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09 Dec 2024
Imaging/imagining Reproductive Crisis
In this workshop Dr Rebecca Close explored the entanglements between images and imaginations of the so-called fertility crisis as constitutive of the epistemic, affective and political investments that determine how societies manage reproductive capacities and practices.
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05 Dec 2024
Dementia Lifeworlds Symposium
The first Dementia Lifeworlds Symposium took place on Wednesday 29th November at UCC and was an occasion for the research project team to bring ideas on the table, to explore and establish common ground, and to share interests and ideas.
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28 Nov 2024
Making Space for Play in Irish Schoolyards
At a seminar held on 28 November, Dr. Michelle Bergin presented a paper on the “Making Space for Play in Irish Schoolyards” project, which aims to evaluate existing provision for children’s right to play in diverse schoolyards and to inform how we can support schools to create conditions for all children to play. The seminar was hosted by the ISS21 Children and Young People Research Cluster & UCC Futures – Children.
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28 Nov 2024
So much change in academia: and yet how much?
On 19th November, ISS21 Genders, Sexualities & Families research cluster and MA Women’s Studies in association with UCC Futures – Collective Social Futures presented a talk by Pat O’Connor, emeritus Professor of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Limerick, and Visiting Professor, Geary Institute, University College Dublin.
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