Cultural peace work refers to the active and dynamic role of the creative and cultural in peacebuilding.  No single cultural form dominates peace work, rather an interconnected mosaic of local, place-specific programmes and groups engage with their landscapes and demographics to do the hard work of reducing cross-community segregation in Northern Ireland in meaningful ways through creative expression.  However, such efforts are not always regarded as substantive in their impact on transformative relations nor held as tangible, productive modes of peacebuilding.

This Workshop will bring together key community practitioners, city council, writers and academics to examine the significant relationship between creativity, culture and peace in Northern Ireland.

Schedule

Event Organisers

Professor Fiona Magowan, Senator George J. Mitchell Institute for Global Peace Security and Justice, Queen’s University Belfast

Dr Louise Harrington, University of Alberta, Canada

Contact Details

For further information please contact:

Professor Fiona Magowan at f.magowan@qub.ac.uk

Dr Louise Harrington at lmharrin@ualberta.ca