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"Bridging the Gap: Networks, Hierarchies and Impact": The student-led CDP Conference will be held @V_and_A on 13 September 2018 #CDPCon18

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We are learning to talk to others who are the same; we need to break out of this; we should not just be another brick in the wall; we are better than bricks #CDPCon18
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That's a wrap for today from #CDPCon18 folks. Speakers, chairs, @littlegaudy, Sarah, @CDPConnect, @ahrcpress, @V_and_A and our lovely audience, thank you so much for all your contributions, hard work and support!
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Here’s the link to @littlegaudy ‘s podcast Bricks and Mortals - check it out! ucl.ac.uk/culture/projects/b… #CDPCon18
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If we take the names away we take the narrative away; it's a whitewashing of history
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@littlegaudy reiterates primacy of emotion and the need to maintain agency as a PhD student
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@littlegaudy rocking the keynote opening eyes of @CDPConference18 students - we are working for universities and institutions which are inherently racist. We need to open our eyes to these structures and take it to pieces. What will our futures look like without these structures?
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"then power lies with every single one of you to change the narrative" #CDPCon18
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Subhadra talks about the process of removing eugenics from UCL structures and syllabuses, but strongly challenges the politics of it.
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"We changed the name but we kept the money"
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These histories are not, should not be, contested - perhaps uncomfortable, not the default narrative, but not contested #CDPCon18
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"if you are brown if you are female, and you go around behaving like a white man, people are going to take bites out of you" #CDPCon18
A six year old @littlegaudy is excited by the library but not the Trunchbullian librarian... #CDPCon18
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@littlegaudy giving keynote #CDPCon18 including the dark history of UCL science collections
"I felt the silence in the room when I said eugenics"
Audible change in the room when @littlegaudy moves from talking about Galton's contributions to knowledge re weather and tea, to his role in developing and propagating eugenics #CDPCon18
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"eugenics is a very British invention" #CDPCon18
Keynote from @littlegaudy starts off by reflecting on the pressure of knowledge and knowledge creation #CDPCon18
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Oof! What a day of fantastic, provocative and reflective panels. Heading towards our keynote from @littlegaudy to conclude the day #CDPCon18
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Bruce invites us to reflect on the primacy and immediacy of voice and plays recording of an artist speaking his thoughts on collecting and representation #CDPCon18
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"Who told us we could open galleries?" #CDPCon18
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Reflections on sound and voice, lacking frame, leaking like an odour, filling and altering the space it is put in #CDPCon18