5 Decades Project (project details)
Collection: 5 Decades Project (collection)
Organisation: Forthspring Inter Community Group (organisation)
A story-telling project run by Forthspring Inter Community Group. The project team carried out interviews with over 20 people. The interviews were recorded on audio and later transcribed. The transcribed interviews formed the basis for 80 stories that appeared in an associated book, and the subset of 53 stories that appeared on the project's website. The project also produced an exhibition. Forthspring conducted further interviews in the years 2015-16 and these will be available in 2020.
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Title |
5 Decades Project (project details) |
Description |
A story-telling project run by Forthspring Inter Community Group. The project team carried out interviews with over 20 people. The interviews were recorded on audio and later transcribed. The transcribed interviews formed the basis for 80 stories that appeared in an associated book, and the subset of 53 stories that appeared on the project's website. The project also produced an exhibition. Forthspring conducted further interviews in the years 2015-16 and these will be available in 2020. |
Creator |
Forthspring Inter Community Group |
Date |
2012-2014 |
Relation |
See also: The project website: http://www.forthspring.org/5-decades-project.html The related book: Forthspring Inter Community Group. (2014). Talking About The Troubles. Belfast: Forthspring. ISBN 978-0-9929478-1-1 |
Date Formed |
April 2012 |
Funder |
Peace III |
Stories Collected |
20+ |
Project Full Title |
5 Decades Project |
Date Formed |
April 2012 |
Date Ended |
On-going (in 2014) |
Funder |
Peace III |
Dissemination Formats |
Book; Website; Exhibition |
Number of Stories |
20+ |
Number Deposited |
6 |
Collection InformationShowHide
Title |
5 Decades Project (collection) |
Description |
"Forthspring has worked since 1997 to build relationships between neighbouring Protestant and Catholic communities in West Belfast. The 5 Decades Project grew out of a desire to examine these communities' very different experience of living through the 'Troubles', with the goal of developing a shared, but not agreed, account of the conflict and its impact. Experiences and memories were gathered through storytelling in small groups from the same community background, roughly structured around the 5 decades beginning with the 1960s. There were also opportunities to share and hear stories from other communities. Over 150 people have taken part." Forthspring 5 Decades Project. (2014). 'Talking About The Troubles'. (Rear cover) |
Creator |
Forthspring Inter Community Group |
Stories Collected |
20+ interviews (leading to 80 stories in the published book) |
Stories Deposited |
6 |
Organisation InformationShowHide
Title |
Forthspring Inter Community Group (organisation) |
Description |
"Forthspring Inter Community Group is committed to providing services to local people in the Springfield/Woodvale area and promoting good relations within and between these communities." Forthspring website (2014). Forthspring carried out a series of recorded interviews as part of its 5 Decades Project. Extracts from the stories were published in book form in 2014. A selection of the transcripts and audio recordings was deposited with Accounts of the Conflict in 2014. Further interviews were conducted in the years 2015-16 and some of these will be available in 2020. |
Creator |
Forthspring Inter Community Group |
Date |
2014 |
Date Formed |
1997 |
Status |
In operation (last checked 2014) |
Address |
373-375 Springfield Road Belfast Northern Ireland BT12 7DG |
Telephone |
028 9031 3945 |
Work |
Cross-community relations; Story-telling |
Nature |
Shared community centre |
Citation
Forthspring Inter Community Group. (2012-2014). 5 Decades Project (project details).
Accounts of the Conflict; Accessed: 25 December 2024 <http://k8s-accounts-01.ulster.ac.uk/repo24/items/show/2204/>
Accounts of the Conflict; Accessed: 25 December 2024 <http://k8s-accounts-01.ulster.ac.uk/repo24/items/show/2204/>