ARK E-Type
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Issue No:
9 - Nov/2014
Introduction
Welcome to the November edition of the ARK Newsletter. The nights might be getting darker, but the ARK lights are still shining! Find out more about new events, publications and resources below.
ARK Ageing Programme: Age Encounters
The ARK Ageing Programme facilitates Age Encounters, which is a network of researchers, academics and practitioners with an interest in age. Each meeting includes presentations from different sectors, along with time to chat over coffee. The next event will take place in the Old Staff Common Room, Lanyon Building, Queens University Belfast, on Tuesday 25 November. The speakers will be -
Lorna Montgomery and Janet Carter Anand (School of Sociology, Social Policy and Social Work, Queen's University Belfast), who will discuss their recent research on services for socially-isolated older men in Belfast
- Rejuvenate Project, North Belfast, who will highlight their services for men aged 55+ living across North Belfast.
The event is free, but places must be booked in advance. Please RSVP by Friday 21st November to Caroline, by email caroline.rice@qub.ac.uk or by phone 028 9097 3222
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ARK Ageing Programme: resources
The ARK Ageing Programme website provides information and links to useful resources relating to ageing, with a focus on Northern Ireland. These include:
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Accounts of the Conflict Conference: Digitally Archiving Stories for Peacebuilding
The Accounts of the Conflict project has organised an international conference on 17-18 November 2014. The aim of this event - 'Digitally Archiving Stores for Peacebuilding' - is to explore and examine the role of digital archives of personal narratives, oral histories or testimonies in societies emerging from conflict. The conference aims to attract both academics and practitioners from around the world with an interest in how storytelling and archiving can contribute to peacebuilding and social change in a range of diverse contexts. The Conference is a showcase event of the Accounts of the Conflict project, which is building a digital archive for the long-term preservation and dissemination of stories related to the conflict in, and about, Northern Ireland.
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ARK Publications: Truth about Youth
ARK produces a range of publications, including Research Updates and fact sheets. Most of these are available online. Our latest publication is Truth about Youth, written by Ann Marie Gray, Goretti Horgan, Amanda Leighton and Dione Todd. This Policy Brief focuses on policy issues relating to negative
stereotyping and young people. It draws on published research evidence and the discussion at
a Roundtable event organised the ARK Policy Unit. For a full list of publications, as well as links, visit our Publications page.
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About ARK
ARK is a joint initiative between Queen's University and the University of Ulster, and began in 2000. Our mission is to make social science knowledge on Northern Ireland easily accessible to the widest possible audience. Most of our dissemination is via our website at www.ark.ac.uk, which is divided into four main areas:
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