Writing Whitehawk Woman: Workshop with Bea Hitchman

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Whitehawk Woman’s skeleton, discovered in 1933, dates from the Neolithic period. Although we might therefore think of her as an ‘original’ Sussex resident, she herself was not born locally, and may have migrated from as far away as the Welsh borders. Bea Hitchman’s workshop will invite participants to interact with the recently developed Whitehawk Woman exhibit at the Museum, thinking/writing towards an understanding of her journey. What is possible to ‘know’ about her, and what is the role of the imagination in recreating her past?

In this talk and workshop series, writers and academics Drs Hitchman and Jordan-Baker (University of Brighton) will explore stories of origin: how they get told, what they mean and how we might retell them. Focussing on early human origins and the ecology of ‘native’ and ‘invasive’ species, these events will look at both the science and the storytelling behind origins.