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SUMMARY:Mobile media\, community identity and contested histories in Irela
 nd - Terry Wright (CRASSH Visiting Fellow\, Reader in Theoretical Studies 
 in Visual Art at the University of Ulster)
DTSTART:20081118T153000Z
DTEND:20081118T170000Z
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CONTACT:Dacia Viejo Rose
DESCRIPTION:The paper explores and contextualises the results of practice-
 led research into interactive heritage undertaken as part of the Northern 
 Ireland Peace Process. The project produced two prototype pilot demonstrat
 ors providing interactive mobile heritage guides to the Drogheda Viaduct (
 built in 1855) and the site of the Battle of the Boyne (1690). The overall
  aim of the productions is to enable visitors to historical sites to acces
 s multi-perspective\, contested or contradictory histories and conjecture:
  from different points of view. Using the prototype Irish history guides a
 s case studies\, the paper explores of the wider theoretical\, methodologi
 cal and empirical aspects of the re-presentation of contested histories\, 
 identity and heritage and their contemporary political ramifications. In p
 articular\, it will assess the role and benefits of visualisation in the f
 ormation of community identity and in fostering social cohesion. \n
LOCATION:CRASSH\, Seminar Room\, 17 Mill Lane
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