The Worlds of Irish Anthropology presents a selection of Irish anthropological essays on themes ranging from migration and memory to social class and religious conflict. Every chapter addresses contemporary disciplinary concerns.
As a collection, this book offers a portrait of Irish anthropology as a pluralistic and intellectually venturesome scholarly scene. In the past, it was portrayed as a minor tributary that would occasionally contribute to the ebb and flow of metropolitan concerns. However, Ireland has produced an important body of research on conflict and its aftermaths, and on class and change in marginal communities. In todays world, this is sufficient reason to revisit Irish anthropology and capture the innovation on display there.
Rather than finding anthropologists focused solely on the 'local' the post-conflict or marginal community this volume showcases the work of several scholarly generations for whom locality is always problematic, always imbricated by that which lies beyond, and yet also the necessary scene for human drama and reflection. This volume about Irish anthropology, then, is a collection that reflects on the power and limitations of contemporary ethnography, a subject of a significance for all anthropologists.
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Contents
Introduction Hana Cervinkova and Mark Maguire;
Chapter 1 Situating the
worlds of Irish anthropology Mark Maguire and Hana Cervinkova;
Chapter 2
The view from Slieve League Reflections on fieldwork, theory and the moral
geographies of Ireland Lawrence J. Taylor;
Chapter 3 From large farms to
little Dublins Political culture and political ethnography in suburban Meath
Thomas M. Wilson;
Chapter 4 Making medical anthropology in an out of the
way place Academic microclimates and one strand in the development of a
national anthropology A. Jamie Saris;
Chapter 5 Anthropology and
ageing-in-place on the island of Ireland David Prendergast;
Chapter 6
Stories and the Troubles memorial landscape in County Fermanagh, Northern
Ireland Matthew A.L. Gault;
Chapter 7 Intersectional approaches to social
class and sectarian identity Lessons from Northern Ireland Gordon Ramsey;
Chapter 8 Local (state) actors, trauma and the administration of care in
post-conflict Northern Ireland Chiara Magliacane;
Chapter 9 Controlling
bodies still An autoethnographic reflection on Irelands direct provision
system Abayomi Ogunsanya;
Chapter 10 Came again Greyhounds as pets and
the Irish family Chrissy M. Skelton;
Chapter 11 Turning the anthropological
lens inwards Uncovering the story of a childhood in an Irish industrial
school: an intimate ethnography Fiona Murphy; Reflections Learning about and
from anthropology Abdullahi Osman El-Tom; Contributors; Index.
Editors Hana Cervinkova is a Professor of Anthropology at Maynooth University, Ireland.Mark Maguire is a Professor of Anthropology at Maynooth University, Ireland. Contributors Hana Cervinkova is Professor of Anthropology, Department of Anthropology, Maynooth University. Abdullahi Osman El Tom is Associate Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, Maynooth University. Matthew A.L. Gault is Research Assistant, School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy, and Politics, Queens University Belfast. Chiara Magliacane is Research Fellow in Anthropology, School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics, Queens University Belfast. Mark Maguire is Professor of Anthropology, Department of Anthropology, Maynooth University. Fiona Murphy is Assistant Professor in Refugee and Cultural Studies,School of Applied Languages and Intercultural Studies, Dublin City University. Abayomi Ogunsanya is a socio-cultural anthropologist and independent scholar based in Ireland. David Prendergast is Professor in Science, Technology and Society andHead of the Department of Anthropology, Maynooth University. Gordon Ramsey is Lecturer in Anthropology in the School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics, Queens University Belfast. A. Jamie Saris is Associate Professor of Anthropology, Department of Anthropology, Maynooth University. Chrissy Skelton is a Ph.D. candidate and Adjunct Lecturer in Anthropology, Department of Anthropology, Maynooth University. Lawrence Taylor is Emeritus Professor of Anthropology, Maynooth University. Thomas M. Wilson is Professor of Anthropology, Department of Anthropology, Binghamton University, State University of New York; and Visiting Scholar, School of History, Anthropology, Politics and Philosophy, Queen's University Belfast.
