Border Roads to Memories and Reconciliation (interview details)

Collection: Border Roads (collection)
Organisation: Latton Social Services and Development Ltd. (organisation)

Details of the interview process used during the Border Roads project.

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Title
 Border Roads to Memories and Reconciliation (interview details)
Description
 Details of the interview process used during the Border Roads project.
Creator
 Latton Social Services and Development Ltd.
Subject
 Border road closures during the Northern Ireland conflict.
Interviewer Name(s)
 Ciara King
Recorder Names(s)
 Ciara King
In-house Recording
 Yes
Interview Location
 A few interviews were conducted in the interviewee's home but the majority were carried out in various community centres and public buildings.
Details of Recording
 Most of the interviews were recorded on video equipment.
Interview Length
 The majority of the interviews were less than 20 minutes.
Recording Format
 Video
Born Digitial
 Yes
Video Camera
 SONY NXCAM / AVCHD Progressive MPEG2 SD; and Zoom Handy Recorder H4n
Original Video File Format
 .mpg and .m4v
Edited
 Yes (minor editing)
Editing Software
 Adobe Premier Elements 12; and Audacity

Collection InformationShowHide

Title
 Border Roads (collection)
Description
 The Border Roads to Memories and Reconciliation project compiled a collection of stories related to life on either side of the border when many of the unapproved border roads were closed during the conflict. The intention was to all people to "express their feelings in relation to the the closure of border roads and the impact it had on their lives" (from the project flyer).
(The stories have been deposited with Accounts of the Conflict but they have a 'delayed access' date. However, the stories are available to view at the Border Roads website.)
Creator
 Latton Social Services and Development Ltd.
Subject
 story-telling, personal accounts
Source
 http://www.borderroadmemories.com/
Publisher
 Latton Social Services and Development Ltd.
Date
 2014
Format
 The collection consists of stories recorded on video, audio (only), and written. There is also a range of complementary material in the form of photographs and scanned copies of newspaper articles.
Coverage
 The border, and border counties, between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
Date Formed
 Project began in 2012 and ended in 2014.
Address
 Latton Resource Centre, Latton P.O., Castleblayney, Co. Monaghan, Republic of Ireland.
Funder
 European Union’s PEACE III Programme, managed by the Special EU Programmes Body.
Stories Collected
 162 (on Border Roads Web site - 16 January 2015)
Stories Deposited
 160 (as of 16 January 2015)

Organisation InformationShowHide

Title
 Latton Social Services and Development Ltd. (organisation)
Description
 Latton Social Services and Development Ltd. obtained funding from the European Union’s PEACE III Programme to carry out a story-telling project on the topic of border road closures during the period of the conflict.
"In September 2012 ‘Border Roads to Memories and Reconciliation’ set out to provide an opportunity and space for residents along both sides of the border to remember and express their feelings in relation to the closure of border roads and the impact that it had on their lives." (from Border Roads website)
The project set out to conduct 180 interviews and was due to finish work in December 2014.
Date Formed
 1999
Status
 In operation [checked 2014]
Address
 Resource Centre Latton, Co. Monaghan Republic of Ireland

Citation

Latton Social Services and Development Ltd.. Border Roads to Memories and Reconciliation (interview details).
Accounts of the Conflict; Accessed: 20 April 2024 <http://accounts.ulster.ac.uk/repo24/items/show/2472>
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