The objective of The Rural Reimagined is to enrich connections and establish new links between Irish and Scottish artists and writers whose creative practices focus on rurality.
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Leading this 6-month project is Dr Ciara Healy-Musson as PI (Institute of Technology, Carlow, Ireland), and Professor Mary Modeen, as CI; with Dr Iain Biggs, DJCAD Honorary Research Fellow, as Consultant. It will include two practicum, one in both Ireland and Scotland, and a moderated web-based forum, with the intention of leading to further collaborative projects.
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Assisted by the Royal Irish Academy and the Royal Society of Edinburgh, this project will support new methodologies for engaging diverse publics in their rural heritage as a means of increasing environmental awareness. The project recognises a developing spectrum of interest across the arts in the complex value of rurality.