this/OUR is a community deep mapping project exploring Glenbower Wood through art, history, ecology and citizen science, led by artists Basil Al-Rawi, Chris Finnegan, Katie Nolan and Philip Ryan in partnership with Greywood Arts.
Deep mapping is a transdisciplinary process that layers community voices, artistic interpretations, historical narratives, and ecological perspectives into a multidimensional narrative of place. This methodology, inspired by Jorge Luis Borges' short essay On Exactitude in Science, allows us to explore the tension between the precision in defining "THIS" place and the transient, relational nature of "OUR" connection to it.
CURRENT & UPCOMING EVENTS
WINTER SCHOOL | SCOIL GHEIMHRIDH
Winter School | Scoil Gheimhridh in Glenbower Wood, Killeagh, Co. Cork.
Taking place throughout November, the Winter School | Scoil Gheimhridh will host a month-long series of events and activities exploring the histories, ecologies, and communities of this unique community-owned woodland.
Developed through collaboration between this/OUR, Greywood Arts, the Glenbower Wood & Lake Committee, and the Sites of Fracture research project (University of Birmingham), the Winter School invites public engagement through walks, conversations, and creative interventions centred on Glenbower Wood.
Many of these encounters will be facilitated through the this/OUR box, a converted horsebox that will be located in the wood from 14th Nov, that serves as a site of participation and reflection as part of the project’s culmination. Visitors can meet the artists throughout the month as they conduct mini-residencies involving shared learning, dialogue, and exchange.
The programme opens 6–7 November with a two-day dialogue between this/OUR and Sites of Fracture, beginning with a pre-screening of The Cost of Growth documentary at 7pm tomorrow night (Thursday 6th Nov) at Greywood Arts, followed by an online Q&A with one of the filmmakers, Lena Hartog.
Further details and the full schedule of the Winter School will be announced soon
Please visit our Eventbrite page where you can book already programmed events and will be updated as more come live.
The Winter School | Scoil Gheimhridh includes programming from several projects and initiatives:
this/OUR is funded by the Arts Council of Ireland and Cork County Council
Seeing the Wood for the Trees is supported by the Arts Council of Ireland (Arts Grant Programme), Creative Ireland through Cork County Council’s Creative Communities Programme, and Community Foundation Ireland
Sites of Fracture is funded by the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Curiosity Grant
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this/OUR is funded by the Arts Council of Ireland and Cork County Council
