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Imaging The Great Irish Famine: Representing Dispossession In Visual Culture, Preface & Introduction, Niamh Ann Kelly
Imaging The Great Irish Famine: Representing Dispossession In Visual Culture, Preface & Introduction, Niamh Ann Kelly
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‘Niamh Ann Kelly's lavishly illustrated book throws new light on the visual culture commemorative of hunger, famine and dispossession in mid-nineteenth-century Ireland. Located within the discipline of International Memorial Studies, the text and images both challenge and extend our understanding of Famine history. Examining the visual culture since the time of the Famine until the present, Kelly asks, how do we view, experience and represent the past in the present? To what extent does the viewer insert themselves in this complex process? Is there such a thing as ethical spectatorship? Kelly’s sophisticated yet sympathetic study of the “grievous history” …
Ultimate Witnesses - The Visual Culture Of Death, Burial And Mourning In Famine Ireland, Extract, Niamh Ann Kelly
Ultimate Witnesses - The Visual Culture Of Death, Burial And Mourning In Famine Ireland, Extract, Niamh Ann Kelly
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Narrating Sites Of History: Workhouses And Famine Memory, Niamh Ann Kelly
Narrating Sites Of History: Workhouses And Famine Memory, Niamh Ann Kelly
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Similarity And Difference: The Appearance Of Suffering At The Strokestown Famine Museum, Niamh Ann Kelly
Similarity And Difference: The Appearance Of Suffering At The Strokestown Famine Museum, Niamh Ann Kelly
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What Is Installation Art?, Niamh Ann Kelly
What Is Installation Art?, Niamh Ann Kelly
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Dislocations: Participatory Media With Refugees In Malta And Ireland, Anthony Haughey
Dislocations: Participatory Media With Refugees In Malta And Ireland, Anthony Haughey
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Malta is located in the Mediterranean Sea between North Africa and Europe, a receiving country for significant inward migration. For most migrants the goal is to reach mainland Europe. However, every year a significant number of smuggler boats inadvertently drift into Maltese territorial waters often in severe distress, resulting in rescue by the Maltese Navy and an uncertain future.
Whilst working in Malta I was struck by the similarities between Ireland and Malta. Both islands’ are peripheral locations on the western and southern edges of Europe. Historically both countries have experienced significant outward migration of its citizens who live all …