Ómos Áite - space/place research group

Ómós Áite News Update

National Collaboration:

Space&Place Research Collaborative, Department of Geography, NUI Maynooth, Ireland.

In May 2011, Ómós Áite as entered into a new network alliance established in May 2011 between Dr Nessa Cronin, Centre for Irish Studies, NUI Galway and Dr Karen Till Department of Geography, NUI Maynooth. The first strand of this alliance was the co-ordination and co-hosting of an international conference and series of workshops at NUI Maynooth and the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Mapping Spectral Traces IV, 25-27 May 2011. http://www.nuigalway.ie/research/centre_irish_studies/mapping_symposium.html

A second, sister event to mark this national collaboration will take place at NUI Galway and the Black Box Theatre, Galway City, from 19-21 April 2012. This will comprise of an international conference, a series of workshops, a book launch and a public lecture on the role of place in Irish culture today. This will be run in partnership with an international Dance Festival, curated by Dr Ríonach Ní Néill, Galway County Council Dancer in Residence, and performance arts member of Ó m ó s Á ite. Further details concerning this will be posted shortly.

International Collaboration: Mapping Spectral Traces International Network

The connection between Ó m ó s Á ite and the Space&Place Research Collaborative was further strengthened over the summer months of 2011 when both research groups were invited to become convening collaborative members of the Mapping Spectral Traces international network (MST Network).

With the inclusion of the two Irish research groups and the launch of a new public website in September 2011, http://www.mappingspectraltraces.org/, the MST Network now has a national presence in Ireland while also having an international presence for virtual communities of scholars, artists and community partners on the web. This website development has already enhanced interaction and engagement on all issues relating to discourses on space and place, and will change the way in which our research is conducted and disseminated in future years. It has already resulted in a large number of ’hits’ since it went live in September 2011.

The conference and dance festival to be convened in Galway next April 2012 are part of this ongoing international collaboration. The April 2012 event is one of a series of events organized by the MST Network to take place in 7 institutions across 5 countries (Ireland, England, Scotland, USA and Australia) over the period 2011-13. Further details of future events can be found at: http://www.mappingspectraltraces.org/upcoming-2012.html

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