Taigh-tasgaidh gun Bhallachan (Museum without Walls)

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[ ID ] ac0266d1-be13-4797-b070-a7323c40d538

[ Submitter's Name ] mary morrison
[ Submitter's Affiliated Organisation ] Comann Eachdraidh Uibhist a Tuath

[ Space ] localisation
[ Secondary Space ] youth

[ Format ] learning-lab

Description

We will demonstrate how groups of schoolchildren from a far-flung Atlantic island rim in the Outer Hebrides can 'become university students', through collaborating with a mainland University in interpreting and enacting their local history bilingually. We will explore strategies which helped in preparing classroom research, drama, song, music and storytelling for the St Andrews' immersive digital app and installation. The children's engagement and involvement have been recognised as highly innovative by the 'dreaded' H.M.I.

Agenda

The session would begin with an introduction, presentation and exploration of the installations we have worked on together. One about St Kilda and one the Archaeology of North Uist. We would need a projector and screen for this. We would jointly present in a flexible, audience-interactive way aspects of our working together. The pedagogy could be explored in terms of integrating the work into the curriculum and St Andrews could do the immersive technology aspects. We would be happy to include questions and answers and interruptions!

Participants

We feel that our work is easily adaptable to varied audience size, in terms of our previous presentations together. We have worked in schools with children, and with larger community audiences. Clearly the smaller the audience size, the more intimate and tailored to individuals this could be.

Outcome

The Western Isles Education Committee has already invited us to contribute to the Gaelic E- sgoil, (school), using our bilingual work together as a model of good practice. We are currently planning our next project which involves taking over and raising funding for a redundant school as a high-end digital centre for immersive technology and Galic language and heritage.

[EPIKhub]

Hi Mary, this sounds really interesting, might any of your youth from the project like to come to MozFest? If they submit a "Youth led" session we might be in a position to assist with a child/parent bursary for travel and accommodation, see: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nhYWF3Ds7MbFtzuys1rQ7lf4O2deiysUXTxQS72dNyc/edit?usp=sharing