Intercultural Research Centre (IRC)
Addressing key intercultural issues arising from the changing global context in the 21st century
Intercultural Research Centre (IRC)
Addressing key intercultural issues arising from the changing global context in the 21st century
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The IRC's Prof. Máiréad Nic Craith was a speaker at an international symposium on The Role of Living Culture in Identities and Sustainable Community Development, held at Summerhall in Edinburgh on 4 November 2015. This symposium offered a platform for Scotland to showcase itself, not only through the…
'Can Scotland play a leading role in redefining Heritage?'
From 22-25 June 2015, members of Heriot-Watt’s Intercultural Research Centre (IRC) participated in the 2015 congress of the International Society for Ethnology and Folklore (SIEF) in Zagreb. SIEF is the main international learned society in its field.
Ullrich Kockel has been featured in a short video published by the International Society for Ethnology and Folklore as part of their Ethnological Sensations series. Using an episode of autoethnographic research, he explores the complexities of ethnological field research when buildings and places change over…
More than 60 participants attended the IRC's first symposium on 19 May 2016, considering challenges and opportunities faced by an increasingly multi- and intercultural Scotland.
Trailer for a blockbuster movie based on the workshop of the international doctoral training programme "Transformations in European Societies", which took place at Heriot-Watt from 28 October to 2 November 2013.
Being an expert on all things to do with heritage, Máiréad was invited by the United Nations in 2011 to advise on access to heritage as a human right. The preservation of intangible heritage is something she is deeply passionate about, and she continues to…