Uncomfortable Cambridge

A female-led social enterprise dedicated to diversifying local histories through walking tours of Cambridge. Tours designed by historians and researchers.

[Uncomfortable Cambridge @UnCamProject]

Our tours and wider work aims and values safe, #productive discussions, even when those discussions are uncomfortable. We encourage joint, collective #advocacy in support of #change, recognising that none of us can be free from the impacts of #oppression until all of us are.

[CRASSH, Cambridge @CRASSHlive]

📣 Join the launch event: Catalysts for Decolonisation, 29 Nov from 4-6pm

Hear about the vision of the lab and join a community of students, scholars and citizens interested in questions of empire, coloniality, race, decolonisation and anti-imperialism
https://t.co/FLtgeYgAVl

[Uncomfortable Cambridge @UnCamProject]

This is such a great read on #access and the politics of space! Cambridge's unequal urban geography is something that shapes how we develop the route of our guided walks, and the source of many fascinating and #uncomfortable conversations with our tour participants ! 👣

[Uncomfortable York @UnYorkProject]

Throwback to 3 weeks ago, when we joined the brilliant @HistoryLabPlus ECR conference, to share our work in York (and in other cities with @UnOxProject and @UnCamProject ) with a stellar lineup of scholars and heritage practitioners!

[@un-oxford.bsky.social @UnOxProject]

This tour will explore how Oxford University was shaped by the imperial project and how its graduates went on to gain powerful positions in the Empire 🌐
The tour will last 1 hour. We will walk no more than 2km, and finish at the current student protest site run by @OxAct4Pal✊

[Uncomfortable Cambridge @UnCamProject]

If you're in Oxford this weekend, join and donate to this fundraising tour !

[@un-oxford.bsky.social @UnOxProject]

📢THIS SATURDAY 8 JUNE: Join us for a special Oxford and Empire Tour in Support of Aid to Palestine!
🔗: https://t.co/xVfr0vf8WM
All proceeds will be donated to the emergency fund of @savechildrenuk, an international aid charity bringing supplies to those suffering in Gaza ⛑️

[Uncomfortable York @UnYorkProject]

Statement from @UnCamProject @UnOxProject and Uncomfortable York on the Palestine Solidarity Encampments led by University students.

[Uncomfortable Cambridge @UnCamProject]

You can book free tickets to the showcase next week on our website - https://t.co/ATJdVwlWJW

[Whipple Museum @WhippleMuseum]

Students from Cambridge School of Visual & Performing Arts @csvpa have taken over the Museum!

On until 26th March, Inspired by Uncomfortable Cambridge is mixed media art in response to our collections & the @UnCamProject tour.

https://t.co/wsj2DJq9rt

#CamFest

[Whipple Museum @WhippleMuseum]

Students from Cambridge School of Visual & Performing Arts @csvpa have taken over the Museum!

On until 26th March, Inspired by Uncomfortable Cambridge is mixed media art in response to our collections & the @UnCamProject tour.

https://t.co/wsj2DJq9rt

#CamFest

[@un-oxford.bsky.social @UnOxProject]

We do tours in England and talk a lot about memorials and monuments, but our co-director @OliviaDurandIRL 's research is all about #Ukraine's history and heritage! Go check her work on Catherine II's statue, which stood in Odesa until December 2022:

https://t.co/RoE3DIkagw

[Uncomfortable Cambridge @UnCamProject]

Check out this event on #Cambridge's Spinning house and the uni's history of arresting women for street walking in the 19th c - literally regulating women's presence in public space ls! We talk about it in our #HiddenHistories tour but Caroline Biggs wrote a whole book on it!

[Uncomfortable Cambridge @UnCamProject]

🔎 What are some stories from #Cambridge history that have been lost or overlooked with time?

Our next Hidden Histories Tour delves into some of them! Join us at 14:30 on 11 February to hear more!

https://t.co/MXjAa7TWId
#history #cambridge #tourist #LQBTQIA #Women

[Uncomfortable Cambridge @UnCamProject]

In an ancient city like #Cambridge, heritage is often hidden within everyday spaces. 🏛

Here you see the old Free library, now converted into a @gigglingsquid. Learn more on the Picturing Cambridge website run by @museumofcambridge !

#history #cambridgeshire

[Uncomfortable Cambridge @UnCamProject]

☀️ It was a beautiful weekend for tours with #bluesky peaking out as we walked around #cambridge discussing the more complex histories of #colonialism #inequality #race #gender #academia and #repatriation.
👟 Our Original tour runs every weekend: https://t.co/TsDCqiQsyF

[Uncomfortable Cambridge @UnCamProject]

#Cambridge #whatson #events #museums

[Uncomfortable Cambridge @UnCamProject]

5 Activities we recommend this January 2024~

[Uncomfortable Cambridge @UnCamProject]

This tour runs once a month and is a great way to stay warm in January while learning something new!
Next Tour: 19 Jan @ 14:30PM
BOOK: https://t.co/UZtf6nWtVF