Living with the Wall - Jimmy External Website
Story Title: Living with the Wall
Collection: Ten Stories High (collection)
Organisation: Verbal Arts Centre (organisation)
One of eight short video stories from the collection Ten Stories High.
This story is about an older man's memory of the area prior to the peace wall and the problems of stone-throwing at the interface.
Story DetailsShowHide
Title |
Living with the Wall - Jimmy |
Description |
One of eight short video stories from the collection Ten Stories High. |
Creator |
Verbal Arts Centre and Community Safety Partnership. |
Source |
http://w.verbalartscentre.co.uk/10stor/jimmy.htm |
Publisher |
Verbal Arts Centre |
Date |
2013 |
Format |
Shockwave Flash Object (.swf); 2 minutes; 3.1 MB |
Language |
English |
CAIN Links |
CAIN Glossary: Peaceline; Peace Wall CAIN Key Issue: Segregation CAIN Associated Site The Cost of the Troubles Study |
Story Title |
Living with the Wall |
Story Available |
Yes |
Story Format |
Video |
Story Source |
Ten Stories High website: http://w.verbalartscentre.co.uk/10stor/ Direct link to story: http://w.verbalartscentre.co.uk/10stor/jimmy.htm |
Interviewee Forename(s) |
Jimmy |
Language Spoken |
English |
Interviewee Gender |
Male |
Home Address |
Derry / Londonderry, Northern Ireland. |
Birth Country |
Northern Ireland. |
Status |
Civilian |
Story Abstract |
This story is about an older man's memory of the area prior to the peace wall and the problems of stone-throwing at the interface. |
Themes/Topics Mentioned |
Segregation; Interface Area |
Additonal related information on the CAIN Web site ShowHide
CAIN Glossary: Peaceline; Peace Wall
CAIN Key Issue: Segregation
CAIN Associated Site The Cost of the Troubles Study
CAIN Key Issue: Segregation
CAIN Associated Site The Cost of the Troubles Study
Collection InformationShowHide
Title |
Ten Stories High (collection) |
Description |
A collection of 8 stories, in video format, based on the experiences of young and older people living in the Bishop Street and Fountain Estate area of Derry. "10 Stories High is a Digital Story Telling project that offers participants the opportunity to express their views in words and pictures in a format that can be accessed locally, nationally and internationally." (from the Ten Stories High website) |
Creator |
The Verbal Arts Centre with the Community Safety Partnership, in the Derry City Council area. |
Subject |
"This intergenerational project gave young people and older people in the Bishop Street and Fountain Estate an opportunity to tell the world what they thought about living in their area. The stories cover two main topics: Feeling Safe Where We Live and Sharing Space with a different Generation." (from the Ten Stories High website) |
Source |
Website: http://w.verbalartscentre.co.uk/10stor/index.htm |
Publisher |
The Verbal Arts Centre |
Date |
2013? |
Format |
Video (comprised of still images and audio) |
Language |
English |
Coverage |
Bishop Street and Fountain Estate, Derry, Northern Ireland. |
Stories Collected |
8 videos involving 17 participants. |
Organisation InformationShowHide
Title |
Verbal Arts Centre (organisation) |
Description |
The Verbal Arts Centre is an educational charity, based in Derry. As part of its work it has engaged in a number of story-telling projects. |
Date Formed |
1992 |
Status |
Active (checked June 2014) |
Address |
Verbal Arts Centre Stable Lane and Mall Wall Bishop Street Within Londonderry BT48 6PU |
Telephone |
028 7126 6946 |
|
info@theverbal.co |
Work |
"The Centre’s underpinning purpose is the promotion of the language arts, celebration of commonality and diversity, development of knowledge, understanding and excellence in creation, performance and critical practice across the verbal arts forms, together with research, publication and provision of information." (from the Verbal Arts Centre website) |
Nature |
Educational charity |
Organisation Abstract |
"The Verbal Arts Centre is an educational charity founded in 1992. The Centre is based in the beautifully refurbished First Derry School, a listed building which occupies a prime location on the double bastion of the city’s walls." (from the Verbal Arts Centre website) |
Citation
Verbal Arts Centre and Community Safety Partnership.. (2013). Living with the Wall. Verbal Arts Centre.
Accounts of the Conflict; Accessed: 22 December 2024 <http://k8s-accounts-01.ulster.ac.uk/repo24/items/show/2149/>
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