Landscape as Witness - Field Trip: Days 9-11
The last couple of days have been slightly mundane and focused more on rest and practical chores, so much so that I felt they didn't...
Landscape as Witness - Field Trip: Day 8
To finish off the week, I thought I would try to find the remaining two people that I had been advised to talk to about my project. The...
Landscape as Witness - Field Trip: Day 7
As I have mentioned previously, oral history plays a huge role in my research. I partly converse with locals about their knowledge of the...
Landscape as Witness - Field Trip: Day 6
The goal for today was to explore the site of a village in Oughtmama, which supposedly could have been deserted during the time of the...
Landscape as Witness - Field Trip: Day 5
After acquiring a number of possible sources yesterday, I spent the morning following them up at the research facility. I contacted the...
Landscape as Witness - Field Trip: Day 4
What stands out most from my last field trip to North Clare is the cycle from Carron to Ballyvaughan. Or rather, the cycle from...
Landscape as Witness - Field Trip: Days 1-3
Back in January I undertook a 3-week field trip to North Clare as part of my ongoing Landscape as Witness project, documenting famine...