Absolute Units: 'Queer Rural Lives: Searching the Archives' with Tim Jerrome

Title

Absolute Units: 'Queer Rural Lives: Searching the Archives' with Tim Jerrome

Description

Queer histories of England have predominantly focused on the country's urban centres and cities - especially London. Yet queer and same-sex relationships have always existed throughout English life. Rural England is no exception.

In the first of two podcasts, Joe and Ollie welcome onto Absolute Units former MERL colleague Tim Jerrome (University of Brighton), whose PhD explores the history of same-sex relationships in rural England.

Learn about the challenges of finding queer histories in farm archives, the issues of archivist objectivity, and how museums can develop their practices to better surface and represent stories and relationships that were hidden in the past.

Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Absolute Units is the official podcast of The Museum of English Rural Life. This series is made possible through the generous support of and Museums Partnership Reading, a partnership of The MERL with Reading Museum.

Themetune by Tai Dawson.
Co-hosts: Ollie Douglas and Joe Vaughan
Producer: Joe Vaughan

Content

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Contributor

University of Reading Museums and Collections

Type

Podcast

Date

2025

Subject

LGBTQ+ History

Agricultural History

History of Gender, Sex and Sexualities

Period

20th Century

18th-19th Century

Geographical Area

Britain and Ireland

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