Irish Qualitative Data Archive's blog

Date: Monday 13th May 2013
Time: 9.30am-1pm
Locaion: Renehan Hall, South Campus, National University of Ireland Maynooth
 
Pavee Point Traveller and Roma Centre, in association with NUIM are organising a national seminar "Ethnicity, Human Rights & Data Collection."  The seminar is organised as part of Traveller Pride Week and will highlight the need for an ethnic identifier in data sets and explore the implications of "Ethnic Data" collection in an Irish context and broader European context with a specific focus on the Traveller community.
 
Aims

• To explain the rationale for ethnic data and its’ potential role in evidenced based policy making
• To further the analysis and understanding of ethnic identifiers within an Irish context with a specific focus on Travellers  
• To share models of good practice 
• To frame the use of ethnic data collection within a human rights framework 
• To provide an opportunity for Travellers, Roma, NGOs, policy makers and service providers to meet and explore issues and challenges in the collection, collation, disaggregation, analysis, monitoring and dissemination of ethnic data
• To discuss the current barriers to ethnic data collection including data protection issues  

 
Programme:
9:15 – 9:30
Registration 
 
9:30 – 9:45
Welcome and Background to Seminar
Ms. Ronnie Fay, Director, Pavee Point Travellers Centre 
 
9:45 – 10:15
Ethnic Statistics, Data Protection & Good Practice in collecting Data on Roma & Travellers (followed by Q&A)
Joanna Goodey, Head of the Freedoms and Justice Department, EU Fundamental Rights Agency
 
10:15 – 10:45
Models of Good Practice: Irish Travellers (followed by Q&A)
Challenges & learning from Pilot Project on Ethnic Identifier in Hospital Data Sets
Brigid Quirke, Pavee Point Travellers Centre
 
 
10:45 – 11:15 Tea & Coffee
 
11:15 – 11:45
National Census-Working in Partnership-Insights and Learning (followed by Q&A)
Aileen Healy, Central Statistics Office
 
11:45 – 12:15
Human Rights, Racism and Data Collection (followed by Q&A)
Ms. Anastasia Crickley, Head of Applied Social Sciences, NUI Maynooth, Irish Representative on UN Convention for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) Committee
 
12:15 – 12:45
Panel Discussion 
12:45 – 13:00
Conclusion
 
Registration is free, if you are interested, please fill in the form below and send it to:
nurul.amin@pavee.ie
 
 

Title: Incorporating Research Evidence into Academic Learning - A Seminar for Third Level Institutions
Venue: Fitzwilliam Hotel, St. Stephens Green, Dublin 2
Date:  Monday the 20th of May from 9am to 1.30pm 
RSVP: To book a place at this free seminar, please complete and return the registration form to Paula@twcdi.ie by Wednesday the 15th of May. 
 
Registration form
Conference flyer
 
This seminar is an excellent opportunity for us toshare the findings from our evaluations; encourage the utilisation of this research in academic courses and to consider the recommendations arising which relate to the training of professionals.
 
CDI is one of three sites which constitute the Prevention and Early Intervention Programme (PEIP) in Ireland, and is jointly funded by the Department of Children and Youth Affairs (DCYA) and The Atlantic Philanthropies (AP). The three sites, (CDI, Youngballymun and Preparing for Life) were set up with “the objective of testing innovative ways of delivering services and early interventions for children and young people, including the wider family and community settings.” (DCYA, 2011)
 
CDI is based in Tallaght West and is the result of the professionalism, passion and persistence of a group of 23 concerned individuals and organisations in the community, who had a vision of a better place for children.  Through innovative partnerships, they brought together the science of evidenced-based practice and rigorous evaluation, with the spirit of an approach focused on the identified needs of children and families.  A partnership was agreed between Government and The Atlantic Philanthropies and the consortium’s first piece of work was a needs analysis entitled “How Are Our Kids?” (HAOK, 2004). A number of priorities were agreed based on this research, one of which was the set up and incorporation of CDI in 2007. Following this a number of programmes were designed and delivered between 2007-2011.
 
Our programmes for Tallaght West are the Early Years Programme; Doodle Den - Literacy Programme for Senior Infant Children; Mate-Tricks - Pro-Social Behaviour Programme for 4th Class Children; Healthy Schools Programme - A Whole School Approach; Early Intervention Speech and Language Therapy; Community Safety Initiative; Safe and Healthy Place Initiative; Restorative Practice; and the Quality Enhancement Programme. All CDI programmes are evidence-informed and manualised, and are delivered through existing structures and services. CDI has a core role in promoting quality, fidelity, value for money and added value. All elements of our work are rigorously and independently evaluated and we are committed to sharing the learning and experiences from Tallaght West, in order to inform and shape future policy, practice, training and curriculum development.
 
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The Social Policy and Ageing Research Centre, the School of Social Work and Social Policy, Trinity College Dublin, invites you to a lecture entitled:
 
Is family influence declining? The impact of parents and grandparents over 35 years
By Professor Vern Bengtson, University of Southern California
 
Location: Jonathan Swift Lecture Theatre, Arts Building, Trinity College Dublin 
 
Date: Thursday 16th of May, 17:30 – 19:00
 
Professor Bengtson’s talk draws on a mixed-methods approach with 35-year longitudinal survey data and in-depth interviews exploring whether family intergenerational influences have declined in the context of remarkable cultural, religious, and family structure changes since 1970. 
Vern L. Bengtson is author of 17 books and over 250 research articles on families, gerontology, and theories of aging. Currently he is Research Professor in the Roybal Institute on Aging of the University of Southern California’s School of Social Work.  He has been honoured with Distinguished Scholar awards from the Gerontological Society of America, the American Sociological Association, and the National Council on Family Relations, and is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association.  He has received several awards for teaching, both at the undergraduate and graduate levels.  Among his most recent publications are The Handbook of Theories of Aging and How Families Still Matter:  A Longitudinal Study of Youth in Two Generations.  His most recent project is Families and Faith:  How Religion is passed down across Generations.  
The event is free and open for everybody. 
 
