The final instalment of the IHBC’s 2014 Edinburgh School ‘Storify’ this week highlights the School’s ‘Orkney Opportunity’, a unique and no-fee coda to the programme that was offered to School delegates by Orkney Island Council as part of its generous sponsorship of this year’s examination of the art of conservation.
Delegates in Orkney enjoyed the School’s ‘art’-related theme, but with a localised flavour including:
- Neolithic archaeology
- Arts and Crafts architecture
- Designated landscapes
- Heritage economics in Stromness and Kirkwall
- Wartime murals and the heritage of conflict
- Art, poetry and writing with artists in residence and storytellers
IHBC President Trefor Thorpe said: ‘While, sadly, I wasn’t able to attend the Orkney Opportunity, clearly it was an exceptional and busy programme that complemented well the man programme, and another unique and beautiful setting.’
‘Even a brief scan of this wonderful ‘Storify’, created by Alison McCandlish, our NewsBlog author, shows how much so many of us missed. That said, it also offers us a special opportunity to participate in the experience, so it’s not just about what we missed, but what we can enjoy together.
‘So I’d like to thank especially Stuart West and Tom Hunter of Orkney Island Council for their hard work in setting up this programme, and volunteering so much of their own time to make it work. This was a huge and welcome gesture, and one that represents so well the spirit of learning in the IHBC.’
Describing the ‘Storify’ experience, Alison McCandlish said: ‘The Storify brings together all the digital posts made by delegates relating to the annual school activities and allows you to see and hear a little taste of Orkney. And please remember too that you don’t need any social media accounts – anyone can simply scroll through the webpage to read the posts in chronological order.’
View previous IHBC newsblogs on the summer school digital highlights
