I& #39;ve been enjoying the #ConservationTogetherAtHome webinar series immensely in recent weeks (I catch up when I can) & one talk in particular struck a chord with me: & #39;Sustaining Objects: Narrative & Outreach& #39; by Emily Williams. I took the liberty of jotting down a quote from her:

I LOVE narrative & one of my favourite things about conservation is that it straddles humanities & science. I& #39;m a huge science nerd but clinical language & stark tables of data can be a real buzzkill: the non-fiction literature I love most tells a story. They *evoke* something.

Here& #39;s another quote from Emily that I really loved: maybe if we shed the lab coat and embrace how human we are (and how we often *feel* things for the very collections we encounter) we can discover something really vital about ourselves. As conservators, as people.

In some ways that& #39;s why I keep The C Word so conversational: so much time is already spent being scientists, crunching numbers, writing reports or books. Those are all good things but leave very little room for a cup of tea and a chat about why an object makes you sad or happy.

I really recommend you listen to Emily& #39;s talk in full here: https://youtu.be/gJ8PXj5hN9w 

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