Scotland's Transnational Heritage

Emma Bond is Professor of Italian and Comparative Studies at the University of Oxford and was Principal Investigator of the ‘Transnational Scotland’ network (2019–20). She has published widely on transnational, border and migration cultures, including the monograph Writing Migration through the Body (2018) and the co-edited volume Destination Italy: Representing Migration in Contemporary Media and Narrative (2015).

• Foreword: Fostering Recognition under the Luxury of Amnesia, Alberta Whittle 1. An Introduction to Scotland’s Transnational Heritage: Sites, Things and Time(s), Emma Bond (University of Oxford)Part I: Transnational Sites2. Tartan: Its Journey Through the African Diaspora, Teleica Kirkland 3. Textiles in Transition. Linen, Jute, and the Dundee Region’s Transnational Networks, c. 1740- c. 1880, Sally Tuckett (University of Glasgow) and Christopher A. Whatley (University of Dundee)4. Some Things Can’t Be Unknown – Sharing History with My Neighbours, Jeni Reid5. Black History Walking Tours Edinburgh, Lisa Williams (Edinburgh Caribbean Association / University of Edinburgh)Part II: Transnational Things6. The East India Company and Scotland: Tracing the Recovery and Reappraisal of a Transnational Corporation, Bashabi Fraser7. The Matter of Slavery at National Museums Scotland, Sarah Laurenson (National Museums Scotland)8. Paisley’s Empire: Representation, Collection and Display, Joel Fagan (Paisley Museum)9. Telling a Fuller Story: Scottish Design, Empire and Transnational Heritage at V&A Dundee, Meredith More (V&A Dundee) and Rosie Spooner (University of Glasgow)Part III: Transnational Time(s)10. Storywalking as Transnational Method: From Juteopolis to Sugaropolis, Mona Bozdog11. Digital Museum Objects and Transnational Histories, Nicôle Meehan (University of St Andrews)12. Decolonising University Histories: Reflections on Research into African, Asian and Caribbean Students at Edinburgh, UncoverED13. Avowing Slavery in the Visual Arts, Michael Morris (University of Dundee)Afterword. Building Solidarity: Moving Towards the Repatriation of the House of Ni’isjoohl Totem Pole, Amy Parent, Noxs Ts’aawit, with William Moore, Sim’oogit Duuk

This long overdue book feels like a challenge to the stories we have come to expect from our national heritage collections. The wealth of research from this sprawling and generous cohort of writers is insistently changing what stories are being told in Scotland and crucially who gets to lead on telling those stories.