Resources

Dr Sarah Jankowitz, Queen's University Belfast talks about the way art activities are measured, in the absence of shared definitions of peacebuilding and reconciliation.

Dr Alex Coupe, University of Liverpool, considers the limitations of processes for evaluating reconciliation funded arts projects, which fail to fully capture the complex dynamics of artist knowledge, participant experience and historal context.

Deirde Robb, Mervyn Smyth and Ben Malcolmson reflect on role and legacy of photography as a way of representing the experience of conflict and post-conflict Northern Ireland as as way of opening up alternative perspectives.

Ken Bartley, co-owner of ArtisAnn gallery, Belfast reflects on role and legacy of visual artists, representing the experience of the Troubles but also offering alternative perspectives.

David Boyd, founder-director of Beat Carnival and the Belfast Carnival Parades, and artist John Quinn reflect on their practice.

Interpreting the goals of Art for Reconciliation

Examining the funding of 'Art for Reconciliation': challenges and possibilities. Presented to delegates attending the first Exchange Forum at The Brian Friel Theatre, Queens’ University Belfast, 8 June 2019.

A Question of Design: Understanding the impact of art on reconciliation in post-conflict societies. A case study from Northern Ireland.

The Art for Reconciliation research team is asking artists, arts producers, audiences and participants to work with us on a series of short films exploring key concepts connected to our research.

Recording of the June 2021 discussion of research findings and policy implications by the academic team and the research advisory committee.

Breakout session chaired by Dr Alex Coupe exploring the complex ways audiences or participants appropriate the lived experience of engaging with AfR projects.

Breakout session chaired by Dr Tori Durrer looks at the way artists negoiate the practical pressures of working in art for reconciliation practices.

Analysing some of the immediate responses to the lockdown crisis.

Practitioners and Funders on Reconciliation, Art and Evaluation

What may at first seem like a false dichotomy, may well reveal a fundamental flaw in many current practices.

Photographs appear as representations of reality but can never be truly reliable witnesses.

Presented to Research Advisory Committee at The Golden Thread Gallery 24 Feb 2020.

Art for Reconciliation Exchange Forum September 2020: opening and closing sessions