Irish Global Solidarity in 100 Objects
7 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 year ago -The Irish Global Solidarity in 100 Objects podcast is a snapshot of Irish engagement with global cultural, political and social issues over the past 50 years, based on the pop-up event in Dublin in 2020. This podcast series explores a number of the 100 objects featured in the exhibition through the stories from the people involved in bringing them about.
Produced by human rights and development education hub developmenteducation.ie
Explore the exhibition online at https://developmenteducation.ie/100objects
developmenteducation.ie is coordinated by Aidlink, Concern Worldwide, the Irish Development Education Association, the National Youth Council of Ireland, Self Help Africa, Trócaire and 80:20 Educating and Acting for a Better World and part-funded by Irish Aid at the Department of Foreign Affairs.
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Episodes
Episode 6: ‘A lot of it is questioning…all the time’ – Fiona King
April 19, 2023 05:00 - 34 minutes - 63.6 MBIn this episode, Ciara Regan caught up with visual arts educator Fiona King. From the art squad to curriculum design and teaching, Fiona King has been building communities of art practice and teaching art education and socially engaged art for over 20 years. Fiona King is the coordinator of The Professional Master of Education (PME) programme, a lecturer and researcher in Art Education within the School of Education in the National College of Art and Design (NCAD), Dublin. Fiona also co-l...
Episode 5: ‘A real convergence of young people and trade unionists on climate action’ - Yvonne O’Callaghan
February 23, 2023 15:38 - 17 minutes - 31.3 MBIt’s been 4 years since the global School Strike for Climate event. In this episode of the Irish Global Solidarity in 100 Objects podcast, Yvonne O’Callaghan reflects on that seminal moment in May 2019, and many moments since then where young people have taken the lead, saying: ‘They have broken down more barriers than anyone before them in terms of activism over the last 20 years.’ In this episode, guest host Tony Daly caught up with trade union leader Yvonne, who believes ‘This is about ...
Episode 4: ‘For many people, it’s not questioned’ – on FGM and women’s rights in Kenya with Órla Ryan
November 04, 2022 14:54 - 22 minutes - 20.9 MBIs it possible to go online today and avoid misinformation? And what about the work involved in writing about global issues such as FGM - in Ireland and elsewhere - and testing the interest of readers to know about them and take action? In this episode, Ciara Regan caught up with award winning journalist and feminist Órla Ryan of TheJournal.ie, who believes “it’s through education and awareness that things can change.” Órla talks about what it was like meeting former circumcisers involve...
Episode 3: ‘I Run the World’ and 75:25 with Martyn Turner
October 27, 2022 06:12 - 24 minutes - 20.1 MBCartoons have a lot to say about the state of the world. As one of Ireland’s most prolific pencils in the business, Martyn Turner’s political cartoons are unavoidably challenging. In a career spanning more than four decades, he has raised questions of justice, equality, contradiction, responsibility, hypocrisy, accountability, rights and wrongs on a weekly basis in the pages of the Irish Times. Martyn’s work has featured in education resources, books, workshop hand-outs and on PowerPoints ...
Episode 2: The motion on El Salvador with Michael D. Higgins
April 05, 2021 22:58 - 27 minutes - 49.5 MBFrom the 1904 Casement Report detailing abuses in the Congo Free State which was under the private ownership of King Leopold II of Belgium to Mary Robinson’s role as High Commissioner for Human Rights, Irish people have been active as rapporteurs on human rights issues internationally. For episode 2, Ciara Regan caught up with Michael D. Higgins, ninth President of Ireland. Before he was elected President, before he was appointed as Ireland’s first Minister for the Arts or Labour Party Spok...
Episode 1: Irish Call for Justice for Palestine with Kevin Squires
March 01, 2021 13:42 - 37 minutes - 34 MBBetween 27th December 2008 and 14th January 2009, Israel launched a massive and unprecedented assault on the Palestinian Gaza Strip.For episode 1, Ciara Regan caught up with Kevin Squires, national co-ordinator of the Ireland Palestine Campaign (IPSC), who was involved in a 1-page ‘call’ published in the Irish Times in January 2009. Kevin recalls the action, involving hundreds of donations to pay for the call’s publication and the ‘call’ aimed at the Irish government as a series of demands, ...
Introducing 'Irish Global Solidarity in 100 Objects'
March 01, 2021 00:00 - 2 minutes - 2.68 MBBased on the pop-up event in March 2020, the Irish Global Solidarity in 100 Objects exhibition is a snapshot of Irish engagement with global cultural, political and social issues over the past 50 years. This podcast series will explore a number of the 100 objects featured in the exhibition through the stories from the people involved in bringing them about. Irish Global Solidarity in 100 Objects is a developmenteducation.ie audio series hosted by Ciara Regan. Find out more information about t...