‘Some idea of our country’: Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland in early wartime documentary film

Memory, place and gender: Armagh Stories: Voices from the Gaol

Memory Studies ◽

10.1177/1750698017730872 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 13 (4) ◽

pp. 677-690

Author(s):

Cahal McLaughlin

Keyword(s):

Northern Ireland ◽

Documentary Film ◽

Political Conflict ◽

The Political ◽

Prison Staff ◽

Female Prisoners ◽

The Troubles ◽

And Gender

The film Armagh Stories: Voices from the Gaol (2015)1 is a documentary film edited from the Prisons Memory Archive2 and offers perspectives from those who passed through Armagh Gaol, which housed mostly female prisoners during the political conflict in and about Northern Ireland, known as the Troubles. Armagh Stories is an attempt to represent the experiences of prison staff, prisoners, tutors, a solicitor, chaplain and doctor in ways that are ethically inclusive and aesthetically relevant. By reflecting on the practice of participatory storytelling and its reception in a society transitioning out of violence, I investigate how memory, place and gender combine to suggest ways of addressing the legacy of a conflicted past in a contested present.

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Interview with Jack Santino

Journal of Festive Studies ◽

10.33823/jfs.2021.3.1.120 ◽

2022 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 283

Author(s):

Isabel Machado

Keyword(s):

Popular Culture ◽

Northern Ireland ◽

Cultural Identity ◽

Documentary Film ◽

Alexis De Tocqueville ◽

Research Centers ◽

Culture Studies ◽

Fulbright Scholar ◽

University Of Paris ◽

The University

Isabel Machado interviews Jack Santino on Public Performances: Studies in the Carnivalesque and Ritualesque (2017). Interview Date: Sep 17, 2020 Dr. Jack Santino is professor of folklore and popular culture and has served as director of the Bowling Green Center for Popular Culture Studies. He was the Alexis de Tocqueville Distinguished Professor at the University of Paris, Sorbonne, 2010–2011. He was a Fulbright Scholar to Northern Ireland and has conducted research in Spain and France. His documentary film on Pullman Porters, Miles of Smiles, Years of Struggle, received four Emmy awards. His research centers on rituals and celebrations, with a particular focus on carnival and political and public ritual as reflective of political, social, and cultural identity. He is the author of numerous books and articles. (Maybe also mention that he is in the JFS board?)

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