Month: July 2023

Climate, Heritage, & Wellbeing Seminar

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In the second Aire Air Sunnd July webinar a fresh panel discusses “Climate Change, Heritage, and Wellbeing”. This follows on from the previous week’s discussion of the not unrelated topic of Mapping Placenames & Stories of North Uist.

Followers of Island Voices will recall that earlier discussion in the CEUT Gaelic group addressed the theme of coastal erosion in a historical context, with mentions of stories of the last person to walk from Heisgeir to North Uist as well as the no longer evident Baile Siar to the west of today’s Baile Sear. The retention of CEUT chair Uisdean Robertson on the panel from last week provides continuity in this regard, while project officer Sharon Pisani reprises the role of webinar chair.

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Here’s some of the CEUT description of the webinar from their Facebook page:

“From the shores of North Uist to the tropics of Barbados and the arid landscapes of Somalia, the relentless grip of climate change threatens to erode not only our natural world but also the invaluable heritage that binds us. As rising sea levels and extreme weather events encroach upon our most cherished sites, it is a stark reminder that safeguarding our shared history is intertwined with preserving our planet’s delicate equilibrium….
Book your ticket on Eventbrite to receive the Zoom link:
Don’t miss out on this opportunity to discuss North Uist’s heritage and climate effects.”

North Uist Place-names Seminar

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Comann Eachdraidh Uibhist a Tuath have announced the panellists for the upcoming Place-Names webinar on Tuesday, July 18th, who will share their insights and knowledge on Gaelic place names, culture, and community mapping.
The Panellists:
🔹 Julie Fowlis: Hebridean Musician, Singer, and Place-based Creator
🔹 Uisdean Robertson: Western Isles Councillor
🔹 Archie Campbell: Gaelic Tutor
🔹 Colin Mackenzie: Place-name Researcher
🔹 Chris Fleming: OpenStreetMap Contributor
CEUT also invite community members to submit questions related to Gaelic Place-names. This is your chance to have your queries answered by their expert panel. Drop your questions on the CEUT Facebook notice or in the comments below, and Island Voices will pass them on.

Book your ticket on Eventbrite to receive the Zoom link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/669312641127

Save the date and time: Tuesday, July 18th, 6.30 to 7.30pm.

Aire air Sunnd: Digital Support

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This week the St Andrews team of Alan Miller and Sharon Pisani completed the round-up and review of the Aire air Sunnd survey and activities, following on from Jess Wood and Gordon Wells. Their specific focus was on “Digital use and activities”, presented online again and available to view on YouTube.

These YouTube screenshots will give a quick impression of the range of topics covered: from digital accessibility in the North Uist community, through use of social media, special areas of interest such as Gaelic place names and climate change issues, and on to forthcoming events and ongoing needs – including further guidance on digital opportunities and potential.

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Social Media

Placenames etc

community concerns

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The screenshots give a taste. The “full meal” is available here:

That’s the fourth video in the series of reports – all gathered together on this CEUT YouTube playlist:

Bye-bye Twitter widget!

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TwitterFeedIsland Voices is still on Twitter. You can follow us here.

But in the tech world relationships are moving on, such that Twitter and WordPress evidently no longer retain the same mutually supportive understanding they previously enjoyed.

So, rather than keep this strange new message in the Island Voices sidebar, we’ve decided to remove the link that would take you straight to our Twitter account, for the time being at least. Perhaps a new understanding will be reached in due course.

We’ll keep tweeting – and re-tweeting – in the meantime. If you don’t yet follow us on Twitter, you might like to take a look. The interests we share there are broader than just our own productions, while retaining a language and Hebridean focus – and a serenely cordial tone! 

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