ARK has two qualitative archives based in
Northern Ireland reflecting social and political changes and developments
over the years. Please note that these archives have not been updated since 2012.
Qualitative Archive
on Ageism
ARK has developed
a small archive of in-depth interviews with older people looking at
attitudes to ageing and ageism. The valuable information contained
within these qualitative interviews complements the facts and figures
produced by our other projects including: Attitudes
to Older People, Grandparenting,
Pensions and Pensioners
and Older
People in Northern Ireland, as well as the ARK
Ageing Programme.
In this section
you can view interview extracts from these interviews. Depending
on the consent given by the interviewees, you can either listen
to them, see them talking or read what they had to say. The extracts
are ordered by subject areas, such as employment, family, health,
housing, fear of crime, finance matters and entertainment. Click
to view this section.
Qualitative
Archive on Conflict
The conflict
in Northern Ireland over the last 35 years has generated a vast
body of qualitative material such as interviews, video and audio
recordings, photographs etc. that can be utilised to address the
issues of violence and reconciliation. Effective use of the bulk
of this material, however, has been thwarted by its wide dispersion,
much of it located outside Northern Ireland, and the lack of any
central index or cataloguing system. The situation has been that
some people may know quite a bit about some of the material but
no one has a comprehensive overview of it all. This project will
centre on:
- the collation of information about qualitative material covering
the 35 year span of 'the Troubles' in NI (content, availability, recording
format etc.) into a single catalogue;
- particularly in
instances where the material is 'at risk' of being lost, the project
will take steps to procure or copy the material and lodge it in the
Qualitative Data Archival Resource Centre (QUALIDATA) of the Data
Archive at the University of Essex.
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