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SUMMARY:Samhlú - Seeing Things: reimagining small Irish towns
DESCRIPTION:Samhlú – Seeing Things\, an event  jointly hosted by Westport Civic Trust and UCD Centre for Irish Towns\, is a day of talks\, walks & workshops reimagining the past\, present & future of Small Irish Towns with key note speaker\, Sile de Cléir.  \nDe Cléir\, who has a background in fashion and textiles\, is a leading researcher in folklore and ethnology\, with a particular focus on the intersections of textiles\, popular religion and identity. This range of research activity has given her a unique insight into the challenges facing small towns\, and a way in to understanding their past. \n“Samhlú is the act of imagining or creating something new. We ask can the material culture of towns inform more liveable\, imaginative futures for everybody?” said John Mulloy\, one of the event organisers. \n“Across Ireland\, small towns are alive with traces of the past — their streets\, open spaces\, even shopfronts and street furniture hold stories that continue to shape how we live today\,” adds Orla Murphy of the UCD Centre for Irish Towns. \n“Yet many of them face new challenges such as vacancy\, dereliction\, degraded public space and the impacts of climate change. These\, along with a loss of ritual and disappearing material practices all raise questions about how to sustain and nourish towns as socially inclusive places.” \nThe event brings together leading voices from architecture\, heritage\, cultural geography and the arts to ask: what would our small towns look like if we truly connected to their material reality? \nSpeakers will include: Síle de Cléir (UL)\, Nessa Cronin (NUIG)\, Fiona White (ATU)\, Karen Keaveney (UCD)\, Philip Crowe (UCD)\, Laura Earley\, Stephen Wall (UCD)\,  the Mayo Traveller Movement\, Victoria Durrer (UCD) and more. \nThemes will include connection to rural identity\, colonialism\, morphology\, ritual\, adaptive capacity\, mapping the future\, inclusion\, climate change and beauty. \nIn addition to the talks\, there will be two workshops: a visual art session led by local artist Tom Brawn (currently a postgraduate student at the Royal College of Art in London) and a creative writing workshop by poet and artist Alice Lyons on Words & Places. There will also be tours of the town\, led by Orla Murphy and John Mulloy. \nBooking for the event will be open in January  on www.westportcivictrust.org  Tickets cost €25 and €15 for students/concessions and Westport Civic Trust members. \nPoster designed by Orla Murphy
URL:https://culturalpolicyireland.org/event/2908/
LOCATION:Private: J P BREHENY & SONS/OLD DUNNES STORES\, Castlebar Street\, Westport\, Ireland
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SUMMARY:AI in the Creative Industries: benefits and challenges
DESCRIPTION:CPOI Reads hosted an online lunch time event with Dr Sun Park\, Ad Astra Research Fellow in AI and Digital Cultural Heritage at UCD’s School of Information and Communication Studies in conversation with contributors to the new anthology\, Artificial Intelligence in the Cultural and Creative Sectors Opportunities\, Challenges\, and Transformations.\n\nThe event took place on zoom. \nAI is transforming the creative industries\, reshaping how arts and creativity are produced\, distributed\, experienced and governed\, while raising important questions about labour\, arts management and ethics. CPOI Reads invites you to an online webinar\, ‘AI in the Creative Industries: Benefits and Challenges’ to explore the new anthology Artificial Intelligence in the Cultural and Creative Sectors: Opportunities\, Challenges\, and Transformations. Co-Editor\, Dr Marek Prokupek\, and contributors Professor Franziska Schroeder\, Dr Federico Reuben and Dr Ginevra Addis reflected on their chapters and discussed both the opportunities AI offers for innovation and inclusion\, and the ethical\, social and professional challenges it presents across the cultural and creative sectors. \nDr Marek Prokupek \nMarek Prokupek is an Associate Professor of Arts Management at KEDGE Business School\, where he is a member of KEDGE Arts School and the Creative Industries & Culture Expertise Centre. Marek’s research focuses on innovative business models of arts and cultural organizations\, their financing strategies\, and the dynamics of the art market. His work has been published in journals such as International Journal of Arts Management\, International Journal of Cultural Policy\, Journal of Arts Management\, Law and Society\, Journal of Philanthropy\, and Museum Management and Curatorship. Marek is an Associate Editor for the Arts Governance section of the International Journal of Arts Management. \nProfessor Franziska Schroeder \nFranziska Schroeder is a Professor of Music and Cultures at Queen’s University Belfast\, where she works in the School of Arts\, English and Languages\, Sonic Arts\, and the TIME centre. Franziska’s research focuses on music performance\, especially performances that use digital media and emerging technologies. She has expertise in areas such as Artificial Intelligence\, Disability and Social Inclusion studies\, ethnographic research\, improvisation studies\, performance studies\, including music performance anxiety\, sonic arts history\, and critical theory. \nDr Federico Reuben \nFederico Reuben is an Associate Professor at the University of York where he carries out interdisciplinary and practice research in music and creative technologies. Recent research projects include the AHRC-funded “Data­ sounds\, Datasets and Datasense” research network and the establishment of the Music AI and Interactivity Lab at the University of York. \nDr Ginevra Addis \nGinevra Addis is an art historian and Research Fellow at the University of Milan-Bicocca\, where she investigates contemporary art aesthetics and biodiversity. Since 2023\, she has been affiliated with the National Biodiversity Future Center at UNIMIB and\, since 2025\, has taught on the entanglement of biodiversity and contemporary art. She is the author of two books published by European Press Academic Publishing and FrancoAngeli\, and of several book chapters published by Brill\, Routledge\, Edward Elgar\, and Emerald Publishing. She has presented internationally\, worked with UNESCO and the United Nations\, collaborated with More Art in New York\, and curated exhibitions in Europe. \nDr Sun Park \nSun Park is Ad Astra Assistant Professor in AI and Digital Cultural Heritage. She specialises in international cultural policy\, UNESCO heritage policy\, Artificial Intelligence in cultural policy and Human-AI Interaction. She did a PhD in Sociology and MA in International Cultural Policy and Management from the University of Warwick. Sun was Lecturer in Creative and Cultural Industries of the University of Manchester and Module Convenor of the Centre for Cultural and Media Policy Studies of the University of Warwick in the UK. She has worked at UNESCO\, the Korean National Commission for UNESCO and Asia-Pacific Centre of Education for International Understanding under the auspices of UNESCO. She specialised in heritage interpretation\, global citizenship and UNESCO’s policy-making systems. \nAn event as part of the CPOI READS series for Cultural Policy Observatory Ireland\, made possible through the support of UCD’s School of Art History and Cultural Policy.
URL:https://culturalpolicyireland.org/event/cpoi-reads-ai-in-the-creative-industries-benefits-and-challenges/
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