Journal of Postgraduate Research Vol.13 2014: Recent submissions
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Class divisions and the ‘mere Irish’ of colonial Ulster
(Graduate Students’ Union of the University of Dublin, Trinity College, 2014)This article seeks to delineate the class structure of indigenous society in Ulster in the period between the beginning of large-scale colonisation at the start of the 17th century, and the 1641 rising. This has been ... -
RoadRunners: An Exploratory Study of an Activity Programme for Young Offenders in North Dublin
(Graduate Students’ Union of the University of Dublin, Trinity College, 2014)Purpose The Children Act 2001, in a significant departure from earlier Irish juvenile justice legislation, introduces a range of community based sanctions for young offenders including a Probation (training and activity ... -
Black and White and Green All Over? The Emergence of Irish Female Stardom in Contemporary Mainstream Cinemas
(Graduate Students’ Union of the University of Dublin, Trinity College, 2014)This article proposes to address issues of gender and ethnicity in performances by Irish female film stars since 2000. In Acting Irish in Hollywood, Ruth Barton has noted that it has been easier, historically, for Irish ... -
Friendship in the Field: Ethics and Reflexivity in Auto/biographical Research
(Graduate Students’ Union of the University of Dublin, Trinity College, 2014)The aim of this paper is to explore a model of researcher reflexivity, drawn from anthropological literature and applied to an auto/biographical study of young men in university. Social scientific research can involve ... -
Exploring the Concept and Determinants of Mental Health of the Tibetan Community in Exile: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
(Graduate Students’ Union of the University of Dublin, Trinity College, 2014)Globally, the focus on mental health (MH) issues has become increasingly important in recent years. However, current Western approaches based on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM V), have ... -
A Practical Humanoid Robot Morphology for Operation in Civilian Environments
(Graduate Students’ Union of the University of Dublin, Trinity College, 2014)Despite recent progress in robotics research and development, the effective design of multi-purpose robotic solutions for civilian and domestic environments has proven particularly elusive. Mechanically simple systems are ... -
A Risk Worth Taking? A Study of Mature Students’ Experiences in Two Irish Universities
(Graduate Students’ Union of the University of Dublin, Trinity College, 2014)Policy forecasts suggest that mature students (aged +23) will form an increasing part of a more diverse student body in Irish higher education going forward. This presents challenges for a provision that has been geared ... -
Visions of the Future: Dream narratology in (Proto-)Science Fiction
(Graduate Students’ Union of the University of Dublin, Trinity College, 2014)Dream narration has a lengthy history in the Western literary tradition, functioning as the earliest iteration of the frame story. Dream narratives can be found in the Bible, and in Greek and Latin classical literature, ...