Social sciences research data about survivors is often of little use to historians because it is anonymised and there is no information about that can answer questions like where, when things happened or what was happening in society at the time their views were recorded.
The project will collaborate with organisations that hold data (surveys or interviews) to explore how it can be ethically ‘re-used’ to gain some specific historical understanding of survivor experiences and practitioner responses.
This will enable us to compare survivors’ experiences in different areas or understand changes in attitudes and care practices over time.
The first data set is a selection of surveys (2015) and interviews (2018) undertaken by Survivors in Transition.
We will develop guidelines and resources to assist future researchers to gather and preserve data in ways that can be of use beyond the moment of collection and can used by historians of the future.
