How to explore the archive using themes 

Our archive tells stories of poverty in its many forms, continued precarity (both for people living in poverty, and for the organisations working alongside them in solidarity), and of building a strong and caring community as the foundation for activism. You can take many routes through the archive.  

Using the toolbar at the top of every page, you can browse the archive by different categories, such as memorable images, community collages, short stories, community members, and wider contextual materials. You can also experiment with the search facility (top right).

An alternative route is to explore the archive by theme. Together with community researchers from the Poverty Truth Community, we developed a set of themes reflecting the values, experiences and ways of working that give shape to the Community’s story/ies. 

The PTC approach

These themes reflect how the Poverty Truth Community works. Together, they show a multi-level, relational model of working that places people and experience at the centre. 

Are you interested in participatory practice, relational working and community-led approaches, and how these can be nurtured and supported? These thematic areas may be particularly relevant to you. 

Themes include: 

#nothing_about_us_without_us_is_for_us

#conversations_and_stories

#walk_in_our_shoes

#opening_doors

#policy_partners

#memories

#power_and_empowerment

#solidarity

#the_power_of_the_cuppa

#compassion_and_care

#friends_family_and_home

#diversity

#respect_and_dignity

#gratitude

#journeys

#contemplative_adaptive_movement

Our journey of change

These themes reflect outcomes and forms of change, including personal, collective and policy-related effects and help illustrate how change happens in nuanced and interconnected ways. 

Are you interested in thinking about the impact of lived experience activism at different scales? These thematic areas may be particularly relevant to you. 

Themes include:

#supportive_strong_community 

#confident_voice 

#ripple_effects 

#healing

#policy_influencing 

#personal_enrichment_and_growth 

#hope 

#knowledge 

Thematic policy experiences and issues

These themes focus on specific policy experiences and social issues allowing visitors to explore how poverty is experienced in different contexts and over time. This section may grow over time.  

Are you interested in specific policy areas or lived experience as a form of data and evidence about poverty? These thematic areas may be particularly relevant to you. 

Themes include:

 #health

#isolation

#stigma

#closed_doors

#living_with_poverty

#cost_of_the_school_day

#food_poverty

#kinship_care_and_kinship_carers

#new_Scots

#in_memoriam

#poverty_in_different_forms

#poverty_as_worldwide

#poverty_over_time

#criminal_justice

The PTC story

These themes trace the story of the Poverty Truth Community over time, focusing on key moments, activities and ways of working in the Community’s timeline. 

Do you want to understand the Poverty Truth Community’s body of work? These thematic areas may be relevant to you. 

Themes include: 

#Iona_holidays 

#creativity 

#Poverty_Truth_Commissions 

#becoming_the_community 

#year_of_reimagining 

#mutual_mentoring 

#campaigns_and_campaigning 

To journey the archive thematically, you can either a) search by theme, or b) open any item in the archive, and you will see related themes listed under the Subject heading (look for the hashtag) - these are clickable linking to other items with the same tag.

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