Nevis Background
Colonial Landscape
Pinney House
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Working with students and the community

The Nevis Heritage Project has provided an opportunity for Bristol City Council to continue to develop their policy of social inclusion by creating partnerships with minority ethnic communities and encouraging an awareness of, and pride in, cultural diversity.

Since 2000 BaRAS has encouraged applications from African-Caribbean students attending schools in Bristol. Those students provided with bursaries (usually 3-4 in number, between 15 and 18 years of age) accompany archaeologists from BaRAS, University of Southampton staff and first year archaeology undergraduates from Southampton University.

What’s in it for me?

Taking part in the Nevis Heritage Project would give you the opportunity to study and contribute to a better understanding of the African-Caribbean heritage in Britain and the Caribbean, and its links to contemporary multi-cultural society.

Working as part of a cross-cultural group, you would take part in learning and fieldwork programmes designed to offer you experience in some of the techniques of archaeological excavation, including survey and artefact analysis. Working with, and socialising alongside, university students from Southampton and students from schools on Nevis will give you a greater understanding of the shared heritage between the Caribbean and Bristol.

An open day at the Museum of Nevis History, Charlestown, organised by Elizabeth Rhodes, Education Outreach Officer, Bristol City Museum

Page updated: January 2nd, 2005