Talk Tent
14.00 - 14.45
Ireland and CERN
16.00 - 18.00
Arts-based methods in qualitative research: A performative launch of the Sorgente report
Join our panel for a discussion about all things particle physics, CERN and what it means for us!
What are arts-based research methods? How can the arts be used to research a phenomenon? The Sorgente team will discuss the research methods and findings of the Sorgente study. The project's goal was to support newly-arrived refugees in learning English through performative language pedagogy – integrating second language learning and the arts. The purpose of the study was on understanding the relationship between motivation to belong and performative language learning and how this can be researched through embodied research methods. The study also aimed to support practitioners in cultivating an ethical imagination in the creative process. Research themes will be represented through a poem, Shades of Belonging, and a painting, Coding, by John Fitzsimmons, culminating in 7 key statements, known as Painting shades between safety and bravery in trauma-informed performative practice with refugees and migrants. In this performative event, the research team will engage in a panel discussion with performative elements to illustrate arts-based research methods through the key findings of the study.
Acknowledgements: This event was funded by the Irish Research Council, New Foundations.
Image credit: John Fitzsimons, Oil on Canvas. Coding. Time and Space exhibition
18.15 - 19.15
'I told you so!' How economics can use the past to predict the future
From economic downturn, housing crises, a global pandemic, war in Europe and climate change, it’s clear that the world we live in is tumultuous. How do we navigate these challenges, and whatever else may be thrown at us? The Centre for Economics, Policy and History (CEPH) invites you to join several of Ireland’s finest economic historians as they look back at some of the most disastrous periods of Irish and world history, and how they can be understood and used against the threats of an uncertain future. History may repeat itself, but just wait until you see what economics has to say!