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Minister Damien English meets Civic Epistemologies
Thursday the 7th of May 2015 Damien English, the Irish Government Minister for Skills, Research and Innovation, visited the Waterford Institute of Technology. Edel Jennings, User Experience Designer and Researcher at the Telecommunications Software & Systems Group (TSSG) of the Waterford Institute, as well as partner of the Civic Epistemologies consortium, had the opportunity to present the EU-project to him. The Minister was very interested in the concept of engaging citizens in research for cultural heritage and supportive of the inter-generational digital toolkit for recording heritage, co-designed with teenagers and senior citizens in the Irish pilot.
In the picture, from the left: Damien English, Edel Jennings and Barry Downes (CEO of the TSSG, Waterford Institute of Technology).
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