Project title:
AVaTAR: Archive of Victorian Translations from Asia and their Readership
“The creation of a public resource…opening up to users the remarkable diversity of intercultural encounters sustained by the reading habits of adventurous Victorians.”
Researcher:
Dr Alexander Bubb
School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Centre for Inclusive Humanities
University of Roehampton
Project proposal:
This project has involved the creation of a public resource to bring AVaTAR to everyone, opening up to users the remarkable diversity of intercultural encounters sustained by the reading habits of adventurous Victorians. A descriptive and photographic online catalogue has been developed, available as an open resource, with a paper presented in September 2023 to publicise the website. It is intended, too, to engage local audiences at Roehampton through an exhibition in the university library.
Photo by Chris Lawton on Unsplash
Themes:
Enabling transformational change
Encouraging the arts
Seeking justice
Promoting wellbeing
Nurturing rooted communities
Thinking globally
Amplifying voices