Historic Environment Scotland have released a call for action to take part in a five year community engagement project \u2018Scotland\u2019s Urban Past\u2019.<\/u><\/p>\n
Historic Environment Scotland
\n<\/u>Town and city dwellers are being asked to get hands on with history by taking part in a nationwide initiative to record the littlest local landmarks in Scotland\u2019s urban areas.<\/p>\n
The initiative comes from Scotland\u2019s Urban Past (SUP), a five-year community-engagement project from Historic Environment Scotland that puts local communities in charge of recording the history on their doorsteps, and is part of the celebrations for the Year of Innovation, Architecture and Design 2016.<\/p>\n
Volunteers can become \u2018Urban Detectives\u2019 by submitting photographs and location coordinates of tiny buildings in Scotland\u2019s towns and cities to the SUP website. Users are also invited to take measurements and sketches, all of which will become part of Canmore, Scotland\u2019s online record of architecture, archaeology and industry.<\/p>\n
This national record is a digital time machine, holding images and information about more than 320,000 sites in Scotland. Now, SUP is asking local Urban Detectives to contribute their own images and information about Scottish places \u2013 starting with the smallest buildings in the nation\u2019s towns and cities.<\/p>\n
Chiara Ronchini, SUP Project Manager, said: \u2018People throughout Scotland will be bringing our national collection to life by telling the big stories of our tiniest buildings.\u00a0 Our dedicated digital team have made it easy to contribute information to Canmore on mobiles and tablets, as well as PCs and Macs, so you can even add a snapshot of local landmarks such as police boxes, beach hurts and signal boxes on your way to work.\u2019<\/p>\n
\u2018Every contribution will be accessible to the wider public, helping to build a detailed and accessible history of our urban heritage by the people who live within it. It\u2019s a great opportunity to help document your town or city, past and present, for generations to come.\u2019<\/p>\n
SUP provides free training, support and resources to people of all ages to help them discover and share the fascinating stories of Scotland\u2019s towns and cities.<\/p>\n
SUP is supported by the National Lottery with a grant of \u00a31.65m from the Heritage Lottery Fund<\/p>\n
Free workshops for Urban Detectives will be taking place throughout Scotland. For more information, visit\u00a0www.scotlandsurbanpast.org.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n View the press release<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Historic Environment Scotland have released a call for action to take part in a five year community engagement project \u2018Scotland\u2019s Urban Past\u2019. Historic Environment Scotland Town and city dwellers are being asked to get hands on with history by taking … Continue reading