Public Lecture and Workshop – Community Knowledge Initiative & ÌÒmÌ_s ÌÄåite: Space, Place Research Network, Centre for Irish Studies, NUI Galway – Envisioning Our Vibrant Communities: Community Mapping as Transdisciplinary Research and Practice

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Community Knowledge Initiative & ÌÒmÌ_s ́ite: Space, Place Research Network, Centre for Irish Studies, NUI Galway

Envisioning Our Vibrant Communities: Community Mapping as Transdisciplinary Research and Practice

Public Lecture and Workshop

Thursday November 6^th 2014

[Old] Moore Institute Seminar Room (room 203) Arts/Science building

– http://www.nuigalway.ie/campus-map/?id=243&go=1

This public lecture and workshop will be conducted by Dr. Nick Gant, Community 21 (http://community21.org/) and the University of Brighton with colleagues, Joshua Barnes and Joe Palmer, and facilitated by Dr. Tim Collins, Dr. Nessa Cronin (ÌÒmÌ_s ́ite, Centre for Irish Studies) and Ann Lyons (Community Knowledge Initiative), NUI Galway.

Both events are free, but as numbers are limited it is necessary to book in advance. To book your place, please email Ann Lyons at: ann.lyons@nuigalway.ie on or before Friday 31^st October 2014.

Programme:

10.30am Registration

11.00am-12.30pm Public Lecture: Community Engagement: Mapping and Envisioning Projects

In this lecture Nick Gant will discuss his work in utilising a range of innovative, co-designed ‰Û÷digi-tools’ for enabling sustainable neighbourhood planning.

12.30pm-1.00pm Walking Tour of exhibition Interpreting Landscape: Tim Robinson and the West of Ireland / Rian̼ Tal̼n: Tim Robinson agus Iarthar na hÌäireann, Hardiman Research Building, NUI Galway.

1.00pm-2.00pm Lunch

2.00pm-4.00pm Workshop: Technology Tools and Community Mapping

Participants will collaborate and use some of the fun and accessible technology tools to create an interactive, augmented map of animated community stories, ideas and issues for a vibrant community.