Dudley Time Portal is a…
living archive of creative artefacts and experiments from the past, present and future of Dudley Borough.
digital commons shared and stewarded by people who care about Dudley Borough.
digital infrastructure that supports collective imagination and community-led action.
Gemma and Alex from the Common Knowledge team are collaborating with local co-creators and CoLab Dudley to bring the archive to life.
Alex Worrad-Andrews
All about the tech
Gemma Copeland
All about the design
Phase 1 | Groundwork
Sep 2024 - Oct 2024
Gemma and Alex hung out in Dudley with the Dudley People’s School for Climate Justice team to get to know us and our old archive from Stories of Place.
Phase 2 | Co-Design and Build
Nov 2024 - Sep 2025
Gemma and Alex hosted co-design workshops and one-to-one sessions with Dudley Time Portal co-creators to prototype and test the archive. You can read about the first workshop here.
Phase 3 | Learn and Iterate
We are here!
Gemma, Alex and the CoLab Dudley team are working to get the first iteration of the archive online. This will be a period for us all to experiment and learn with the archive and reveal how we evolve it together. Alex will be running digital skills training for local people to become stewards of the archive.
Design and Technical Approach | Jun 2025
https://www.loom.com/share/25cc25f4ef5e4a6dbe292dd703b9ddf6?sid=4771c880-7524-4fcf-8777-ed585c6be766
Prototype Walkthrough | Jun 2025
https://www.loom.com/share/b4de9d2ff50e4b319ba5be784afc32cd
<aside> <img src="/icons/arrow-right-basic_pink.svg" alt="/icons/arrow-right-basic_pink.svg" width="40px" />
Here is the live website!
</aside>
Dudley People's School for Climate Justice – time portal
<aside> <img src="/icons/groups_pink.svg" alt="/icons/groups_pink.svg" width="40px" />
Become a co-creator
</aside>
Get in touch if you would like to join our Whatsapp group where you will get updates on the project.
<aside> <img src="/icons/laptop_pink.svg" alt="/icons/laptop_pink.svg" width="40px" />
Take part in digital archive steward training
</aside>
We don’t yet have a date for our next training gathering but you are welcome to click on the triangle toggle below to spend some time with our previous training.