I just attended one of Belfast City Council's free lunchtime Exploring Engagement seminars, organised by the Good Relations Unit. Held in the City Hall on the first Thursday of each month, this was the first of the seminars that I have attended.
The speaker was Madeleine Leonard, Professor of Sociology at Queen's University in Belfast who has been working on a recent project on teenagers' perceptions of Belfast, the peace walls, and the city as a divided or shared city. The talk was extremely informative, and I was interested to hear of the way in which teenagers viewed Belfast, and particularly their views on whether or not the peace walls should remain. For more information, I thoroughly suggest reading Bringing Down the Walls: Young People's Perspective of Peace Walls in Belfast, Leonard, M and McKnight, M (2011), International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 31, 9/10, 569-583.
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