Mr Pat Cooke BA MA MBA
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Biography:
| I have been director of the MA in Cultural Policy and Arts Management since 2006. Previously, I worked for Ireland's state heritage service for over twenty years, where I was director of both Kilmainham Gaol and the Pearse Museum. As a heritage sector manager, I pioneered the use of museums and historic properties in Ireland as sites for major art projects. My experience in the heritage field includes producing cultural and historical exhibitions and audio-visual presentations, and the management of historic sites in line with best principles of conservation practice. I was Chairman of the Irish Museums Association (2002-06), and chaired a Heritage Council committee charged with developing a Museum Standards programme for Irish museums. Currently I am an assessor on the implementation of that programme.
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Research Interests
| My research interests are in cultural policy and management within the cultural sector. I am currently working on cultural policy in Ireland, 1922-2005, with a particular focus on artist-centred arts policy. In 2003 I produced a policy paper on the management of Irish heritage while a fellow at TCD¿s Policy Institute. |
Book Chapters
| Pat Cooke (2012) 'Imperious Post-colonialism: dealing with the National Museum of Ireland's non-European collections in a Free State' In: Séamas Ó Síocháin, Pauline Garvey and Adam Drazin (eds). Exhibit Ireland: ethnographic collections in Irish museums. Dublin: Wordwell. [Details] |
| Cooke, P ; (2009) 'Patrick Pearse: The Victorian Gael' In: Higgins R and Uí Chollatáin R (eds). The Life and Afterlife of Patrick Pearse. Dublin: Irish Academic Press. [Details] |
Pat Cooke; (2008) 'Perish the thought: Collections and Absences' In: Julie Bacon (eds). Arkive City. Belfast and Newcastle Upon Tyne: Interface, University of Ulster.  [Details] |
| Cooke, P.; (2006) 'Memory, Identity and Diaspora' In: Andrew Higgins Wyndham (eds). Re-imagining Ireland. Virginia: University of Virginia Press. [Details] |
| Cooke, P.; (2000) 'The Principles of Interpretation' In: Buttimer, Rynne and Guerin (eds). The Heritage of Ireland. Ireland: Collins Press. [Details] |
| Cooke, P.; (1997) 'The Culture of Management and the Management of Culture' In: Fitzgibbon and Kelly (eds). From Maestro to Manager: Critical issues in Arts and Culture Management. Cork: Oak Tree Press. [Details] | |||||||||
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Peer Reviewed Journals
| Pat Cooke; (2010) 'The Economics of Identity'. Journal of Irish and Scottish Studies, 2 (2):67-86. [Details] |
| Cooke, P.; (2006) 'Building a partnership model to manage Irish heritage: a policy tools analysis'. Irish Journal of Management, 27 (2). [Details] |
| Cooke, P.; (1996) 'The Unrevised stereotype: Thomas MacDonagh and the 1916 Rising'. Graph, 2 (2). [Details] |
| Cooke, P.; (1995) 'Museum Charges: A Charged Issue'. Museum Ireland, 5 . [Details] |
| Cooke, P.; (1992) 'A Modern Disease: Art and Heritage Management'. Circa, (61). [Details] |
| Cooke, P.; (1991) 'The Real Thing: Archaeology and Popular Culture'. Circa, (56). [Details] | |||||||||
| Cooke, P.; (1988) 'Manoeuvring Mandarins, (review of biography of Chester Beatty)'. Seirbhis Phoibli, 9 (1). [Details] | |||||||||
| Cooke, P.; (1985) 'Why we need open government in Ireland?'. Seirbhis Phoibli, 6 (3). [Details] | |||||||||
| Cooke, P.; (1984) 'Public Works that go on Working'. Seirbhis Phoibli, 5 (2). [Details] | |||||||||
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Catalogue
| Pat Cooke; (2008) Turning the Inside Out. Tralee: Catalogue [Details] |
Reports
| Cooke, P.; (2006) The Containment of Heritage: Setting Limits to the Growth of Heritage in Ireland. Reports [Details] |
Electronic Publication
| Cooke, P.; (2000) Kilmainham Gaol: Interpreting Irish nationalism and republicanism. Electronic Publication [Details] |
Articles
| Cooke, P.; (1996) Preface to The Edge of Europe, Collection of photographs by Anthony Haughey. Articles [Details] |
Associations
| Association: Irish Museums Association, Function/Role: Chairman |
Conference Contributions
| Pat Cooke; (2011) Arts and Civil Society. [Invited Lecture], CREATE Arts and Civil Society Symposium, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork , 20-OCT-11 - 21-OCT-11. |
| Cooke, P.; (2011) Irish Studies Conference. [Chaired Session], 18th Australasian Irish Studies conference: The Irish in Australia 1788 to the present, National Museum of Australia, Canberra , 08-JUL-11 - 03-JUL-11. |
| Van Beek, G and others; (2007) Convenor of discussion on ethnographic collections in Irish museums. [Chaired Session], The Globe in a Glass Case: Ethnographic Collections in Ireland, Dublin , 12-MAY-07 - 12-MAY-07. |
| Cooke, P.; (2007) Relics and Remembrance. [Keynote Address], Upheavals of Memory Conference, Humanities Institute , 01-APR-07. |
| Cooke, P.; (2005) Was 1916 Necessary?. [Oral Presentation], Byrne-Perry Summer School, * , 01-JUN-05. |
| Cooke, P.; (2003) Memory, Identity and Diaspora. [Chaired Session], Re-imagining Ireland conference, University of Virginia , 01-MAY-03. | |||||||||
| Cooke, P.; (2005) Museums as hybrid institutions of the 21st Century. [Keynote Address], Rethinking Technology in Museums Conference, University of Limerick , 01-JUL-05. | |||||||||
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Consultancy
| Client: Consultant Assessor on the Heritage Council's Museum Standards programme for Ireland. |
Committees
| Committee : Advisory group on the setting up of an Irish Diaspora Centre |
| Committee : Board of the Hunt Museum, Limerick |
| Committee : Board of the National Print Museum |
| Committee : Irish Museums Association |
| Committee : Pilot programme: Museum Standards in Ireland. |
Other Activities
| Extern - MA in Museum and Gallery Studies, Waterford Institute of Technology (from 2010). |