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The project explores the effects of climate change on communities past, present and future.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"DE\">&#8216;T\u00f3ch I Dig&#8217; Phase I was firmly rooted in the bog\u2019s past and focused on gathering an extensive oral history archive through engagement with peatland communities in North Kildare, now available at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tochdig.com\"><span lang=\"DE\">https:\/\/www.tochdig.com<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"DE\">&nbsp;<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">Phase II<\/span><span lang=\"DE\">&nbsp;<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">will&nbsp;<\/span><span lang=\"DE\">investigate the bog as an uncertain<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"> space in transition<\/span><span lang=\"DE\">, its future use(s) overlapping with and indebted to its turf-cutting past through, including but not exclusively, placenames, mapping and folklore.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"DE\">While maintaining connections with the turf-cutting community from Phase I,&nbsp;<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">the artists <\/span><span lang=\"DE\">invite contributions from those<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"> who are harvesting the bog in non-traditional ways, excavating&nbsp;it as a means of&nbsp;<\/span><span lang=\"DE\">i<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">nterdisciplinary<\/span><span lang=\"DE\">,&nbsp;<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">academic and scientific knowledge production.&nbsp;<\/span><span lang=\"DE\">By using the oral history archive as a point of departure, they will engage local communities,<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"> groups&nbsp;<\/span><span lang=\"DE\">and<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"> academics who<\/span><span lang=\"DE\">se research<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"> explore<\/span><span lang=\"DE\">s<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"> aspects of the bog<\/span><span lang=\"DE\"> with the aim of mapping new pathways (figuratively and metaphorically) through the landscape, broadening<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"> the discussion on the value of our peatlands for current and future communities<\/span><span lang=\"DE\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"DE\"><strong>Follow the project on <\/strong><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/toch_dig\/\"><span lang=\"DE\"><strong>instagram&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"DE\"><strong>For more information, <\/strong><\/span><span><strong>visit <\/strong><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tochdig.com\"><span lang=\"DE\"><strong>https:\/\/www.tochdig.com<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span lang=\"DE\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":35820,"template":"","class_list":["post-35819","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>T\u00f3ch | Dig Phase II - Creative Ireland Programme<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"\u2018T\u00f3ch | Dig\u2019 is a phased intergenerational community engagement project initiated by artists Pamela de Br\u00ed, Shane Hynan and Sheena Malone who are interested in working with communities of place and interest connected to bogs in north Kildare.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/toch-dig-phase-ii\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"T\u00f3ch | Dig Phase II - Creative Ireland Programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u2018T\u00f3ch | Dig\u2019 is a phased intergenerational community engagement project initiated by artists Pamela de Br\u00ed, Shane Hynan and Sheena Malone who are interested in working with communities of place and interest connected to bogs in north Kildare. 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