A new collection edited by Mary Gilmartin and Allen White has been launched recently which explores Ireland’s complex relationship with migration in novel and innovative ways. The contributors – leading scholars of migration from the disciplines of anthropology, geography, history, media studies, sociology, sociolinguistics and women’s studies – draw on new research to provide insights into emigration from and immigration to Ireland, both past and present. The book is published by Manchester University Press as part of their Irish Society series.
The collection includes a chapter on 'Transnational media networks and the 'migration nation' by Aphra Kerr, Rebecca King-O'Riain (both Sociology) and Gavan Titley (Media).
The chapters, which range from the nineteenth to the twenty-first century, cover topics as diverse as migrant women and children in Ireland, the role of the Irish Catholic in migration networks, and recent Irish migration to Australia. They are organised around three cross-cutting themes: networks, belonging and intersections. They focus on the migratory process rather than on migration as a uni-directional movement of people. Though centred on Ireland, the collection has broader implications for the ways in which migration is conceptualised. The collection will appeal to scholars of migration and Irish studies, and to readers with backgrounds in a range of social science and humanities disciplines, including geography and sociology.
The book was launched recently at the Crisis, Mobility and Migration conference at University College Cork. Pictured below at the launch are (left to right) Rebecca King O'Riain and Mary Gilmartin.
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