70 research outputs found
The future of the past: the Ulster Museum and social cohesion in post-conflict Northern Ireland
No full textTaking as a case study Belfast's Ulster Museum, this chapter examines the increasingly important roles that museums can play in building social cohesion and inclusion in divided societies.<br/
Introduction: telling difficult histories in Ireland
No full textJust south of Tipperary town in the rolling Munster countryside, the remains of a derelict nineteenth-century workhouse can be found (Figure 0.1). Built of limestone in a Tudorbethan style and set in 6 acres of land, this instrument of the Poor Law first opened its doors in 1841. It was one of 163 Irish workhouses constructed in this period and on such an imposing scale that it could accommodate 700 individuals in need. With the onset of the Great Irish Famine in 1845, the building would come to house four times this number. Such dramatic overcrowding led to rampant spread of disease and higher mortality for the unfortunate inhabitants. 1 Today, with smashed windows, boarded doorways and gaping holes in its roof, this building’s condition signals neglect. It is not obvious that this former workhouse was the subject of an early twenty-first-century initiative to repurpose it as self-catering accommodation for tourists. Despite considerable initial investment, the project was never completed and the building’s material deterioration now continues apace.<br/
‘A Gigantic System of Casual Pauperism’:the Contested Role of the Workhouse in Late Nineteenth-Century Belfast
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Belfast: The Rise and Fall of a Civic Culture?
No full textA discussion of the extent to which Belfast participated in the spirit of civic pride and commitment to urban renewal that historians have identified as a key feature of nineteenth-century British cities
Anchoring effects in the development of false childhood memories
Full text linkWhen people receive descriptions or doctored photos of events that never happened, they often come to remember those events. But if people receive both a description and a doctored photo, does the order in which they receive the information matter? We asked people to consider a description and a doctored photograph of a childhood hot air balloon ride, and we varied which medium they saw first. People who saw a description first reported more false images and memories than people who saw a photo first, a result that fits with an anchoring account of false childhood memories
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