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Shared Living - integration or neutrality? - 4th October
Is it people's aspiration to live in a diverse community consisting of people with Catholic, Protestant and minority community backgrounds? A community free from sectarian, racist and homophobic intimidation and attacks? Is there a vision of an integrated community, a place where diversity outweights neutrality ... put simply, a place where the Sash plays alonside the Soldier's Song and the Tricolour flies alongside the Union Jack? What do people envisage an integrated an mixed community to be?
This latest report from ICR is the result of a qualitative study into three mixed residential communities in Northern Ireland. It provides an analysis of the quality of life issues and the nature of social relationships in mixed communities in both urban and rural areas. The findings reveal indicators of shared living and factors that can hinder the development of relationship building between people from different community backgrounds.
In two of the study areas (Areema and the Lissize estate in Rathfriland) a short household survey / community audit was conducted as part of the fieldwork. The full analysis of each survey was written up and presented to the community groups in Areema and Lissize, while the two full reports and the questionnaires can be found in the reports section of the ICR website.
The research was funded by the Community Relations Council through the European Special Support Programme for Peace and Reconciliation.
Contact: Jonny Byrne or Ulf Hansson
Contact Number: 028 9074 2682
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