In Our Own Image will examine the legacy of the Decade of Centenaries, reflecting on issues of equality, diversity and inclusion

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Save the date, April 27th, 10.30am - 4.00pm

Wed, 27 April 2022

10:30 – 16:00 IST

Location

Dublin Castle

In Our Own Image will examine the legacy of the Decade of Centenaries, reflecting on issues of equality, diversity and inclusion

About this event

This event will address the role of photography in recording our unfolding histories to consider what histories are remembered, and what histories have been omitted. 

Organised by the Photo Museum Ireland formerly Gallery of Photography Ireland and the Nerve Centre's Creative Centenaries project, the event will consider the role of photography in recording our unfolding histories to consider what has been remembered and what has been omitted. 

As we move towards the final years of the Decade of Centenaries commemorations, this conference brings together leading historians, academics, artists, curators and cultural figures from across Ireland, Northern Ireland and Great Britain to reflect on issues of equality, diversity and inclusion and how we might better reflect diverse histories and perspectives. 

Across three panels, contributors will address the politics of representation. Contributors include: 

  • Feargal Fitzpatrick, photo historian, NCAD

  • Joy Carey, Digitisation Manager, PRONI

  • Mark Sealy, curator, cultural historian and ​​Director of Autograph (Association of Black Photographers)

  • William Blair, Director of Collections, National Museums NI

  • Orla Fitzpatrick, photo historian

  • Sinead McCoole, historian

  • Erika Hanna, academic, University of Bristol

  • Pauline Vermare, independent curator

  • Brian Newman, artist

Panel discussions will be chaired by Tommy Graham (History Ireland), Mark Duncan (Century Ireland) and Paul Mullan (National Lottery Heritage Fund). 

Timetable

1000 - 1040: Registration opens, tea & coffee served

1040 - 1110: Welcome and opening remarks

1110 - 1210: Panel 1 - Photography & Identity, Re-interrogating the Archives, Politics of Identity and the Colonial Gaze, 1839-1920.

1210 - 1300: Lunch

1300 - 1400: Panel 2 - Revolutionary Island: Representing Conflict, 1912-1923. 

1410 - 1510: Panel 3 - Photographic Representations and Cultural Identities

1510 - 1530: Concluding remarks

Please note that this is an in-person event and catering will be served on arrival and at lunch. When confirming your ticket, please indicate any dietary requirements.

This conference is organised by Photo Museum Ireland formerly Gallery of Photography Ireland as part of our ‘In Our Own Image’ project and the Nerve Centre’s Creative Centenaries project.

The event is supported by the Department of Foreign Affairs Reconciliation Fund, by the National Lottery Heritage Fund through the Shared History Fund and by the OPW/Dublin Castle. 

Photo Museum Ireland formerly Gallery of Photography is funded by the Arts Council and Dublin City Council.