CORK LEARNING CITY
Day 2: Cork Learning City Partner Site Visits
A. A river runs through it All our cities are located on rivers and harbours. Corks traditional boatbuilders Meitheal Mara have used Corks waterways as a space for inclusion and engagement. This presentation included a visit to the Bantry Longboat on the river Lee and Meitheal Maras workshop at Crosses Green where groups a variety of use the rowing and building of traditional boats and dragon boats to promote team building, social enterprise, health and wellbeing. B. Music as an instrument of social inclusion Music is in Cork’s DNA, but like many cities, access to music education has not always been equally shared. Music Generation Cork City was established in 2012 with seed funding from U2 and the Ireland Funds to address this. Delegates met young musicians in action in The Kabin in Knocknaheeny, and explored how community music partners have brought new generations into the city’s diverse musical traditions, ranging from Rap to Rock, Brass Bands to Irish traditional music. They visited Cork City library Hollyhill and learned how to play an Indonesian Gamelan. C. Urban Green spaces for Health, Learning and Enterprise Delegates participated in a tour of Nano Nagle place and met some of the people behind a range of Corks urban growing and sustainable food initiatives, in a session located in a green space at the heart of the South Parish Learning Neighbourhood. During the visit to a range of sites delegates met with leaders in sustainability and local learning initiatives.
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CORK LIFELONG LEARNING FESTIVAL MON 27TH MARCH - SUN 2ND APRIL
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