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Safe Harbour

admin — Thu, 02 Aug 2018 11:16:21 +0000

This tells its own story. A date has been set in the High Court to hear 98 counts why a waste incinerator shouldn’t be built at Ringaskiddy, Co Cork. CHASE’s appeal is expensive but the community have continued to come together to raise funds and awareness. Here’s my song of support:

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Tower of Song with Fintan Lucy on UCC 98.3fm

admin — Thu, 12 Apr 2018 20:18:30 +0000

Cork singer and songwriter Fintan Lucy was with me in studio for a mellow and atmospheric live session as well as a tour through some of his music picks of the day including: JJ Cale, Jimmy Cliff, Van Morrison, Rory Gallagher and Dick Gaughan

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A Comparison of Popular Song Lyrics Using Voyant

admin — Wed, 21 Mar 2018 11:49:55 +0000

Comparison of Lyrics in Popular Song This small study compares common themes in two collections of popular songs chosen by two groups of participants in community music groups in Ireland. The two groups for the purpose of this comparison are : Group A: residents at a nursing home in Kerry aged 70 plus and all … Continue reading "A Comparison of Popular Song Lyrics Using Voyant"

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Smedias 2018 Showreel Radio Production of the Year Arts & Features (montage)

admin — Tue, 13 Mar 2018 10:29:27 +0000

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Smedias 2018 Showreel DJ of the year (montage)

admin — Tue, 13 Mar 2018 10:27:38 +0000

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Mapping for Good: Reflections on Crowdsourcing & Humanitarian Open Mapping

admin — Fri, 16 Feb 2018 18:37:26 +0000

Introduction In this post I give a brief insight into Crowdsourcing as it is used in the Digital Humanities and also describe my experience of using three open source, crowd-sourced mapping tools: Open Street Map Humanitarian Open Street Map (HOTosm) MapSwipe Crowdsourcing in Digital Humanities In her blog post on Crowdsourcing and Community Engagement Alicia … Continue reading "Mapping for Good: Reflections on Crowdsourcing & Humanitarian Open Mapping"

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Songwriting Women Part 3: Karan Casey

admin — Wed, 13 Dec 2017 18:42:05 +0000

Here’s the third part of my Songwriting Women radio series which was broadcast on UCC 98.3 fm . It features Karan Casey, a well known traditional singer and songwriter who lives in Cork . Karan sings live in studio and talks about her background and her music tastes from jazz through to folk . She … Continue reading "Songwriting Women Part 3: Karan Casey"

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Songwriting Women Part 2: Maija Sofia

admin — Fri, 01 Dec 2017 11:53:50 +0000

By taking female singer-songwriters in Ireland as an example of a Community of Practice and employing some principles of Participatory Action Research and #TransformDH I am conducting qualitative interviews with practitioners in order to gather information about this particular community . The idea is to approach this from a feminist perspective in a similar … Continue reading "Songwriting Women Part 2: Maija Sofia"

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Digital Humanities- what’s that?

admin — Wed, 08 Nov 2017 15:13:10 +0000

I’m at the end of the first semester of my MA in Digital Arts and Humanities at UCC so it seems like a good time to sit back and reflect on what I’m doing here, where its going and what exactly Digital Humanities is. Much time seems to be spent in a debate about this and whilst … Continue reading "Digital Humanities- what’s that?"

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Songwriting Women Part 1 : Ciara O’Flynn

admin — Tue, 07 Nov 2017 18:25:32 +0000

I’m hosting a weekly radio show on Thursdays at 12pm on UCC Campus Radio 98.3fm . I’ll be shining the light on women and songwriting and in particular on some local Cork women’s voices. Here’s the first of my interviews with Ciara O’Flynn from the band Pinhole. Ciara reminisces about growing up around the Cork contemporary music … Continue reading "Songwriting Women Part 1 : Ciara O’Flynn"

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