iCAN Presentation at CHARTER-Alliance Irish Stakeholders’ Day Dublin

CHARTER the European Cultural Heritage Skills Alliance, brings together and represents the cultural heritage sector in Europe. On December 11, 2023, iCAN were invited to speak at their Irish National Stakeholders Day.

Lorna Elms, National Museum of Ireland & Mary O’Malley, Louisburgh-Killeen Heritage, discuss how iCAN  is preserving and safeguarding Ireland’s cultural heritage, and who is engaging and using the material gathered and shared online by iCAN communities.

iCAN’s segment begins at 1:21:20

11 December 2023 – Dublin, Ireland.

Opening speeches: Chair: Nessa Roche – Department of Housing, Local Government, and Heritage

● An introduction to the CHARTER project by Lluís Bonet, Project Coordinator, University of Barcelona.

● Welcome by Mariachiara Esposito, Policy Officer, General Directorate for Education and Culture, European Commission.

● Welcome by Malcolm Noonan TD, Minister of State for Nature, Heritage, and Electoral Reform.

● Welcome by hosting institutions The Department of Housing, Local Government, and Heritage, The Office of Public Works, and The Heritage Council

SESSION: Future-focused Cultural Heritage in Ireland Today

1) Recognition, Research/Development & Education: Ireland’s Institutional Legacies, The Sean McDermott Street Magdalene Laundry & Open Heart City, Georgina Laragy, Trinity College Dublin Public History.

2) Preservation & Safeguarding, Research/Development & Education The Virtual Treasury Digital recreation of the destroyed public record office archive, Ciaran Wallace, Trinity College Dublin History.

3) Preservation & Safeguarding, Engagement & Use iCAN Irish Community Archives Network, Lorna Elms, National Museum of Ireland & Mary O’Malley, Louisburgh-Killeen Heritage