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Understanding youth civic engagement: debates, discourses and lessons from practice
(Taylor & Francis, 2014-07-24)
While civic engagement provides a rich rationale for intervention, the array of discourses urging a focus on youth engagement or action means that the concept can be confusing, cluttered, and lacking consistent operationalization. ...
Traditional sailing boats, embodied knowledge(s) and dwelling in coastal rural communities: The case of the Galway Hooker in South West Conamara, Ireland
(Elsevier, 2019-10-25)
In the context of a healthy flourishing within rural studies on embodied knowledges and human-nonhuman-nature relations, such a relational focus is of especial significance for coastal places where the relations and ...
‘That’s the boat that reared us’. Maritime culture, place and the role of the ‘Galway hooker’ in southwest Conamara
(Routledge, 2020-08-24)
The West of Ireland 'Galway hooker' holds iconic status in the region's maritime heritage and identity. In this paper we explore its significance from the perspective ofbadoiri(boatmen or hooker sailors) andsaortha baid(boat ...