Phase Three monitors how the living archive is maintained and developed in order to continue to understand how decisions are made about what to record. This stage is important for developing further understanding of the complex ethical and moral challenges of recording a shared past in the context of ‘state’ care and the various legal and regulatory frameworks associated with it.
We have developed guidance and and resources to aid organisations and practitioners in their approaches to the development and maintenance of records of shared experiences, see The Memory Bank.
News Update
June 2025
Andrew Burns presented a paper on ‘Memory, Identity, and Belonging’ using findings from ARCH at the Siblings Community of Practice, led by Stand Up for Siblings and The Promise Partnership. The PowerPoint slides for this presentation can be found here: Resources | Stand Up For Siblings
May 2025
We’ve made the news! See two newspaper articles about ARCH:
‘We all need a box full of memories’ The Press & Journal and The Courier, 19 May 2025, pp8-9
January 2025
We now have two more organisations who are piloting the Memory Bank with us. Watch this space for more details …