 
 

Co-hosted by the Department of Sociology at NUI Maynooth and the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
 
Date: 1st of July to 12th of July, 2013
Venue: National University of Ireland, Maynooth
 
This summer school will critically explore how our theories and concepts to study culture generally, and the production of cultural products and services more specifically, have changed over time and the influence of globalisation and place on this process. We will take advantage of the location of the summer school in Ireland to explore three broad themes:
 
THE LEGACY OF HISTORY – colonialism, emigration, religion, language, landscape, borders and boundaries 
PLACES, FLOWS AND CULTURE – information economies, translating and localising cultural products and services, emigration, professional and familial flows, creative cities, gentrification, communities, ghost estates, state, geo-linguistic and geo-cultural boundaries
REPRESENTATIONS – dominant ideologies & alternatives, constructing identities, diversity, difference, hybridity, gender, race, ethnicity, sexuality, visibility, omission
 
Confirmed speakers include:

• Prof. Mary Corcoran, Sociology, NUI Maynooth.
• Prof. Sean O’Riain, Sociology, NUI Maynooth.
• Prof. Rob Kitchin, NIRSA and Geography, NUI Maynooth
• Prof. Luke Gibbons, Department of English, Media and Theatre Studies, NUI Maynooth
• Prof. Michael Cronin, School of Applied Language and Intercultural studies, Dublin City University 
• Pof. Paschal Preston, School of Communications, Dublin City University 
• Dr. Jane Gray, Sociology and IQDA, NUI Maynooth. 
• Ms. Ruth Geraghy, IQDA, NUI Maynooh 
• Dr. Rebecca King O’Riain, Sociology, NUI Maynooth.
• Dr. Brian Conway, Sociology, NUI Maynooth
• Dr. Paul Ryan, Sociology, NUI Maynooth 
• Dr Debbie Ging, School of Communications, Dublin City University. 
• Dr. Aphra Kerr, Sociology, NUI Maynooth

 
The summer school will see up to twenty students from Philadelphia and Ireland take part in an intensive summer school of talks, exchanges, workshops, fieldtrips and independent study. The language of the summer school will be English and the perspectives will be interdisciplinary including Sociology, Communication, Media Studies, Cultural Studies, Geography and History. 
 
Download Call for participants
 
We are currently seeking up to ten postgraduate students of universities from the Republic and the North of Ireland who are working on a PhD topic of relevance to the theme. We invite registered PhD students to submit a CV and an application form (see form in separate file) giving background details and outlining how the summer school is of relevance to your PhD project. We will also require a signature from your PhD supervisor on the application form. 
 
Please send your proposals to aphra.kerr@nuim.ie with the keywords ‘Summer Culture 2013’ in the message header. Please submit your proposals before or on Friday the 3rd of May 2013.  
 
Download Application form
 
 
 

Munster Oral History Forum
Date: 27th of April, 2013
Time: 13:00 - 16:30
Location: St. Finbarr’s College, Farranferris, Cork City
More information: www.oralhistorynetworkireland.ie 
 
Are you or would you like to be involved in an oral history / folklore project? Do you carry out recorded interviews or plan to? Would you like to share your experiences with other practitioners and interested parties, and identify the joys and challenges of carrying out oral history in contemporary Ireland?
 
The Oral History Network of Ireland (OHNI) is hosting a forum for oral history practitioners in Cork city on Saturday 27 April 2013, 1.00-4.30 pm. We would like to provide people with an opportunity to meet and connect with others active or interested in the field, and to identify the needs of individuals and groups, and training and support opportunities. The forum will take place in St. Finbarr’s College, Farranferris, on the Northside of the city. Parking will be available at no charge.
 
This forum is the first of four regional events planned by OHNI for 2013. It caters to those based in Munster, but all interested parties are welcome. There is no charge for attendance, but donations to OHNI are gratefully accepted. A regional training day is planned for later in 2013.

The Oral History Network of Ireland
www.oralhistorynetworkireland.ie 
 
Find the Oral History Network of Ireland on Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Oral-History-Network-of-Ireland/293598097335932
 
 
 
 
 

 
Title: Qualitative Research Methods for Equity in Education
Loction: Rovereto
Dates: 16th to 21st September 2013
 
The Department of Psychology and Cognitive Sciences, University of Trento, organizes the fourth edition of the International Summer School in Qualitative Research Methods in Education, this year focused on Equity in Education.
 
Graduate students, post doc and researchers who have been involved in social justice- or equity- oriented research and/or training pertaining to SJ are welcome. The course will be held in English.
 
The Summer School will take place in Rovereto from September 16th to 21st, with the scientific coordination of Prof. Massimiliano Tarozzi. Faculty are Penny Burke (University of Sussex, UK), Carlos Alberto Torres (University of California Los Angeles, USA) and Marcella Milana (University of Aarhus, DK).
 
More details will be posted on the website (under construction) with all the info, including the application, the detailed program and the cost of the Summer School.
 
Meanwhile, do not forget to save the date!
For more info, email to qrsme-summerschool@unitn.it