Aileen
I tend to think in pictures, often when I’m listening to a seminar or reading a journal article or planning a piece of writing, I take my notes in cartoon form, drawing little pictures, arrows, cartoon like headings. These presentations do the same, very effectively. It makes me think perhaps it’s time to […]
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The Other Economic Crash and Working Time
In this blog, I have been noting how the economic crash is affecting working time. National governments have proposed increases in working hours as a way of escaping recessions. These proposals have been either supported (Ireland) or opposed (Denmark) by the unions. Private companies are […]
Employment studies masters at TCD (Dublin, Ireland)
Just got notice that there are some places available on this masters, for details follow the links below
MSc European Employment Studies at Trinity College Dublin
There are a few places left on the MSc European Employment Studies at Trinity College Dublin.
Applications will be accepted until 31 July 2010.
For further information including course contents, admission […]
Spalpeens, Gombeens, Squireens: Class Relations in Nineteenth Century Ireland.
The following conference at NUI Maynooth looks interesting:
Spalpeens, Gombeens, Squireens: Class Relations in Nineteenth Century Ireland.
A one day interdisciplinary conference aiming to bring together researchers whose work offers an insight into the lives of ordinary people in nineteenth century Ireland. The particular focus is on class as those lives were bound […]
Croke Park Deal: How the unions are voting
Below are some charts indicating how the vote in the Croke Park deal is going. I’ll update them as the votes come in.
(If you want to see a bigger version, click on them, that will bring you to a flickr page, and then click on the small “all sizes” button on the top to open […]
What’s in an hour
A friend of mine used to work for Microsoft in Denmark. She was offered the opportunity to re-locate to the mothership in Seattle. While the challenge of a change was tempting, the miserable annual leave on offer in the US was not. In Denmark, there […]
Change Through the Generations
For the Life History & Social Change project, I interviewed Irish people in their 70s, 50s and 30s about their lives. One of the things I noticed was that many of the women in the older cohorts regretted returning to Ireland after a period working abroad in […]
Then two busses come along at once
Busy week next week as the universities (around Dublin, Ireland) host events which address aspects of the current crisis. Follow the links below for the full agendas and list of speakers. All are public events (though they usually ask you to register before hand so they have a sense of numbers)
1. LIBERALISM IN CRISIS: US, […]
Who is afraid of Heidegger?
Aileen
I am, and this little animation explains why.
However I’ve been easing my fear by listening (while gardening) to this great lecture course by Hubert L. Dreyfus on Being and Time. This is just about as far as you can get from a power-point presentation, I just love his rambling, slightly […]
The Passage of Time
Aileen
After Christmas Ireland experienced what is known popularly as “The Big Freeze”. Unused to temperatures dropping below zero for extended periods, the countries transport system ground to a halt. We didn’t have enough snow ploughs or grit. My flatmates and I were supposed to flying to the sunny Canary Islands, off the coast of Africa. […]
