The SHOCC Project is led by Elaine Harrington and aims to digitize, preserve, and teach about the sonic histories of Cork City, Ireland. It utilizes special collections from the UCC Library including historical directories and images. Students contribute by recording sounds around Cork and helping develop teaching resources. The project shares these historical sounds and student recordings online to educate the wider community about Cork's auditory past and involve more people in exploring and learning about the city's sounds.

1. From Paper to WAV & JPEG to MKV:
The Sonic Histories of Cork City Project
(SHOCC Project)
Elaine Harrington, co-founder of The SHOCC Project
Special Collections Librarian, UCC Library
LAI Rare Books Annual Seminar: Teaching & Learning Through
Special Collections | 22 November 2019

2. Who Are We?

4. Role of
Special
Collections
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/5Dp7g7b0dSVhD2TM1xNlf7c/the-tardis

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What is The SHOCC Project?
Wilkie's Cork City Directory, 1872.

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Cork – 1902
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQ0MGDyofb4

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Re-Sounding Cork
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69f7e5YX8l4

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Teaching & Learning: Students
https://www.ucc.ie/en/registrar/theconnecteduniversity/a
cademicstrategy/curriculum

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Teaching & Learning: Students
https://twitter.com/jmm3rs/status/1197144132734660608
https://shoccproject.wordpress.com/soundscapes/watercourse-distillery/

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Teaching & Learning: Community
https://shoccproject.wordpress.com/soundcatcher/

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Teaching & Learning: Community

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Aquatint ‘Cork from the Mardyke Walk’ in Carr’s The Stranger in Ireland (1805).
https://shoccproject.wordpress.com/ mapping-soundcatcher/
Teaching & Learning: Community

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Teaching & Learning – A Virtual World
https://ths.li/7WHL5

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Teaching & Learning: The Next Generation

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Teaching & Learning with The SHOCC Project

16. Acknowledgements
The Sonic Histories of Cork City (SHOCC) Project
• John Hough, Senior Technical Officer, School of Music & Theatre, UCC.
• Dr Jillian Rogers, Assistant Professor of Musicology, Jacobs School of Music,
Indiana University; (former Lecturer in Musicology, School of Music & Theatre,
UCC).
UCC Library
• Colette McKenna, Director of Library Services - UCC Library, UCC.
• Jane Burns, Director of Athlone Institute of Technology Library, AIT.
• Shawn Day, Lecturer in Digital Humanities, UCC.
• Dr James O’Sullivan, Lecturer in Digital Humanities, UCC.
• Dr Áine R. Mangaoang, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of
Musicology, University of Oslo.
All the students who completed MU 6031 and contributed to the SHOCC Project.

17. Contact
Elaine Harrington
Special Collections Librarian
UCC Library
University College Cork
Cork
e.harrington@ucc.ie
Sonic Histories of Cork City (SHOCC) Project
https://shoccproject.wordpress.com/