Collection GB 0074 LMA/4536 - BLACK EXPERIENCE ARCHIVE TRUST

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 LMA/4536

Title

BLACK EXPERIENCE ARCHIVE TRUST

Date(s)

  • 2006-2012 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

0.15 linear metres

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

The Black Experience Archive Trust (BEAT) is a national project working in partnership with local groups. Each local project feeds into the central project.

The West Green BEAT project was launched in 2006. It was a collaboration between filmmakers Migrant Media, the Park View Academy in West Green, and the London Metropolitan Archives. Pupils from the Academy were trained in digital media skills by staff from Migrant Media Limited, and encouraged to explore their community history, particularly the contributions of black people. They then conducted filmed interviews with members of the community, discussing their experiences of coming to and living in Britain.

BEAT Projects have included:

'music BEAT': ran from October 2008 - October 2009 at Highgate Wood School in North London. Students on the project learned research, filmmaking and journalistic skills and produced a 20 minute film on the history of black music in the UK as well as a series of exhibition panels. They explored how the music produced related to the struggles on the street that the black community engaged with over four decades (see 'Sounds of the Streets' LMA/4536/02/002).

Taken from the website: http://web.me.com/musicbeat/Site/musicBEAT.html

Archival history

GB 0074 LMA/4536 2006-2012 Collection 0.15 linear metres BEAT , Black Experience Archive Trust x Black Experience Archive Trust

The Black Experience Archive Trust (BEAT) is a national project working in partnership with local groups. Each local project feeds into the central project.

The West Green BEAT project was launched in 2006. It was a collaboration between filmmakers Migrant Media, the Park View Academy in West Green, and the London Metropolitan Archives. Pupils from the Academy were trained in digital media skills by staff from Migrant Media Limited, and encouraged to explore their community history, particularly the contributions of black people. They then conducted filmed interviews with members of the community, discussing their experiences of coming to and living in Britain.

BEAT Projects have included:

'music BEAT': ran from October 2008 - October 2009 at Highgate Wood School in North London. Students on the project learned research, filmmaking and journalistic skills and produced a 20 minute film on the history of black music in the UK as well as a series of exhibition panels. They explored how the music produced related to the struggles on the street that the black community engaged with over four decades (see 'Sounds of the Streets' LMA/4536/02/002).

Taken from the website: http://web.me.com/musicbeat/Site/musicBEAT.html

Records deposited in June 2007 with subsequent deposits.

Records of the Black Experience Archive Trust (BEAT), comprising interviews with members of the black community, conducted by pupils at Park View Academy, West Green, and promotional postcard and T-Shirt.

Arranged in two series: LMA/4536/01: Promotional Materials; and LMA/4536/02: Audio Visual.

Available for general access.

Copyright to these records rests with a third party, Migrant Media Limited.
English

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

See also Huntley Archives Advisory Group LMA/4463/C/06 for recordings made by BEAT of the annual Huntley Archives Conference.
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. June to August 2010 with additions August 2012. Community participation Age distribution Age groups Adolescence Youth Social and economic rights Equal opportunity Associations Organizations Youth organizations Migrants Immigrants History Historical methods Oral history Urban areas Urban population Urban youth Community development Black peoples Ethnic groups Racial discrimination BEAT , Black Experience Archive Trust x Black Experience Archive Trust Tottenham Hertfordshire Haringey London England UK Western Europe Europe

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Records deposited in June 2007 with subsequent deposits.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Records of the Black Experience Archive Trust (BEAT), comprising interviews with members of the black community, conducted by pupils at Park View Academy, West Green, and promotional postcard and T-Shirt.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Arranged in two series: LMA/4536/01: Promotional Materials; and LMA/4536/02: Audio Visual.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright to these records rests with a third party, Migrant Media Limited.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

See also Huntley Archives Advisory Group LMA/4463/C/06 for recordings made by BEAT of the annual Huntley Archives Conference.

Finding aids

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

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Description control area

Description identifier

Institution identifier

London Metropolitan Archives

Rules and/or conventions used

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Status

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Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

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