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Edinburgh Historical Reconstruction Lab

Edinburgh Historical Reconstruction Lab

Hands-on history for research, teaching, and public engagement

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Hands-on history for research, teaching, and public engagement

The Edinburgh Historical Reconstruction Lab is a space for teaching, researching and sharing knowledge through hands-on reconstruction. By reconstructing premodern recipes, we gain insights into past worlds that are generally ignored in written texts and appreciate the everyday knowledge that has often been dismissed as unimportant or unattainable.

We teach students material literacy –  the understanding of the way substances, tools, and techniques shape human experience, and how practical knowledge – once taken for granted – made the world work. We offer consultancy for businesses, cultural organisations and creative practitioners – please contact CfHRR@ed.ac.uk to discuss further.

We are based in the School of History, Classics and Archaeology at the University of Edinburgh, and form part of the Centre for Historical Reconstruction Research.

 

 

 

 

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