| Collection Description | In 2010, the Cork Folklore Project initiated a new collection and dissemination project, entitled the Cork Memory Map ... The
initial phase of interviewing was carried out in the main with older residents of Cork City, Ireland, who grew up in the city centre
or adjacent suburbs and who were born between 1929 and 1950. Lasting between 45 minutes and two hours, individual
interviews in the Memory Map project tend to follow a similar pattern. A description of the interviewee’s childhood
neighbourhood is followed by a succession of ‘grand tour’ questions about daily routines, work and play within the
neighbourhood. Places important or familiar to interviewees were explored, as were routes habitually taken through the
landscape. This narrative base was used as a springboard for using cues provided by the interviewees as the basis for follow-
up questions on significant people and activities mentioned. A sub-collection of shorter interviews was generated during
Heritage Week (20-28 August) 2011. The Cork Folklore Project, in collaboration with Civic Trust House, launched the Memory
Map Project with an exhibition and collection event throughout the week. Visitors to the exhibition were invited to ‘put
themselves on the map’ through short interviews. [corkfolklore.org] |
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