Rita Singer<p>Reposting my <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Introduction</span></a> because there's a flurry of new folks -- and I'm an eternal optimist at finding fellow Welsh writing in English peeps. So here goes:</p><p>I work as the Community Outreach Officer for the Welsh Dictionary of Biography, more collquially called the <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Bywgraffiadur" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Bywgraffiadur</span></a>, at the <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/NationalLibraryOfWales" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NationalLibraryOfWales</span></a>. Our goal is to close representational gaps and set the Dictionary on a course of recording the diverse lives of historical Welsh people in all their facets. <a href="https://biography.wales/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">biography.wales/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Otherwise, I'm working on <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/WelshWritingInEnglish" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WelshWritingInEnglish</span></a> mostly from the long <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/C19" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>C19</span></a>. Other research interests include <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/TravelWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TravelWriting</span></a>, particularly illustrated accounts and the history of the <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/VisitorsBook" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>VisitorsBook</span></a>. I'm also into <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/PublicHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PublicHistory</span></a> and community outreach, sometimes abt <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/PortHeritage" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PortHeritage</span></a>, <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/WW1" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WW1</span></a> German submarine warfare and its effects on Welsh communities.</p><p>I share longer <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/WiP" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WiP</span></a> here: <a href="https://bydbach.hcommons.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">bydbach.hcommons.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Toots will be mostly in <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/English" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>English</span></a>, but occasionally also in <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Deutsch" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Deutsch</span></a> and <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Cymraeg" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Cymraeg</span></a>.<br /><a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Histodons</span></a></p>
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Rita Singer<p><a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Introduction</span></a> </p><p>I work as the Community Outreach Officer for the Welsh Dictionary of Biography, more collquially called the <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Bywgraffiadur" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Bywgraffiadur</span></a>, at the <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/NationalLibraryOfWales" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NationalLibraryOfWales</span></a>. Our goal is to close representational gaps and set the Dictionary on a course of recording the diverse lives of historical Welsh people in all their facets. <a href="https://biography.wales/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">biography.wales/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Otherwise, I'm working on <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/WelshWritingInEnglish" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WelshWritingInEnglish</span></a> mostly from the long <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/C19" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>C19</span></a>, so there is lots of overspill into <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/RomanticLit" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RomanticLit</span></a> and <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/EdwardianLit" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EdwardianLit</span></a>, <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/CulturalHeritage" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CulturalHeritage</span></a> and <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>History</span></a> of this small nation. Other research interests include <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/TravelWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TravelWriting</span></a>, particularly illustrated accounts and the history of the <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/VisitorsBook" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>VisitorsBook</span></a>. For recent projects, I've undertaken some <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/PublicHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PublicHistory</span></a> work and community outreach about <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/PortHeritage" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PortHeritage</span></a>, <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/WW1" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WW1</span></a> German submarine warfare and its effects on Welsh communities.</p><p>I share longer <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/WorkInProgress" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WorkInProgress</span></a> on my blog: <a href="https://bydbach.hcommons.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">bydbach.hcommons.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Toots will be mostly in <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/English" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>English</span></a>, but occasionally also in <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Deutsch" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Deutsch</span></a> and <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Cymraeg" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Cymraeg</span></a>.</p>
Rita Singer<p><a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Introduction</span></a> </p><p>I'm a PostDoctoral researcher at <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/AberystwythUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AberystwythUniversity</span></a> working currently for the <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/PortsPastAndPresent" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PortsPastAndPresent</span></a> project. For this project I have just produced a series of short documentary films around <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/CoastalHeritage" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CoastalHeritage</span></a> of the <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/IrishSea" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>IrishSea</span></a> (<a href="https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrSqDy-CF3zCb7oDOvhwml6P47pF9YGOA" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrS</span><span class="invisible">qDy-CF3zCb7oDOvhwml6P47pF9YGOA</span></a>) as a new way of supporting <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/SustainableTourism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SustainableTourism</span></a> in ferry port communities.</p><p>Otherwise, I'm working on <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/WelshWritingInEnglish" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WelshWritingInEnglish</span></a> mostly from the long <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/C19" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>C19</span></a>, so there is lots of overspill into <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/RomanticLit" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RomanticLit</span></a> and <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/EdwardianLit" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EdwardianLit</span></a>, <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/CulturalHeritage" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CulturalHeritage</span></a> and <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>History</span></a> of this small nation. Other research interests include <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/TravelWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TravelWriting</span></a>, particularly illustrated accounts and the history of the <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/VisitorsBook" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>VisitorsBook</span></a>. I've also done some <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/PublicHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PublicHistory</span></a> work and community outreach during the recent <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/CommemorationPeriod" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CommemorationPeriod</span></a> around <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/WW1" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WW1</span></a> German submarine warfare and its effects on Welsh communities.</p><p>I share longer <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/WorkInProgress" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WorkInProgress</span></a> on my blog: <a href="https://bydbach.hcommons.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">bydbach.hcommons.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Toots will be mostly in <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/English" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>English</span></a>, but occasionally also in <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Deutsch" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Deutsch</span></a> and <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Cymraeg" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Cymraeg</span></a>.</p>
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