{"id":17082,"date":"2026-03-27T13:59:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T13:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rixinclusiveresearch.org\/?post_type=together&#038;p=17082"},"modified":"2026-03-27T13:59:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T13:59:08","slug":"widening-access-to-archives-through-a-multisensory-approach","status":"publish","type":"together","link":"https:\/\/www.rixinclusiveresearch.org\/ru\/together\/widening-access-to-archives-through-a-multisensory-approach\/","title":{"rendered":"Widening access to archives through a multisensory approach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"intro-para\">Co-speakers: Ajay Choksi, purpleSTARS co-researcher and Technical Assistant at Rix Inclusive Research Institute, and Sarah Petter, Senior Engagement Manager in Collection Care at The National Archives<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17086\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17086\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rixinclusiveresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ajay-NA-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17086\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rixinclusiveresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ajay-NA-2.jpg\" alt=\"National Archives old paper\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rixinclusiveresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ajay-NA-2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.rixinclusiveresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ajay-NA-2-400x266.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.rixinclusiveresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ajay-NA-2-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17086\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ajay from purpleSTARS and Sarah from The National Archives presented to the Disability Champions Forum<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It was a joy co-presenting at today\u2019s meeting of the <a href=\"https:\/\/alissnet.com\/disability\/\">Disability Champions Forum<\/a> on our collaborative work to widen access to archives through a multisensory approach. We explored the smells, sounds and feel of archival materials and how these can offer alternate perspectives and ways of accessing and understanding archives. We also shared our work co-creating a papermaking workshop designed with inclusivity, flexibility, and accessibility at its heart.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17085\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17085\" style=\"width: 1100px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rixinclusiveresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ajay-NA-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17085\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rixinclusiveresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ajay-NA-1.jpg\" alt=\"paper making at RIX\" width=\"1100\" height=\"733\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rixinclusiveresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ajay-NA-1.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.rixinclusiveresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ajay-NA-1-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rixinclusiveresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ajay-NA-1-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.rixinclusiveresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ajay-NA-1-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17085\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paper making session at RIX<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This work is an ongoing collaboration between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalarchives.gov.uk\/\">\u041d\u0430\u0446\u0438\u043e\u043d\u0430\u043b\u044c\u043d\u044b\u0439 \u0430\u0440\u0445\u0438\u0432<\/a>, Rix Inclusive Research Institute and purpleSTARS to explore how we can use our senses to provide inclusive research, engagement, and access opportunities with archival materials for audiences with and without disabilities and differences.<\/p>\n<p>Co-researcher Ajay shared his experiences of taking part and the research on his RIX Wiki. The presentation also shared the design and delivery of an inclusive paper making workshop.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rixwiki.org\/7953\/\"><span class=\"call-to-action\">Ajay&#8217;s National Archives Wiki<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Disability Champions Forum hears about our collaborative work to widen access to archives through a multisensory approach.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":17087,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"class_list":["post-17082","together","type-together","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sticky"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rixinclusiveresearch.org\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/together\/17082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rixinclusiveresearch.org\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/together"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rixinclusiveresearch.org\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/together"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.rixinclusiveresearch.org\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/together\/17082\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17088,"href":"https:\/\/www.rixinclusiveresearch.org\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/together\/17082\/revisions\/17088"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rixinclusiveresearch.org\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rixinclusiveresearch.org\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rixinclusiveresearch.org\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}