7.4 (11) Accessible Records Accessible records and media which can be disseminated and available to the public will be a key resource in the DOC period. Respondents were asked pertaining to the period will be made ‘Materials available through databases, websites and public records for example. How best would you like to access information on the events of this period? Books, films, documentaries, public records or other? Please outline’ A vast number of respondents stated to be leveraged as the key ‘documentaries’ communication tool. Others stated TV, film, debates/public events, concerts maybe’ and ‘Online, ‘Via the Luton Irish forum and forums throughout’ and mixed media (Text/Video, Unlimited ‘documentaries, length) books’ and similar to the 1901/1911 census are a good example’ and drama as a ‘Sites ‘a build up to the event” and and records’ and and and exhibitions. ‘websites’ ‘public ‘online’ ‘internet’ and but well-advertised in newspapers etc.’ and the internet in a proper online ‘documentaries, ‘via audio library’ and any means possibly particularly in our secondary schools and by regular ‘by meetings as already being held in Luton Irish Forum’. Whilst schools and colleges could run an Irish history week/month and teaching around such could be delivered to school children. It was also suggested literature and poetry could be explored from the period. Others felt mediums should be leveraged to assist with the reach of the events such as in history’, ‘education ‘seminars’, ‘exhibitions’, Media’ and should be central and reasons and intentions of the leaders to ‘TV/Social ‘genealogy’ ‘the have a free and independence Ireland’ should be discussed. On how to record the history of the decade audience members suggested families hand down stories and trace the history of the time through the families of present day. A possible deliverable action for this could be large oral history projects across the UK and Ireland in which to collect materials and research styled upon Stephen Spielberg’s database of Holocaust survivors. An Irish story could do something similar with 3 narratives, unionist, nationalist, and dissenter and give a balanced perspective and viewpoint on history. A database of relatives could be established during decade of commemorations period and a call out globally for submissions of stories via a portal and this could then act as an archive.
7.4 (11) Accessible Records Accessible records and media which can be disseminated and available to the public will be a key resource in the DOC period. Respondents were asked ‘Materials pertaining to the period will be made available through databases, websites and public records for example. How best would you like to access information on the events of this period? Books, films, documentaries, public records or other? Please outline’ A vast number of respondents stated ‘documentaries’ to be leveraged as the key communication tool. Others stated ‘Online, TV, film, debates/public events, concerts maybe’ and ‘Via the Luton Irish forum and forums throughout’ and ‘documentaries, mixed media (Text/Video, Unlimited length) books’ and ‘Sites similar to the 1901/1911 census are a good example’ and ‘a drama as a build up to the event” and ‘websites’ and ‘public records’ and ‘online’ and ‘internet’ and exhibitions. and ‘documentaries, but well-advertised in newspapers etc.’ and ‘via the internet in a proper online audio library’ and ‘by any means possibly particularly in our secondary schools and by regular meetings as already being held in Luton Irish Forum’. Whilst schools and colleges could run an Irish history week/month and teaching around such could be delivered to school children. It was also suggested literature and poetry could be explored from the period. Others felt mediums should be leveraged to assist with the reach of the events such as ‘education in history’, ‘seminars’, ‘exhibitions’, ‘TV/Social Media’ and ‘genealogy’ should be central and ‘the reasons and intentions of the leaders to have a free and independence Ireland’ should be discussed. On how to record the history of the decade audience members suggested families hand down stories and trace the history of the time through the families of present day. A possible deliverable action for this could be large oral history projects across the UK and Ireland in which to collect materials and research styled upon Stephen Spielberg’s database of Holocaust survivors. An Irish story could do something similar with 3 narratives, unionist, nationalist, and dissenter and give a balanced perspective and viewpoint on history. A database of relatives could be established during decade of commemorations period and a call out globally for submissions of stories via a portal and this could then act as an archive.
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