CAIN and Conflict Textiles will host two events in Magee campus, Ulster University, focusing on the use of arpilleras to stimulate awareness and conversations in relation to human rights violations in war-torn and post-conflict societies. Arpilleras are three-dimensional appliqued tapestries that originated in Chile.
An exhibition of 24 arpilleras will be held in Minor Hall, 6-10 November, 9am to 5pm. The launch with guided tour will take place on Monday 6th (6pm), and another guided tour will be held on Friday 10th (2-3pm).
An international colloquium on 6-7 November will consider key questions around human rights violations and practice using textiles to document, testify and memorialise the lived experiences of human rights violations. This event is by invitation only.

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As part of the ESRC Festival of Social Sciences, CAIN and Conflict Textiles are holding the 'Telling stories through textiles' event on 9 November, in Magee campus, Ulster University. This is an interactive workshop for secondary level students focussing on introducing oral history and the role of textiles in presenting sensitive issues.

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This month, we launched our first short film competition. To help our research on public attitudes towards lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) equality to reach a wide audience, we want to make some short films.

Interested? Then please have a look at the full details on our website. Proposals must be submitted by 5pm on Monday 23 October 2017

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Our new ARK Features series comprises short articles on a wide variety of topics relating to politics and social policy. These present research evidence and commentary that links into current policy debates or newsworthy issues in an informed way.

The latest Feature is Independence of the voluntary sector in Northern Ireland: changing narratives, changing relationship, by Markus Ketola (Ulster University).

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On 16 November, Professor Jill Manthrope (King's College London), will present a seminar on 'Relationships in the Round' in adult safeguarding. Using research evidence from England, she will explore safeguarding practice that seeks to meet the needs of service users and carers. The seminar will be held at Queen's University, and places must be booked in advance. For more information, and how to book, please go to the Events section of our website.

This event has been jointly organised by the ARK Ageing Programme and BSGNI.

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On 22 November, Gillian Robinson (ARK, Ulster University) and Paula Devine (ARK, Queen's University) will explore public attitudes to bonfires and flags, using the most recent Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey.

The event will be held in the Skainos Centre, and places must be booked in advance.

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ARK is a joint initiative between Queen's University and Ulster University, and began in 2000. Our mission is to make social science knowledge on Northern Ireland easily accessible to the widest possible audience. Most of our dissemination is via our website at www.ark.ac.uk, which is divided into four main areas:

• Surveys
• Conflict, Politics and Elections
• Policy, Research and Resources
• Outreach, Dissemination and Training - including publications and events

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