By Museum of Childhood Ireland
Support That Wilder Bond, a Museum of Childhood Ireland book project exploring childhood experiences and nature, fostering rich dialogue across generations. The book will be donated to DCC libraries.
This campaign has now ended.
The project is based on the Museum's Snapshot Series 'That Wilder Bond' which invited participants to share their childhood memories, connecting personal stories to Ireland's rich social history. The stories will be curated into an illustrated storybook and will capture memories of childhood, family, community and nature Once the book has been illustrated, designed and produced it will be launched in Dublin City. The book will then be donated to libraries around the capital. The project is based on the poem ‘That Wilder Bond’ by Nicolette Sowder. May we raise children who love the unloved things May we raise children who love the unloved things-the dandelion, the worms and spiderlings. Children who sense the rose needs the thorn & run into rainswept days the same way they turn towards sun… And when they’re grown & someone has to speak for those who have no voice may they draw upon that wilder bond, those days of tending tender things and be the ones.
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The book 'That Wilder Bond' will be a lasting legacy of the project and 250 copies will be donated to libraries across the Capital for the public to enjoy. The book will be conduit for engaging children and adults in social and cultural history. It will encourage intergenerational sharing of childhood experiences, education and creativity. The book will also be a valuable resource for family literacy programmes engaging families in shared reading through relatable experiences providing opportunities for families to engage in education and creativity through creating their own stories. The project will promote the value of Dublin City libraries as a a cultural and learning space that is relevant to all.
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Our Campaign ‘That Wilder Bond’ has come to an end having reached our funding target. Thanks to each and every one of you for helping to make it grow with your vital donations. Please continue to follow progress on our socials as we bring our stories to page and print. Thank you, Museum of Childhood Ireland.
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How will the money be spent?Target (inc. fees) €7,440
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Target (inc. fees) €7,440
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VolunteerThe Museum of Childhood Ireland is the only museum dedicated to a cultural, artistic, storytelling and artefact spaces for children and adults of all backgrounds, identities and experiences. Support from via Spacehive and DCC would help to bring our work to new audiences, platform the experiences of our target communities who are all too often marginalised from the Arts. Our work aims to celebrate and document the myriad and diverse histories which shape childhood, providing representation through the visual arts, storytelling, research, intergenerational and intercultural dialogue.
In doing this we aim to foster empathy and understanding and cohesion between generations and cultures. We will do this by providing alternative learning artefacts for all to help spark creativity, curiosity, critical thinking and play. We hope to create a lasting and visible legacy of childhood experiences through our work, one which will continue to resonate through generations to come.
MCI acts as a hybrid space that offers learning and play, combined with exploration into the history, culture, and unique experiences of childhood valuing all experiences whatever your background and identity. One of the most profound needs fulfilled by the Museum of Childhood is how it positions childhood as an independent entity, allowing an interpretation that is free from adult-centric perceptions of human experiences. Historically, childhood has been underrepresented in cultural documentation. It is never documented in its entirety as it is typically observed in terms of its impact on adult life, often reducing it solely to a precursor phase to adulthood.
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