A 40-minute interview with Sir Geoff Palmer, OBE, Professor Emeritus in the School of Life Sciences at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, and a leading human rights activist. The discussion covers issues such as Sir Geoff's use of archives to

Interview with Arike Oke, 11th March 2021

Apr 5th, 2021 48m 15s

A 50-minute interview with Arike Oke, Managing Director of Black Cultural Archives, the only national heritage centre dedicated to collecting, preserving and celebrating the histories of African and Caribbean people in Britain. The discussion c

Interview with Jaime Valentine, 4th March 2021

Mar 23rd, 2021 59m 11s

A 60-minute interview with Dr Jaime Valentine, Chair of OurStory Scotland, an organisation which collects, archives and presents a wide range of stories, recordings, documents, images and artefacts of the lives of the LGBT community in Scotland

Interview with Karen Roybal, 23rd February 2021

Mar 8th, 2021 43m 39s

A 45-minute interview with Karen Roybal, Assistant Professor, Southwest Studies, Colorado College on a range of issues including: the neutrality of archives; objectivity in the archival process; and an interdisciplinary approach to teaching arc

Interview with Michelle Caswell, 18th February, 2021

Feb 21st, 2021 57m 22s

A 60-minute interview with Professor Michelle Caswell, Associate Professor of Archival Studies in the Department of Information Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles on the theme of objectivity and neutrality in the archives.

Interview with Hilary Hanahoe, 26th June 2020

Jul 3rd, 2020 35m 43s

A 35-minute discussion between John Pelan, Director of the Scottish Council on Archives and Hilary Hanahoe, Secretary General of the Research Data Alliance, 26th June 2020.The podcast covers issues of data sharing, trust, evidence-gathering an

Interview with Anthea Seles, 11th June 2020

Jun 18th, 2020 40m 43s

A 40-minute discussion between John Pelan, Director of the Scottish Council on Archives and Anthea Seles, Secretary General of the International Council on Archives.The podcast covers issues of authenticity, evidence, neutrality, accountabilit

Interview with William Kilbride, 27th May 2020

Jun 3rd, 2020 44m 44s

A 45-minute discussion between John Pelan, Director of the Scottish Council on Archives and William Kilbride, Executive Director of the Digital Preservation Coalition.The podcast cover issues of authenticity, digital preservation, and the role

Interview with Laura Millar, 5th May 2020

May 12th, 2020 40m 44s

A 40-minute discussion between John Pelan, Director of the Scottish Council on Archives and internationally renowned archivist and consultant, Laura Millar.The podcast cover issues of authenticity, evidence, and the role of the archivist in to

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