At Home on the Hill
Home, mobility and belonging in Harold Hill.
Harold Hill Estate: views of shops. Co-operative Society shop © London Metropolitan Archives (City of London)
What does it mean to call Harold Hill home?
Interested in taking part?
What does taking part involve?
I am a PhD student at Queen Mary University of London in Mile End, undertaking research in collaboration with Eastside Community Heritage, a community heritage organisation. Through oral history interviews with local residents, this PhD research project focuses on what it means to call Harold Hill ‘home’, and how this may relate to a sense of belonging. If you live, or have lived in Harold Hill, I would like to speak with you about your experiences of home. Your participation will help inform the research, and will enable me to capture different memories and experiences of life in Harold Hill over time.
If you live or have lived in Harold Hill, I would like to invite you to take part in the research.
I am interested in speaking to adults across different generations, including people who have lived in Harold Hill since the estate was built, those who have moved to the area more recently, and people who have since moved away. Should you decide to take part in the research, you will be invited to take part in three interviews (but there is no obligation to take part in all three). These are:
An interview in your home
An initial interview within your home, or other setting, discussing experiences of living in Harold Hill.
Walk and talk
A mobile interview which explores other places linked to home across the estate. This may be through a walking tour of Harold Hill.
Talk about photos
A final interview which explores experiences of home in other times and places. This interview draws on discussions of any photographs of home in other times or places that may be important to you (for example, this may be another area, or it may be Harold Hill at another time).
About me
My name is Jade Hunter, and I am a part-time PhD student in the Geography department of Queen Mary University. My research is funded by the ESRC, and is a collaboration between Queen Mary, and Eastside Community Heritage.
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