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- Media type:
- audio/mpeg
- Abstract:
- In this series leading scholars from across the humanities read extracts from their recently published books.
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- Type/Formats:
- Sound — Lectures — Podcasts
- Publisher:
- University College Dublin
- Contributor:
- Sisson, Elaine (Elaine Sisson)
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- This lecture is focused primarily on the pre-revolutionary period in Ireland and looks at the cultural and visual significance of the image of the boy within Irish nationalist discourse.
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- Media type:
- audio/mpeg
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- In this series some of the major participants in the Irish folk music revival, as well as a number of the leading scholars in the field, reflect on developments in Irish music over the course of the twentieth century. [ … ]
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- Media type:
- audio/mpeg
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- In his book, On the Shores of Politics, Jacques Rancière argues that the Western Platonic project of utopian politics has been based upon 'an anti-maritime polemic'. The treacherous boundaries of the political are imagined as island shores, riverbanks, and abysses. Its enemies are the mutinous... [ … ]
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- Media type:
- audio/mpeg
- Abstract:
- This Scholarcast series is produced in collaboration with the University of Notre Dame.
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- Type/Formats:
- Sound — Lectures — Podcasts
- Media type:
- audio/mpeg
- Publisher:
- University College Dublin
- Contributor:
- Mathews, P. J. (Patrick J.), 1969 (PJ Mathews)
- Abstract:
- PJ Mathews introduces Series 1 of UCDscholarcast
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- Type/Formats:
- Sound — Lectures — Podcasts
- Publisher:
- University College Dublin
- Contributor:
- Mathews, P. J. (Patrick J.), 1969 (PJ Mathews)
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- 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... [ … ]
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- Type/Formats:
- Sound — Lectures — Podcasts
- Publisher:
- University College Dublin
- Contributors:
- Russell, Ian — Cochrane, Andrew
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- 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,... [ … ]
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- Type/Formats:
- Sound — Lectures — Podcasts
- Publisher:
- University College Dublin
- Contributor:
- O'Dwyer, Kevin J., 1953- (Kevin O'Dwyer)
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- 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... [ … ]
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- Type/Formats:
- Sound — Lectures — Podcasts
- Publisher:
- University College Dublin
- Contributor:
- Negra, Diane, 1966- (Diane Negra)
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- 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... [ … ]
