WEEK 9, 27/11/17

Within this session, we learnt the history of Catholicism within the British Army and the history of the Roehampton war memorial. We also make a visit to the memorial where we investigated in person the aspects we learnt in class.

After visiting the memorial, we entered the library where speaker Dr Richard Keogh planned to hold an exhibition on it. Surrounded by the audience and atmosphere he planned to exhibit in, he asked us to offer engaging ideas. Discussing his own research project within this immersive creative workshop, he became an exemplar for my own research; it increased my group working skills and enabled me further inspiration for my creative project next term, usefully contextualising it.

I gained new research resources through weekly reading and the session. Dr Keogh promised availability for queries on the memorial, gaining access to specialist information from a Doctor. Furthermore, use of the highly informative Imperial War Museum website allows for an inventory search of UK memorials, providing accurately catalogued information.

From this session, I could research the relationship of power with commemoration and memory: ‘Why does the Roehampton memorial wall commemorate a select group of diverse individuals?’