Dublin: Natural and Cultural Heritage

Recorded November 18, 2019. A panel discussion with Prof Marcus Collier (TCD), Maryann Harris (UCD) and Prof Michael Cronin as part of the 'Trinity and the Changing City' series. Like every city in the world, Dublin City is faced with multiple and complex challenges, particularly when it comes to integrating international policies into planning and design in the city. Meeting the needs of communities and businesses whilst also meeting global sustainability and climate-related agreements is by no means easy. This session looks behind some of the issues at the interface between cultural and natural heritage. Professor Marcus Collier from Trinity’s School of Natural Sciences will speak about emergent ideas for renaturing the city using nature-based solutions; Maryann Harris from Dublin City Council will discuss how biodiversity and communities are intertwined; and Dr. Sarah Kerr from the University of Sheffield examines how meeting our climate goals will challenge cultural heritage. Michael Cronin from the Department of French, School of Language, Literatures and Cultural Studies will look at how language and writing can transform our ecological relationship to cities Trinity and the Changing City is organised by the Identities in Transformation research theme, led by Daniel Faas, Department of Sociology, and is supported by the Trinity Long Room Hub Arts and Humanities Research Institute. Learn more at: https://www.tcd.ie/trinitylongroomhub/