T:BUC Engagement Forum – "People and Place"

"People and Place"

The next Together: Building a United Community (T:BUC) Engagement Forum will be taking place on Tuesday 17th September during Good Relations Week, at the Crumlin Road Gaol Belfast, at 9.30am.

This T:BUC Engagement Forum will explore the theme of “People and Place” and how transformation of place can contribute to peace building. The event will include presentations on the role of arts, space and peacebuilding by renowned artist Oliver Jeffers and also include input from Dr Gavan Rafferty exploring contested space to shared space as well as Dr Neil Galway outlining the real-life examples of shared space in contested society. This Engagement Forum will provide us with the opportunity to look forward at what is being done as well as explore what can/is still being done and an opportunity to engage with fellow participants to discuss some of the ideas and content presented on the day.

The Engagement Forum will as part of Good Relations Week be extended into the afternoon and participants can choose to participate in one of a series of afternoon mini tours. These include:

• Whistle stop walking tour of local historic Belfast buildings that have shaped Belfast’s part and now transformed to look forward to the future, in partnership with Clifton House.

• A tour of the BUG project (Belfast Urban Garden) a transformational space in inner city Belfast showing the benefits of positive use of space, in partnership with Conservation Volunteers.

• A tour of interfaces areas in Belfast and the work being done to transform these spaces showing the positive changes of space in the local area.

Please feel free to register your place and indicate which afternoon session you will join as places are limited.

Early booking would be advised as this event is regularly fully booked very quickly.

For further details, please contact Paul Killen by email: [email protected]

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