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NorthBoundSymposia Series

Dr. Maria Angela Ferrario

Research Associate

Academy for Irish Cultural Heritages

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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 One: Italy

Programme

Extra Curricula

When & Where

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The Academy @ University of Ulster

The Academy for Irish Cultural Heritages (AICH) is one of five Research Institutes based in the University of Ulster’s Faculty of Arts.30+ staff from a wide range of subject backgrounds in the arts, humanities and social sciences, 3 University’s campuses. Associate members, and a large and growing postgraduate community.

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The Academy - Aim

To be a centre of excellence for interdisciplinary research on cultural heritages, both material and non-material, in an international context with particular emphasis on cultural heritages connected with the island of Ireland.

CulturalHeritages

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The Academy - Sample Activities

Synergies within UU

Synergies at EU/ International level

NorthBoundSymposium OneItaly in Northern Ireland 17.11.06

SIEF2008 CongressInternational Society forEthnology and Folklore16-20th June ‘07

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SIEF, the International Society for Ethnology and Folklore, was founded in Athens on September 8th, 1964

9th SIEF : encourage boundary-crossing explorations:

Transcending “European Heritages”: Liberating the Ethnological Imagination Broad range of sub-themes, panel discussions, posters, workshops, and keynotes by leading international scholars.

SIEF2008:: About SIEF

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SIEF2008:: SIEF & The City, Synergies

Involve the City in the event(both City Side & Waterside)

Use venues around the City for both the academic and social programme

Liase with key stakeholders on both local and crossborder level

Local AuthoritiesTourism officesLocal BusinessArts & Entertainment Venues

Walled City

City Side

Waterside

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SIEF2008:: When & Where

16th-20th June 2006

Magee Campus, Derry

Call for papers - First Round: 30th November

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

A series of 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:: Who is it About?

Each symposium will look into a specific European community in Northern Ireland including: Italy [17 Nov 06]

The Baltic Regions [May 07]

France & Germany [Nov 07]

The Balkans [May 08]

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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:: What is For [Obj]

• Increase visibility and awareness of the activities carried out by such communities within N.I, R.O.I and their respective countries

• Strengthen the cultural links between N.I. and their respective countries

• Facilitate the creation of networks that can support cultural, social and economic activities between N.I., R.O.I and their respective countries

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NorthBound:: Topics

Topics are broad in scope and they may overlap. Different symposia will cover different topics and each symposium may not cover all the topics

mobileSociety: migrations, barriers to mobiliy

footPrints: literature, prose, 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 #1:: Topics

memoryBites: food & drink, life style and culinary traditions

footPrints: literature, prose, journalism

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

livingMemories history & stories through the eyes of people

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

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NorthBound #1:: Programme

Welcome

Overview

Keynote

Coffee

Keynote

Closure

Prof Robert Welch Dean of Faculty , University of Ulster

Dr M.A.Ferrario Associate Researcher, AICH

Mr Leo D’Agostino Honorary Consul in N.I. The Italian Community: its Pasts and Presents

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Prof. Fabio Mugnaini professor of European Ethnology, Univ. Siena The heirs of a wonderful misery.

Silvia Calamati, writer, journalist RAI 24hrs An Italian Eyewitness

Mr Liam Campbel Westway Films“Sense of Belonging” Introduction and video cuts

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Dr Roger Logues, Love and War…A perfect marriage?

Vox Pops, radio Interviews fromPeople in Northern Ireland – Paul Moore and Stanley

Lunch Break

Mr Eddie McVeigh Head of EU Commision N.I. NI and Europe, Present Tracks and Future Trends

Coffee Break + Q&A the Disposable Gallery

Coffee Break + Q&A

John Fleming, Director SlowfoodUK – The Cittaslow Network

Discussion -Symposium closes at 16.00

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NorthBound #1:: Extra Curricula

voxPops: Italy and the Italians according to N.I. people (radio piece)

memoryBites: Each speaker (& audience) was asked to send their favourite/forgotten italian recipies.

changingWords: anyone for a half-day language workshop to start doing things the Italian way?

disposableGallery: photos on N.I. sent by Italians who lived/live here

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NorthBound #1:: 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