SharedIslandStories: Shared Island Stories from Scotland and the Caribbean, Past, Present, Future

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Islands are conventionally associated with romantic ideas of local distinctiveness and isolation, and yet those situated off the west coast of Scotland and the Caribbean share the growing problem of coastal erosion through rising sea levels and storm intensification, as well as economic recession, depopulation and inappropriate tourismdevelopment. Shared Island Stories considers past, present and future relationships between these archipelagos through museum and heritage studies, sustainable development, and memory studies. Building on new evidence into Scotland's links with the transatlantic slave trade, the project pushes boundaries around major debates in decolonisation and climate adaptation. It asks: Which collections from the islands tell shared stories of Empire? What is the role of heritage communities for sustainable development? How can island community museums partner with NGOs, policy and local organisations and businesses for climate action? How can health and wellbeingbe understood in relation to community heritage, traditional ecological knowledge and island life? What does this new knowledge bring to debates on climate justice, especially as they relate to the role of youth? A range of methods including new archival provenance research into island collections and colonialism, a participatoryknowledge-action network addressing present-day challenges, and a transatlantic youth exchange, will bring about inter-generational transmission of cultural and ecological knowledge. Through a carefully considered approach to historical and ecological relations, the research will also explore how public engagement with community heritagecan bring about significant health and well-being benefits to people. Seen through the lens of environmental museology, sharing island stories happens inside the space between colonised and coloniser, global South and global North, bringing human-ecological relations to bear on a novel transatlantic island museology.