ICTM IRELAND

ICTM Ireland Annual Symposium

‘A Tribute to Tom Munnelly’

9:30       Registration in the Solás Building, North Campus, Institute of Technology Tralee.

 

10.00     Welcome Address: Mr. Pat McGarty & Dr. Therese Smith

 

Session 1 Chair: Catherine Foley (UL)

10:10     Bridget O’Connell (WIT): ‘Rosining the Bow: Fieldwork in the Northern Peninsula of Newfoundland’

10:30     Helen Lyons (UCD): ‘Fieldwork in Irish Harping’

10:50     Aoife Granville (UCC): ‘An Insight into Insider Fieldwork’

 

11.20     Tea/Coffee

 

Session 2 Chair: Anthony McCann (UU)

11:35     Stella Rodrigues (UCC): ‘Etic and Emic Perspectives on Roles, Relationships, and Positioning in Fieldwork’

11:55     Pat Carey (UCC): Choosing your Corner – The Insider / Outsider Problem in Fieldwork’

12:15     Helen Gubbins (UCC): ‘Shortwaves, Acetates and Journeyworks: Irish Traditional              Music on Early Irish Radio’

 

12:45     Lunch

 

1:15       Performance by Siamsa Tire, The National Folk Theatre of Ireland

 

Session 3 Chair: Colette Moloney (WIT)

1.45       Anthony McCann (UU): ‘Fieldwork from Afar’

2.05       Mats Melin (UL): ‘"When the Participant Observes, and the Observer

             Participates": A Researcher's Practical Application of Theory and Methods at a              Cape Breton Square Dance’

2:25       Therese Smith (UCD): ‘Fieldwork: Crosscurrents and Crossed Wires’

 

3.00       Tea/Coffee

 

Session 4 Chair: Therese Smith

3.15       Keynote Address: Rionach Uí Ogain  (UCD) 'A Dub in Clare - Tom Munnelly,              Folklore Collector'         

 

4.15       AGM

 

5.00       Conference Ends

 

Symposium registration is free to members of ICTM Ireland. A registration fee of 25 euro (10 euro for students) will be charged to non members of ICTM Ireland. This registration fee will also entitle the holder to a one-year membership of ICTM Ireland. Travel and accommodation details.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Institute of Technology Tralee, 29 February 2008