Northern Ireland's 2016: Approaching the contested commemoration of the Easter Rising and the Somme

这项申请是在公共政策号召下提出的。它通过汇集来自一系列学科(历史、爱尔兰研究、社会人类学、政治、教育、英国文学和地理学)与被移交的政策制定者和地方政府一级的政策制定者以及志愿和非政府部门的利益相关者分享他们的专业知识，讨论如何促进2016年复活节兴起和北爱尔兰索姆战役(NI)百年纪念活动的便利，以避免进一步加剧族群间和种族之间的紧张局势，并促进对共同过去的更多接触和了解。申请的主要目的是促进学者为NI行政部门2013年5月的战略目标做出贡献，该战略旨在建立一个团结的社区，基于机会平等，良好关系与和解的可取性--这种关系因其多样性而得到加强，在这种关系中，文化表达得到颂扬和拥抱，每个人都可以在一起生活、学习、工作和社交，没有偏见、仇恨和宽容。这一战略承认了爱尔兰从1912年到1923年的“百年纪念十年”的重要性：“我们刚刚进入的十年将包括一些可能敏感的周年纪念日，在这一战略的背景下，我们不能忽视这些周年纪念日……而这些活动的标志方式也将对我们继续迈向一个团结的社区的旅程产生重大影响。第二个目标是相互分享网络学术成员的知识和专业知识，并与NI的公共机构分享，这些公共机构将在监督和组织这些历史性的百年纪念活动方面发挥关键作用，包括：-第一部长兼副第一部长办公室(OFMDFM)--文化部，艺术和休闲(DCAL)-贝尔法斯特市议会和政策及非政府组织参与改善社区间和跨界关系，促进和平与和解：--社区关系委员会--纪念治愈--爱尔兰合作组织--最终目标是邀请纪念实践、类似NI的国际情况下的有争议的纪念活动以及公众参与历史和通过教育进行纪念等领域的专家建立最佳做法准则，帮助那些组织和管理纪念活动的人。该网络将解决三个关键问题：1.纪念的性质和目的。爱尔兰和国际背景下的比较有争议的纪念活动。通过教育和共享使用公共空间来共同参与有争议的过去的纪念活动。该网络将举办三次研讨会，以解决每个问题，调查结果将以以下形式传播：-总结每个研讨会结论的政策简报文件-向NI议会DCAL委员会介绍调查结果-由议会研究和信息服务组织的知识交流研讨会系列研讨会--由女王大学冲突转变和社会正义研究所主办的“冲突后妥协”博客上张贴的研讨会摘要--共享空间上的一篇文章，这是一个独特的机会，可以提高人们对网络所代表的专业知识广度的认识，并将其应用于公共政策。它还将通过学者在纪念过程中提供咨询意见的作用，向他们的研究提供信息。

This application is made under the Public Policy Call. It fulfils the principal aim of that scheme by bringing together arts and humanities researchers from a range of disciplines (history, Irish studies, social anthropology, politics, education, English literature and geography) to share their expertise with policy makers at devolved and local government level and stakeholders in the voluntary and non-governmental sectors to discuss how commemorations of the centenaries of the Easter Rising and the Battle of the Somme in Northern Ireland (NI) in 2016 can be facilitated to avoid heightening further inter-communal and ethnic tensions and to promote greater engagement with and understanding of the shared past.The principal objective of the application is to facilitate academics in contributing to the aims of the NI executive's strategy of May 2013 'Together Building a United Community' (TBAUC) which seeks to establish in NI: 'a united community, based on equality of opportunity, the desirability of good relations and reconciliation - one which is strengthened by its diversity, where cultural expression is celebrated and embraced and where everyone can live, learn, work and socialise together, free from prejudice, hate and intolerance.' This strategy recognises the significance of the Irish 'decade of centenaries', running from c. 1912 to 1923: 'The decade we have just entered will include a number of potentially sensitive anniversaries which we cannot ignore within the context of this Strategy ... and the way in which these events are marked will also have a significant influence on our continued journey towards a united community.'The second objective is to share the body of knowledge and expertise of the network's academic members with each other and with public bodies in NI that will have a key role in over-seeing and organising events to mark these historic centenaries, including:- The Office of First Minister and Deputy First Minister (OFMDFM)- The Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure (DCAL)- Belfast City CouncilAnd policy and non-governmental organisations involved in improving cross-community and cross-border relations and promoting peace and reconciliation:- The Community Relations Council- Healing Through Remembering- Co-operation IrelandThe final objective is to invite experts in the areas of commemorative practice, contested commemoration in international situations similar to NI and public engagement with history and commemoration through education to establish best practice guidelines which will assist those organising and managing commemorative events.The network will address three key issues:1. The nature and purpose of commemoration.2. Comparative contested commemorations in an Irish and an international context.3. Shared engagement with a contested past through education and the shared use of public space for contested commemorations.The network will hold three workshops to address each of these issues and the findings will be disseminated in the form of:- policy briefing documents that will summarise the conclusions of each workshop- the presentation of findings to the DCAL committee of the NI Assembly- a seminar in the Knowledge Exchange Seminar Series organised by the Research and Information Service of the Assembly- summaries of the workshops posted on the 'Compromise After Conflict' blog hosted by the Institute for the Study of Conflict Transformation and Social Justice at Queen's University- an article in Shared Space, the journal of the Community Relations Council- the PGCE History curriculum in the University of Ulster.This is a unique opportunity to raise awareness of the breadth of expertise represented by the network and apply it to the benefit of public policy. It will also inform the academics' research through their own role in advising on the commemorative process.