Event Sept 29th: Food Stories at Bray Literary Festival 2019

Join us at the Bray Literary Festival 2019 in welcoming local direct provision residents to chat about food stories and food journeys, as well as sampling some food in the Harbour Bar.

When:             Sunday September 29th, 2019
Where:            The Harbour Bar, 1 Strand Road, Bray, Co. Wicklow
When:             12:00 – 13:00
Registration:  Email ciara@8020.ie to register (free event)

Food connects and brings people together. It is something that all of us, no matter where we’re from, can share in and enjoy. Join participatory-based artist Katie Ceekay, 80:20 Educating and Acting for a Better World and Fighting Words in welcoming local direct provision residents to chat about food stories and food journeys, as well as sampling some food in the Harbour Bar.

Curated in a group setting, participants tell the story of their journey through recipes, ingredients, flavours and memory. Developed as part of a new project the recipes, stories, and the experiences will be documented and collected together in a short publication.

For more information check out the Bray Literary Festival 2019 programme online.

Featured photo © Karin Janssen 2019

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This event is developed as part of the Let’s Talk Project supported by

     

‘Does anyone know what happened in Australia on January 26th 1788?’

 ‘Does anyone know what happened in Australia on 26 January 1788?

What makes up Aboriginal identity when you don’t know who you are?

Should we be allowed to let people in? Whose responsibility is it?

What about when other people welcomed us when we needed somewhere to go after the great famine?’

30 students from Woodbrook College, Presentation College Bray and Loreto Secondary School Bray took part in a joint workshop at Loreto on November 16th, exploring Aboriginal affairs, migration and issues from an Australian context led by Dom Ofner of the Edmund Rice Centre, Sydney.

The students discussed a range of issues including:

  • The history of Aboriginal Australians
  • Identity, stereotyping and ‘othering’
  • Colonialism, intergenerational trauma and justice
  • Asylum seekers, Manus Island and the context of asylum seeker in direct provision in Ireland

The workshop was delivered as part of the Let’s Talk project in conjunction with the ERC, Sydney.

  • News report: Read the news report in the Bray People online, published on November 25th, 2017.
  • Photo credit: Dom Ofner on peace and justice in Australia (November 16th, 2017) by Tony Daly/80:20 Educating and Acting for Better World