Category: Video tapes
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Paul Arthur
Paul Arthur discusses the political culture of Ireland up until Bloody Sunday. He uses four words to describe the political culture of the time: irresponsibility, intimidation, factionalization, and demonic. Digital Commons Transcript: Paul Arthur Politics of the Troubles -It is suggested to have the transcript open as the video is running Video:
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Gareth Higgins
Gareth Higgins, a sociologist of religion, talks about the history of the Protestant and Catholic religions as they are manifested in Northern Ireland. It then gives general information about the nature and history of the Troubles, useful since he is talking to an American student audience. He then talks about a variety of ways that…
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Ed Cairns
This video provides some of the psychological problems associated with the Troubles. He starts off with listing and explaining a few Freudian theories associated with the NI conflict. Then he talks about some associated myths with psychology, which then leads to the social identity theory which he spends a good deal of time talking about.…
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Tom Fraser Intro to the Issues
History professor and Provost, McGee College, University of Ulster (the branch located in Derry) gives a historical overview of issues leading up to the development of the Troubles in 1968. This is partly a chronology of Irish history over 1000 years, which is necessary background. The history is organized around several themes most importantly the…
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Neil Jarman Belfast Mural Tour 2002
Anthropologist Neil Jarman explains interface zones and tells how they generate conflict. The tape then provides a mural tour of the many murals on walls of the Lower Shankill Estates housing project where there are graphic, Protestant paramilitary murals. The tour then moves on to the Catholic New Lodge neighborhood and provides a view of…
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Bill Rolston Mural Slideshow
Bill Rolston goes through the history of murals in Irish history. He breaks them up into Loyalist murals and Republican murals. He covers the history of murals in Ireland from 1908 to the present day. Digital Commons Transcript -It is suggested to have the transcript open as the video is running Video:
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Bill Rolston Belfast Tour
Bill Rolston starts the tour and talks about many individual conflicts within north Belfast. Many murals are shown and discussed during the bus trip as well. Digital Commons Transcript -It is suggested to have the transcript open as the video is running Video:
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Bill Rolston and Pauline Hadaway
Bill Rolston goes through the history of murals in Irish history. He breaks them up into Loyalist murals and Republican murals. He covers the history of murals in Ireland from 1908 to the present day. He discusses the changing and adapting of the Loyalist and Republican murals due to the many years of peace. Following…
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Belfast Harbour Tour
Tour guide through Belfast. Topics covered are the Titanic Shipping Yard, Murals of Belfast Digital Commons Transcript -It is suggested to have the transcript open as the video is running Video:
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Tom Fraser Intro to the Issues 2
Fraser gives a history of Northern Ireland, the geopolitics of Northern Ireland’s geographic and political relationship to the United Kingdom, and the historic relationships between Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, and England and also the historic relationship between Catholics and Protestants. This lecture is meant to take students up to the beginning of the…