Research project

Harbouring Voices: Oral Histories of Whitby鈥檚 Fishing Community

Project overview

This project records the voices and experiences of Whitby鈥檚 fishing community through oral history interviews and film. By documenting working lives, change over time, and everyday knowledge of the harbour, the project aims to preserve stories that have rarely been captured in the historical record. The documentary will be shared publicly at outreach events, with recordings and transcripts archived at the Whitby Museum for future generations.

Staff

Lead researchers

Miss Freya Ivy Palmer

Research interests
  • Systems thinking and system dynamics聽
  • Sustainable marine fisheries
  • Resource resilience
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Professor Paul Kemp

Professor of Ecological Engineering
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Dr Bindi Shah PhD, FHEA

Associate Professor
Research interests
  • A key question that Bindi is interested in asking is: What shapes citizenship and a sense of 鈥
  • Bindi is also interested in exploring the role of social capital for developing interdiscipli鈥
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Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Research outputs

Freya Ivy Palmer, Paul Kemp & Bindi Shah, 2026
Type: conference