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a small book that will change a lot: a very English savage takes a step closer to publication …

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Posted by Ciaran Walsh on April 21, 2023 – 2:53 pm
Filed under Anthropology, Curatorial Projects, Publications
Haddon, a radically modern anthropologist, sits next to Dr Rev Dr Samuel, President of the Royal Irish Academy in the cover photo of the book Alfred Cort Haddon, a very English Savage by Ciarán Walsh, a curator who completed a PhD in the history and philosophy of anthropology in 2020. The cover indicates that the book is part of the series called Anthropology's Ancestors, which is edited by Aleksandar Bošković for Berghahn Books of New York and Oxford. The cover is a detail of a photograph taken in 1885 of a group of natural scientists on board a research vessel chartered for a survey of fishing grounds off the south west coast of Ireland. Haddon cuts a striking figure. He is dressed like a pirate amongst suited academics, a man of action whose natural domain was fieldwork. Sitting to his left is the Haughton, a fellow home rule supporter with a shared who shared a family history of anti-slavery and humanitarian action.

Prof Alfred Cort Haddon sits next to Dr Rev Dr Samuel, President of the Royal Irish Academy, and a fellow home rule supporter who also shared a family history of anti-slavery and humanitarian activism (with permission of the Royal Irish Academy © RIA).

Berghahn Books has just provided me with a typeset copy of my book on Haddon, which is due out in September as the fifth volume in the series on Anthropology’s Ancestors edited by Aleksandar Bošković. Details are available on the Berghahn website, and I discuss the choice of title and other aspects of this project in my Ballymaclinton blog.

Anon., Dredging party, 1885, with friends [plate 16] sitting, left to right: A. C. Haddon (in front of light suit), S. Haughton, W. S. Green, C. B. Ball; standing: Sir D’Arcy W. Thompson (light suit), Sir R. S. Ball (yachting cap), Valentine Ball (at end of trawl), 1885. Digital scan of silver gelatine print. Permission of the Royal Irish Academy © RIA.

circle of texture grey back ground with the words www.curator.ie embossed on it. designed by Ciarán n Walsh

Royal Anthropological Institute Research Seminar: Walsh & Dudding

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Posted by Ciaran Walsh on April 8, 2015 – 11:35 am
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RAI Research Seminar: Walsh & Dudding, RAI RESEARCH SEMINAR SEMINAR SERIES AT THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE Haddon in Ireland, reconstructing the archive of the Irish Ethnographic Survey Ciarán Walsh, Maynooth University Dr Joe Dudding, Arch and Anth Museum, Cambridge Wednesday 8 April at 5.30 pm This illustrated talk outlines a project to reconstruct the archive of the Irish Ethnographic Survey that was established by Haddon in 1891 under the umbrella of the British Ethnographic Survey. The Irish Survey was overshadowed by subsequent developments in Cambridge / Torres but, unlike the British Survey, it was active 'in the field' for almost a decade. The records of the Survey were dispersed over collections in Ireland and the UK where they have remained uncatalogued and largely overlooked for 120 years. Recent research has however, uncovered manuscripts, photographs and artifacts (the contents of Haddon's Anthropometric Laboratory in Dublin for instance) that have the capacity to change our understanding of the early development of Anthropology in Ireland and the UK. More work needs to be done and the role played by the RAI in particular in the establishment by Haddon of the Survey and the Laboratory in Dublin needs to be examined. This event is free, but tickets must be booked. To book tickets please go to http://walshdudding.eventbrite.co.uk Location : Royal Anthropological Institute, London

Jocelyne Dudding (Cambridge University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology) and Ciarán Walsh (Curator.ie and Maynooth University) .

RAI RESEARCH SEMINAR

SEMINAR SERIES AT THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE

Haddon in Ireland:

reconstructing the archive of the Irish Ethnographic Survey

Ciarán Walsh, Curator.ie and Maynooth University
Dr Joe Dudding, Arch and Anth Museum, Cambridge

Wednesday 8 April at 5.30 pm

This illustrated talk outlines a project to reconstruct the archive of the Irish Ethnographic Survey that was established by Haddon in 1891 under the umbrella of the British Ethnographic Survey. The Irish Survey was overshadowed by subsequent developments in Cambridge / Torres but, unlike the British Survey, it was active ‘in the field’ for almost a decade. The records of the Survey were dispersed over collections in Ireland and the UK where they have remained uncatalogued and largely overlooked for 120 years. Recent research has however, uncovered manuscripts, photographs and artifacts (the contents of Haddon’s Anthropometric Laboratory in Dublin for instance) that have the capacity to change our understanding of the early development of Anthropology in Ireland and the UK. More work needs to be done and the role played by the RAI in particular in the establishment by Haddon of the Survey and the Laboratory in Dublin needs to be examined.

Information: http://walshdudding.eventbrite.co.uk
Location : Royal Anthropological Institute
50 Fitzroy Street
London
W1T 5BT
United Kingdom

Ciaran Walsh | curator.ie and Siobhan Dempsey lead photography workshop for artists in Údarás na Gaeltachta, An Daingean.

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Posted by Ciaran Walsh on September 6, 2011 – 11:03 am
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Ag Cur do Chuid Oibre i Láthair –
Ceardlann Grianghrafadóireachta d’Ealaíontóirí
Faoi stiúir
Siobhán Dempsey & Ciarán Breathnach

Údarás na Gaeltachta, An Daingean,
Dé Sathairn, 3ú Meán Fómhair 10.00 r.n. – 12:30

Tá an ceardlann seo dírithe ar ealaíontóirí, le heolas praiticiúil a roinnt leo maidir leis an slí is fearr lena gcuid oibre a chur i láthair ag úsáid meáin éagsúla: an t-idirlíon, foilsitheoireacht, teilgin. I measc na nithe a chlúdófar beidh méid comhaid, formáid, cáipéisíocht, ag déileáil le fadhbanna. Beidh an ceardlann seo úsáideach go speisialta d’ealaíontóirí go bhfuil fonn orthu a bheith páirteach i gCrosbhóthar*
*teilgin lasmuigh faoin aer ar fuaid na Gaeltachta agus i mBaile Átha Cliath mar chuid den Oíche Chultúir, 23ú Meán Fómhair 2011.

Presenting your work –
Photography Workshop for Artists
Directed by
Siobhán Dempsey & Ciarán Breathnach

Údarás na Gaeltachta, Dingle, Saturday 3rd  September, 10.00 a.m. – 12:30

This workshop is for artists, providing practical information on how best to present their work over various platforms: web, publishing, projection.
Workshop includes working with file sizes, formats, documentation, troubleshooting.
Artists who intend to submit work for the upcoming Crosbhóthar* deadline may find this workshop to be of particular use.

* outdoor projections throughout the Gaeltacht and in Dublin as part of Culture Night, 23rd September, 2011.

 

 

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