Date: February 25th, 2011: 9.30 - 4.15
Location: University of Ulster, York Street, Belfast, Room B82A02
Organisers: Centre for Media Research, University of Ulster
Free with tea/coffee and lunch provided
Optimum number 40 people
The intention is to invite up to 40 participants with each plenary session based on the themes below, and to offer 3 or 4 short presentations, with substantial time given over to discussion and sharing experience of working in the relevant area. 9.30 Register 9.45 Introduction 10.00 Keynote Speaker: Brendan McAllister, Victims Commissioner 10.30 -11.30 Panel 1: Ethics of recording memories of traumatic experiences Michelle Moloney (chair), Claire Hackett (Healing Through Remembering), Will Glendinning (Diversity Challenges, John O'Neill (BBCNI Legacy radio series) 11.30 Tea/coffee 11.45 -12.45 Panel 2: Ownership and authorship: who owns the recorded stories? Cahal McLaughlin (chair), Maureen Hetherington (The Junction), Patricia Lundy (Ardoyne: The Untold Story), Laura Haydon (radio producer) 12.45 - 1.45 Lunch 1.45 - 2.45 Panel 3: Representation: how do we record and represent difficult memories? Graham Dawson (University of Brighton), Declan Keeney (QUB), Anne Crilly (The Kathleen Thompson Story) 2.45 - 3.45 Panel 4: Reception: how are recorded memories received and used? Jolene Mairs (chair), Geoff Bell/Judith Garfield (Eastside Community Centre, London), Pat McCauley (WAVE), Jim Keys (Epilogues) 3.45 - 4.15 Summing up If you wish to attend please contact Sally Quinn by email at s.quinn@ulster.ac.uk or by telephone on (028) 703 23361. You can also find us on Facebook via our page Recording Memories from Conflict. Because numbers are limited, we will accept on a first-come basis. If you have to cancel, please let Sally know, so others can take your place. Thank you.