Date:
2009-09
Type/Formats:
text — Collection
Media type:
application/msexcel
Abstract:
A selection of audio interviews, podcasts derived from the interviews, transcriptions from the recordings and contextual material (held in UCD repositories and elsewhere) in relation to James Joyce's short story "The Dead". [ … ]
Type/Formats:
Sound — Lectures — Podcasts
Publisher:
University College Dublin
Contributor:
Mathews, P. J. (Patrick J.), 1969 (PJ Mathews)
Abstract:
Like Moore’s Melodies, Bill Whelan’s Riverdance has become the stable signifier of a complex cultural moment. The innovation and appeal of his music lies in his ability to interrogate and transcend the highly compartmentalised divisions within Irish music which can be traced back to Yeats’s... [ … ]
Type/Formats:
Sound — Lectures — Podcasts
Publisher:
University College Dublin
Contributor:
O'Connor, Blaze, 1975-2009 (Blaze O'Connor)
Abstract:
This short paper offers a personal reflection based on the author’s involvement in the reconstruction phase of the Francis Bacon studio project. During this project, archaeologists were employed to deconstruct or ‘excavate’ the contents of Francis Bacon’s painting studio in London, and... [ … ]
Type/Formats:
Sound — Lectures — Podcasts
Publisher:
University College Dublin
Contributor:
O'Dwyer, Kevin J., 1953- (Kevin O'Dwyer)
Abstract:
The presentation is based on my own experience as an artist/practitioner and the experience gained as Director/curator of Sculpture in the Parklands working with both Irish and international artists who have created new artworks that respond to the rich environmental, archaeological and industrial... [ … ]
Type/Formats:
Sound — Lectures — Podcasts
Publisher:
University College Dublin
Contributors:
Russell, Ian — Cochrane, Andrew
Abstract:
Is archaeology a science? Is archaeology a humanity? What are the politics of spectatorship and archaeological representation? These initial thoughts form the basis for our archaeological explorations. Within current archaeological discourse, there are a growing number of requests for expressions,... [ … ]
Type/Formats:
Sound — Lectures — Podcasts
Publisher:
University College Dublin
Contributor:
Kiberd, Declan, 1951- (Declan Kiberd)
Abstract:
In this episode Declan Kiberd reads the closing chapter of his latest book Ulysses and Us: The Art of Everyday Living published by Faber and Faber. Kiberd shows that Ulysses, far from being the epitome of elitism, was always intended as a book for the common people. It was rooted in their experience... [ … ]
Type/Formats:
Sound — Lectures — Podcasts
Publisher:
University College Dublin
Contributor:
Ferriter, Diarmaid, 1972- (Diarmaid Ferriter)
Abstract:
In this episode Diarmaid Ferriter reads from chapter six of his latest book Occasions of Sin: Sex and Society in Modern Ireland published by Profile Books. Using a huge variety of different sources, Occasions of Sin charts the Irish sexual experience over the course of the twentieth century. In... [ … ]
Type/Formats:
Sound — Lectures — Podcasts
Publisher:
University College Dublin
Contributor:
Negra, Diane, 1966- (Diane Negra)
Abstract:
In this episode Diane Negra reads from the Introduction of Old and New Media after Katrina published by Palgrave Macmillan. This pioneering collection explores the relationship between Hurricane Katrina and a range of media forms, assessing how mainstream and independent media have responded... [ … ]
Type/Formats:
Sound — Lectures — Podcasts
Publisher:
University College Dublin
Contributor:
Longley, Edna, 1940-
Abstract:
In Poems and Paradigms Edna Longley argues that the archipelagic paradigm is crucial to the criticism of modern poetry in English. Quoting John Kerrigan on the expansive, multi-levelled, polycentric aspects of the literary and cultural field, she discussed five poems which display their archipelagic... [ … ]
Type/Formats:
Sound — Lectures — Podcasts
Publisher:
University College Dublin
Contributor:
Wolfreys, Julian, 1958-
Abstract:
In '"I have only one culture and it is not mine": Professions of English diaspora', Julian Wolfreys engages in acts of memory-work, to recover, through a focus on the voice as mnemotechnic and anamnesiac trace, the occluded and marginalized cultural differences of the regional English. Through a... [ … ]