Archive

Organised by the Centre for Research into Families, the Life Course and Generations (FLaG); University of Leeds, in conjunction with Timescapes
 
Date: 7 May 2013
Location: University of Leeds (Beech Grove House)
Further details and booking instructions are at:
http://flag.leeds.ac.uk/events/forthcoming/analysing-qualitative-data-a-...
 
Summary of workshop aims: Qualitative longitudinal data presents particular complexities and challenges for analysis. This workshop explores some of these challenges and offers conceptually informed practical strategies for analysing qualitative longitudinal (QL) data. It also addresses challenges of, and strategies for, undertaking secondary analysis of qualitative and QL data. Participants will learn about available archived resources and how they might access and explore archived qualitative data. They will also learn about strategies in the secondary analysis of such data, and about possibilities for teaching qualitative analysis using archived data. Presentations are made by experts in the field. The training day draws in part on the work of the ESRC Timescapes Qualitative Longitudinal Initiative: ‘Changing lives and times: relationships and identities through the life course’, and we will offer a practical session on using the Timescapes Archive. Presentations will be interspersed with participatory practical sessions in which delegates can explore resources, data, and analytic strategies, as well as bringing to bear their own research interests. A plenary session will draw out and explore key themes from the day and facilitate discussion and debate amongst participants and presenters.
 
Presenters: Professor Bren Neale; Professor Rachel Thomson; Dr Libby Bishop, Dr. Jo Haynes, Dr. Mandy Winterton and Dr. Sarah Irwin.
 
 

New report on Digital Archiving in Ireland: National Survey of the Humanities and Social Sciences, co-authored by Aileen O’Carroll and Sharon Webb, now available for download on the Digital Repository of Ireland website.
Download the report
 
 
 
 
 

Prof. Diarmaid Ferriter, UCD School of History, Margaret E Ward from Clear Inc., & Catriona Crowe, from the National Archives discussed the difficulties facing the national archives on The Tubridy Show, particularly as we move from a digital to a paper era: A pod cast of the show can be found on the RTE website here.
 
 
 

Date: Saturday 10th April 2010, 3p.m. to 5p.m.
Venue: Robert Emmet Lecture Theatre, Arts Building, Trinity College Dublin.
Speakers: Fintan O'Toole, Catriona Crowe, Eunan O'Halpin
Further information: contact Dr. Peter Crooks, email: pcrooks@tcd.ie, telephone: (01) 896 1368

Summary: In 1922 the bulk of Ireland's documentary heritage was destroyed. To debate a proposed merger of the National Archives of Ireland into the National Library,  this symposium poses a stark question: what will be the state of Irish archives in 2022 on  the centenary of the Four Courts blaze?

Presentations will discuss the cultural significance of archives in Irish society. This will be followed by an open forum moderated by Professor Diarmaid Ferriter. Audience members will have an opportunity to pose questions and share views on archival policy in Ireland. The meeting will conclude by taking nominations to a new Action on Archives committee, which will seek to  make representations to appropriate bodies.