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Connected Mobilities in the Early Modern World: The Practice and Experience of Movement, edited by Paul Nelles and Rosa Salzberg
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Editorial: “Encounters”
No full textThe theme “Encounters” was chosen to recognise historic, socio-political, utopian and dystopian exchanges between groups or individuals. Encounters serve as pivotal moments of connection, conflict and transformation, shaping our understanding of the world and ourselves. Whether through cultural, historical, or personal lenses, encounters challenge established norms, ignite new ideas and reveal underlying power dynamics. This issue explores the rich and varied dimensions of encounters, examining how they disrupt, redefine, or reinforce boundaries in literature, film, history, music and everyday life. Each contributor engages with the theme of “Encounters” in unique ways, and from diverse scholarly backgrounds, resulting in the rich array of topics presented in the current issue.
The here and clown: Exploring clowning in relation to presence in theatre
Get PDFThis practise-as-research paper applies Cormac Power’s three categories of presence (2006) to contemporary clown training and performance in the theatre with specific reference to a recently devised performance that used clown principles to open up challenging discussions around shame, race and Afrikaner Identity. Through my perspective as a South African educator, clown practitioner and postdoctoral fellow, I propose that the contemporary clown’s failed efforts to sustain the audience\u27s belief in their persona is what paradoxically leads to the clown’s success by drawing attention to presence as a multibodied phenomenon. Failure, a key principle of clowning, is an effective performance strategy that relies on the performer\u27s awareness of their presence as a dynamic exchange to establish and maintain connection with an audience through listening and reacting to audience appreciation (laughter) or lack thereof (silence). Through critical reflection of the clown as both a state of presence and a performative strategy, this paper highlights the valuable role that the clown’s insider-outsider position plays in bringing about awareness and learning in both theatrical and pedagogic contexts.
This work is based on the research supported by the National Institute for The Humanities and Social Science
Sense of Place in the Poetry of John Montague
Get PDFIn this study of a \u27"sense of place" in the work of John Montague a knowledge of his birthplace sheds light on a geographic interpretation of his work. Born in Brooklyn in 1929, he spent his childhood in his ancestral home of Garvaghey, County Tyrone. Throughout his life he travelled widely, sampling a variety of different cultures and societies, an experience which helped him to put his home place of Garvaghey within a global perspective. Yi-fu Tuan once stated that travel increases one’s awareness, not of exotic places but of one\u27s home as a place (Tuan 1977). This is especially true of Montague. Due to his extensive travel, he wrote about Garvaghey not from the wholly subjective point of view of an existential insider, but from the perspective of an "outsider-insider”. Thus in his writings about his parish in Co. Tyrone, he is highlighting what it is not, so he can more easily identify its unique characteristics
A Preliminary Overview of Inter-Censal Changes, Kinsale Town, 1901-11
No full textChange or development through time has been one of the central concerns of Geography from before its institutionalised beginnings right to· the· present. This issue of change is particularly relevant for Historical Geography, whether in relation to the evolution of a specific theme, or. to spatial patterns. This element of dynamism is important not only for the phenomena under investigation (pattern), but also for the underlying reasons for change (process). 
Rural Housing Changes: A Comparison of Migrants and Locals
No full textThe last two decades have witnessed a rapid increase in the number of houses built in Ireland\u27s rural landscape. Many of these new houses are built in rural hinterlands and so are within a short commuting distance of towns or cities (Duffy, 1978). The occupants of such homes are generally engaged in urban based activities such as banking and clerical work. Differences tend to exist between the locals arid the new \u27arrivals\u27 in a commuting zone with regard to housing characteristics. This paper contrasts locals and migrants (in-migrants and returnees) in terms of housing characteristics and assesses the impact of these new houses on the total housing stock of Rahan, a suburbanised area close to Mallow town. 
Merchant Capitialism and the Emergence of Europe
Get PDFBy the end of the fifteenth century, Europe had become increasingly powerful and influential in social, economic and political terms. From being a backward, agrarian continent, Europe became a modern centre of power and influence, whose civilisation began to exert enormous influence on the development of the United States, Canada, Latin America, Australia and New Zealand. The origins of this new-found power can be traced back to the decline of Feudalism and the rise of Merchant Capitalism.  
Manifestations of the Border: A Personal View
No full textSince the partition of Ireland into two separate political entities in 1921, the border separating six ulster counties from the rest of the country has been a major source of controversy. The existence of the border and the continued British rule of the north have given rise to political turmoil and civil unrest. To many residents of the six northern counties, the border must be preserved so that they can maintain their cherished position as citizens of the United Kingdom. To many others it is an artificial boundary dividing an island which ought to be a united entity. The differences extend to disagreement over the terminology used to define the two parts of the country. Some people prefer not to use the titles Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, on the basis that such use legitimates the continuance of British rule in the North