OurStory Scotland day of events
UK AIDS Memorial Quilt display
Founded in 2002 and based in Glasgow's Mitchell Library, OurStory Scotland is a community and oral history project recording the stories of Scotland's LGBT communities from the 1920s to now.
Join them as they bring a day of events to Tramway.
OurStory Scotland: Mapping Glasgow's HIV & AIDS History
12 - 5pm
This open drop-in session on Tramway's cafe mezzanine invites contributions to the OurStory Scotland co-authored map and timeline of HIV and AIDS in Glasgow. Visitors can add their own memories, dates, and places to build a collective record, so that Glasgow's response to HIV and AIDS, from 1980 until the present day, does not go unrecorded.
Ticketed events - recommended for ages 16+
From Derrida to Polari! An Introduction to Oral History with OurStory Scotland
1 - 2pm
Free, ticketed
This workshop, led by OurStory Scotland chair Dom Miller-Graham, introduces the basics of LGBTQ+ oral history interviewing. It considers the power of the voice, and the ways in which naming ourselves can make a powerful record of our community. Record keeping and digital preservation will be introduced, alongside a guide to safe, ethical practices.
OurStory Scotland: Is Anyone Recording our Stories?
3 - 4.30pm
Free, ticketed
Dom Miller-Graham leads this OurStory Scotland presentation tracing more than two decades of collecting, archiving and presenting the lived experiences of Scotland's LGBTQ+ communities. It considers why the question "Is anyone recording our stories?" — upon which the organisation was founded — still matters today.
These events are part of a public programme curated by Steven Grainger to accompany the UK AIDS Memorial Quilt exhibition at Tramway.
Recommended for ages 16+
Audience notes
Audiences may find the content deeply moving, emotional, or distressing, as it deals with themes of illness, bereavement, social stigma, and historical marginalisation.
ACCESS
Tramway is fully wheelchair accessible.
See more information about venue access on our Access page
Header image courtesy of Waverley Care