It also included a school workshop at Springhead Primary School in Anlaby. The project consisted of in-person Archiverse Minecraft events at Bridlington Library, East Riding Archives in the Treasure House, and Beverley Library (with the Teenage Reading Group). It created an online Minecraft world called the Archiverse- the central learning and engagement space for young people to craft their creations. It will inspire young people and nurture their curiosity in archives- after all, they are our future service users!"Įast Riding Blockdown engaged with over 60 young people aged between 5-15, whose average age was eight. Participants could explore the virtual Treasure House, meet the team, and see what other young people had created.Ĭouncillor Mike Medini, portfolio holder for culture, leisure, libraries and customer services, said : "The legacy of this brilliant and unique project is a collection of young people's experiences of lockdown in the archives, preserved for future generations to enjoy and learn from. Participants built or digitally wrote about their experiences, and archivist Hannah Stamp then entered the Archiverse and 'archived' their creations in the real-world East Riding Archives. ![]() The East Riding Blockdown created an Archiverse world, a virtual recreation of the Treasure House in Beverley in Minecraft. One thing that was missing from what the archives team received was the youth voice!" Those records will be permanently preserved in the collections, as part of over 800 years of East Riding documented history. The Audience Agency funded ten projects across England, aiming to connect underrepresented communities with archives using digital technology.Īrchivist Hannah Stamp explains : "The ERB project was an offshoot of the East Riding Archives' larger covid-19 experiences project, in which we asked East Riding communities to donate their recorded experiences of the pandemic and lockdown to the archives. ![]() Thought to be the first archives project of its kind in the country, the East Riding Blockdown (ERB) project launched in January, after receiving £4500 grant funding from The Audience Agency, as part of their Digitally Democratising Archives project. East Riding Archives are celebrating the success of their innovative Blockdown project, designed to collect young people's experiences of the COVID-19 lockdown using the Minecraft videogame as a creative medium and storytelling platform.
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