Deserted Settlement

Workshop Two centred around a theme of ‘Deserted Settlement’. The event was held on Thursday 13th September 2007 at the Kildonan Centre, Isle of South Uist, Outer Hebrides.

The workshop timetable is detailed here below. A full working document  (14 pages) of the workshop on Deserted Settlement is available for reading, download and comment here (workshop-2-deserted-settlement.pdf).

Workshop 2: Deserted Settlement  on Thursday 13th September2007
09:30	Welcome and introductions
09:45	Island Cultural Archives: Overview
Morning Session: Local Resource and Knowledge
10:00		The Settlement Story: who tells it and how?Group Discussion
10:30		East Benbecula SettlementsPresentation: Comunn Eachdraidh Beinn na Faoghla  (Catherine Muir/Angus MacMillan/ Flora MacDonald .
11:20		Landscape and Environment: Settlement Heritage Legacies Group Discussion
13:00		Lunch
Afternoon session: Exploring Synergies: Knowledge Transfer of Cultural Resource
14:00		Local Resources: South Uist Estates Collection: Settlement Legacies Presenter: Ray Burnett Urras Tasglann Uibhist a Deas is Bharraigh /SUBAT
14:20		Case Study: The East Side StoryVisual Essay: East GerinishTony Grace University of Paisley
15:00		Coffee/Tea break
15:30		Case Study: The East Side StoryThe Archival Perspective: South Uist and Canna  Ray Burnett, Prodigia in association with  Magda  Sagarzazu, Archivist, NTS, Canna   and Comunn Eachdraidh  Uibhist  A Deas
16:00		Closing Discussion and Reflections on  Future Project Potential