After 10 years of publication, 'Northings' (the monthly arts e-magazine for the Highlands & Islands) closed down in 2013 and is archived here. High Life Highland is pleased to enable this extensive body of work to remain accessible to the public. Please note, though, that material will not be updated or added.

Old Maps & New Cultural Conference – Webcast

Thanks to those that joined us to watch the webcast of the Conference

Don’t worry if you missed the webcast, as videos from the conference will be available both at the Northings and HI-Arts websites.  You can view video from the conference below…

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Conference – Video from Day One

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Conference – Video from Day Two

Part One

Part Two

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Webcast running order

Friday 12 Nov: Old Maps

Chair: Chris Higgins – Head of Culture and the Third Sector, Highlands and Islands
Enterprise

13.00 Webcast begins. Welcome and Introduction

13.15 Keynote Speakers: Willy Roe (Chair of Highlands and Islands Enterprise)
and Seona Reid (Director, Glasgow School of Art)

14.15 Case Studies

· Robert Livingston – HI~Arts: How we got here; the view from 1991
· Glenys Hughes and Alasdair Nicolson – St Magnus Festival: Continuity and
change
· Dana MacPhee – Taigh Chearsabhagh: Reinventing the local museum

15.15 Jay Lamb, Social Enterprise Academy: What is Social Enterprise? – Auditorium

15.45 End of webcast

Saturday 13 Nov: New Maps

Chair: Donna Heddle, Director of the Centre for Nordic Studies, UHI

9.00 Webcast begins. Adian Pia – Summary of key points from Friday’s discussion groups

9.30 Keynote Speakers: Andrew Dixon (Chief Executive, Creative Scotland) and Neil MacLean (Chief Executive Officer, Social Enterprise Academy)

10.30 Case studies I

· Brian O hEadhra – Oifigear Ealain is Cultar/Gaelic Arts & Culture Officer Alba Chruthachail/Creative Scotland & Bòrd na Gàidhlig: The View from Here

11.05 Case studies II – Auditorium

· Gwilym Gibbons – Shetland Arts: Connecting to the World
· Joanne Orr and Alison Turnball – Museums Galleries Scotland: Enterprising Museums

11.45 Panel: What do we do next?

· Facilitated by Aidan Pia, Chief Executive Senscot

· Chris Higgins – Highlands and Islands Enterprise
· Joanne Orr – Museums and Galleries Scotland Director
· Brian Weaver – HISEZ (Highlands and Islands Social Enterprise Zone) Chief Executive
· Colin McLean – Heritage Lottery Fund Director
· Naomi Johnson – Executive Director Firstport
· Andrew Dixon – Creative Scotland Chief Executive

12.45 Closing remarks: Chris Higgins

14.00 Close

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Ewan says:

Logging in from Fukuoka, Japan. Interested in Chinese tourists real interest in lsle of Skye’s heritage.

Ken Gordon says:

Loggin in From Kilmarnock. I work for Scottish Enteprise. Great quality.

jj says:

nice “Northings” logo