The We Are Here, HEAR exhibition is a Photo-voice open-air touring exhibition and virtual exhibition. The touring exhibition visits Higher Education Institutions across Ireland and other purposefully selected locations due to their proximity to International Protection Accommodation Services (IPAS) centres.
Photo-voice exhibitions have been used all over the world to foster social change. The exhibition launched on the North Campus of Maynooth University on October 26th, 2021.
On World Refugee Day 2022 (June 14), the exhibition moved onto the railings of Mountjoy Prison, innovatively highlighting the similarities in barriers to accessing higher education that refugees share with those who have experience of the criminal justice system.
The exhibition continued to tour Ireland through 2022, 2023, and 2024. By 2024, We Are Here, HEAR had toured Higher Education Institutions in Leinster, Connaught, and Munster, the Office of the Ombudsman of Ireland, and Mountjoy Prison.
Dates & Locations
- Maynooth University North Campus, September 2024
- TUS Athlone Campus Satellite Exhibition, June 2024
- Office of Ombudsman of Ireland Satellite Exhibition, May 2024
- Maynooth University Library Satellite Exhibition, March 2024
- TUD Grangegorman Campus Satellite Exhibition, April 2023
- TUD Blanchardstown Campus, April 2023
- ATU Sligo Campus Satellite Exhibition, October 2022
- ATU Galway Campus, October 2022
- Maynooth University, Launchpad, September 2022
- Mountjoy Prison, June 2022
- Dundalk Institute of Technology, May 2022
- Mary Immaculate College, April 2022
- TUS Limerick Campus Satellite Exhibition, March 2022
- TUS Athlone Campus, March 2022
- Dublin City University, February – March 2022
- Maynooth University North Campus, October 2021
If you would like to host We are here Hear please email: info@weareherehear.ie
