During the global pandemic, we saw the impact that change and disruption caused to international trade and supply of goods, but it was not the first time ‘traders’ had adapted to change. A collaborative project led by Dr Natascha Mehler of the Leibniz Institute of Maritime History (German Maritime Museum) alongside the university of the Highland and Islands and Shetland Museum and Archives has been considering just that. The team are looking at how peripheral communities in Northwest...
