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NorthBound

Dr. Maria Angela Ferrario

Research Associate

Academy for Irish Cultural Heritages

Exploring Cultural Heritages at the Migration Interface

Research Symposia Series

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Presentation Overview

(A) Two words about AICH

Overview

Sample activity: SIEF2008

(B) Northbound in brief

What is It?

Who is it About?

What is For?

Topics

(C) Northbound Two: Baltic Neighbours

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The Academy @ University of Ulster

One of five Research Institutes based in the UU Faculty of Arts.

30+ staff from a wide range of subject backgrounds

3 University campuses

Associate members + a large & growing postgraduate community.

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Coleraine

Jordanstown

AICH and UU Campuses

Derry

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The Academy - Aim

Centre of excellence for

Interdisciplinary research on

Cultural Heritages(tangible & non-tangible)

In an international context

Emphasis on cultural heritages connected with the island of Ireland.

AICH

Humanities

Art & DesignMedia

Celtic Studies

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Forthcoming Event – June’08

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SIEF2008:: When & Where

16th-20th June 2008

Magee Campus, Derry

Call for papers – Second Round: end of May 07

http://www.ulster.ac.uk/sief2008/

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NorthBound:: What is It?

Lives, facts and stories of people who left their countries to live their cultures in Northern Ireland… and vice versa

4 Research Symposia organised by the Academy

Four events over a two-year period (Nov'06–May'08)

Focus: both the established and the emerging European cultural landscapes in today’s N.I.

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NorthBound:: What is For [Aim]

To promote the culture, support the presence & provide networking opportunities to people & communities who, from Europe, have come to Northern Ireland to live, work & study.

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NorthBound:: Topics

mobileSociety: migrations, barriers to mobiliy

footPrints: poetry, literature, journalism

changingWords: language learning process and challenges

visualArts: painting, sculpture, film, photography, new media

design&technology: fashion, design, architecture

performingArts: theatre, comedy, dance, music, magic

livingMemories: history & stories through the eyes of people

within&Beyond: mind, spirit, philosophy, religion, rituals

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NorthBound:: Who is it About?

Each symposium -> a specific European community in Northern Ireland including: Italy [17 Nov 06]

The Baltic Neighbours [11 May 07]

France & Germany [Nov 07]

The Balkans [May 08]

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General Facts & Figures

UK – Almost 600,000 people from ‘Eastern’ Europe have registered to work in the UK since May 2004, Home Office figures (27.02.06).Polish - 65% of the total (390,000)- followedLithuanians -11% (66,000)

NI – 60,000 estimatedPoles: 35,000/45,000 Lithuanians: 3,500/4,000*

* Official 4,000 est 15,000 – Lithuanian Ambassador in Šilutés Magazine 8th March 07

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The Neighbour, the Similar & the Other

The idea of "neighbourliness" is a double-edged one … It implies openness to neighbouring cultures but also provincial mistrust*

* Orhan Pamuk (2006 Nobel Prize for Literature on the European Neighbouring Policy)

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Neighbours

a slide on history

Russia

Turkey

UK, NI, IE

PL, LT, …

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Old Neighbours

Regina EuropaCosmographia Universalis , Basel 1550-4

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New Neighbours – News To Wear (Saloje)

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New Neighbours – Polish Picnic (Glosik)

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NorthBound 2# Contacts

Maria Angela Ferrario

t:: 00-44-28-71-37-5304 (direct)

e:: ma.ferrario@ulster.ac.uk

w: http://www.arts.ulster.ac.uk/aich/nbsymposia