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Past Meets Present: History Education In Northern Ireland, Will Ehrenfeld
Past Meets Present: History Education In Northern Ireland, Will Ehrenfeld
Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection
The inevitable question as a society emerges from conflict is how to deal with the past. Commemorate and remember or forget and move on? More importantly, how does this choice affect the participants in the conflict and other members of society—how is commemoration or disregard transmitted to the population? Looking around the world at societies emerging from all types and degrees of conflict, divergent approaches to this seminal question are taken at every turn. Centrally, societies must decide how to deal with perpetrators of violence; South Africa may have the most famous method for dealing with victims and perpetrators of …
“Art As Direct Political Action:” An Investigation Through Case Studies And Interviews, Emily Meinhardt
“Art As Direct Political Action:” An Investigation Through Case Studies And Interviews, Emily Meinhardt
Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection
In 1970, Artforum, an international magazine of contemporary art, conducted a survey of various important artists asking the following question: what is your position regarding the kinds of direct political action that should be taken by artists? The question was asked in relation to the “deepening political crisis in America,” the Vietnam War. The development of television brought images of war into American homes more dramatically and immediately than any previous conflict. Though the war was taking place abroad, the violence was made real to audiences, including artists, many of whom felt pressure to respond to the political situation. Around …
Power-Sharing, Stability And The May 8th Devolution Day, Christopher A, Walker
Power-Sharing, Stability And The May 8th Devolution Day, Christopher A, Walker
Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection
May 8th, 2007; a day which will be a monumental moment in history. It will be seen as an end of an era of fighting and lost lives. For others it is going to be a moment of relief and progress. And still others will feel dazed and confused. Yet no matter where one might stand on the spectrum, this day will forever remain a historic one. One which will be referred to in the history books and stories will be told of what lead to this extraordinary moment. May 8th 2007 will be the day which Nationalists and Unionists …
Sectarianism And Social Capital: Community Development In Northern Ireland, Becky Alhadeff
Sectarianism And Social Capital: Community Development In Northern Ireland, Becky Alhadeff
Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection
There is a prevailing belief within the majority of the community sector and indeed, amongst many politicians and policy makers that there is a gap between Catholic and Protestant community development. However it is also argued that the Catholic community has more calculated social need than the Protestant community. It was not my desire, nor within my ability with my limited time frame to measure the capacities of the two communities and determine if there is presently a gap, but simply to look at the reasons put forth by community developers, politicians, and academics for the reason this gap exists. …
Between Bottom Up And Top Down: The Truth-Recovery Debate In Northern Ireland, Suzanne Brundage
Between Bottom Up And Top Down: The Truth-Recovery Debate In Northern Ireland, Suzanne Brundage
Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection
This paper is the final result of my Independent Study Project, a month long research period following three months of study and travel through the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. For three weeks in April 2007 I interned in Belfast with Healing Through Remembering (HTR), a non-governmental organization exploring the question of how Northern Ireland should ‘deal with the past’ in attempts to build a more positive future. I first encountered HTR in early March on my first visit to Belfast. My fellow classmates and I were tasked with examining five options for truth-recovery for Northern Ireland and brainstorming …