Communities of Practice Archives - Abigail Joffe

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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