been doing projects on the Romans. They asked me lots of questions about the Romans and I ended up winging it.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Interactive activities<\/strong>\u00a0are fun, and often very positive experiences. Be prepared for lots of fun discussions, but also for a few random comments and a few people who aren\u2019t that interested in what you do. That\u2019s okay: you\u2019re never going to please everyone.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Be mindful of the time involved<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0Preparing talks or events takes time, and that increases if you also need to travel.\u00a0\u00a0If you can\u2019t spare the time, don\u2019t be afraid to say \u2018no\u2019, or \u2018not now, but how about in six months?\u2019. Teaming up with other people to do something jointly can help to share the load. Don\u2019t be afraid to repurpose material you already have, either: if you have a good talk or a nice set of slides, reuse or revise it rather than preparing something new.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Gather evidence if you can<\/strong>. This can take many forms: the number of people there, quotes, photos, Post-It notes … while ‘impact’ won’t necessarily follow, all of this can help to make a case for ongoing work in the future (plus, it’s always lovely to look back!).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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