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Kirsteen and Heather are standing at a table, poring over a large book together. There is a microphone on the table, along with piles of other books and documents

Kirsteen Borland and Heather Claridge during the Voices of Experience conversations that will form the foundation of ‘Work Experience: ways of remembering (a) working life’. Image: Jude Barber

Image: Jude Barber

Royal Society of Edinburgh grants for ECA researchers

Projects that will benefit include a study of the recognition and remembering of everyday working lives; the establishment of a network to compare concertina-fold books from different times and cultures; and an exploration of the art and experience of musical accompaniment.