ABSTRACT
In this chapter, the author explores the learning potential and some of the practical and pedagogical issues that he have encountered in training and mentoring students in the construction of memoryscapes. He aims to share a range of experimental, exciting, and hopefully inspiring student project work, which, in the field of history at least, so rarely sees the light of day in academic publishing. The issue of authorship and control is intrinsic to any community project involving professional workers. The programme attracted several older members of the community who were invaluable in helping us understand the historical geography of a deindustrialised area that had undergone an extraordinary amount of change. In initial meetings with community workers and potential volunteers, the intended scope of the product is naturally explained, perhaps with examples from other projects. Many students focused on the local history of London’s suburbs, far away from the more usual guided walks and tours around central London.
