Island Endurance
Indiana University Press (Verlag)
978-0-253-07247-4 (ISBN)
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To the west, Inishark is a landscape of ruins, with monuments from a medieval monastery alongside the remnants of a village that endured privation and isolation before its evacuation in 1960. To the east, Inishbofin remains home to a small community of nearly 200 that bustles every summer with thousands of visitors drawn by the island's reputation for hospitality and distinctive local heritage. Combining archaeological discoveries with folklore and ethnography, author Ryan Lash explores how islanders from three different historical eras encountered, altered, and reimagined traces of the past. Fifteen years of fieldwork reconstruct more than a millennium of creativity—from the development of pilgrimage traditions at the shrines of monastic saints, to the reuse of medieval monuments for local devotions in the 19th and 20th centuries, to the repurposing of ruins for managing livestock and guiding tourist trails in the 21st century. Attuned to the sensory dynamics and other-than-human elements of landscapes, Lash illustrates the power of quartz pebbles, picnics, and sheep farming to generate vital perceptions of place, time, and belonging.
Islanders have continually and creatively adapted their heritage to foster shared experiences, negotiate collaborative relations, and sustain livelihoods amid adversity. Island Endurance shows us that the illusion of timelessness has always relied on the creativity of heritage.
Ryan Lash is Teaching Fellow in The School of Archaeology at University College Dublin. He is author (with Ian Kuijt, William Donaruma, Katie Shakour, and Tommy Burke) of Island Places, Island Lives: Exploring Inishbofin and Inishark Heritage, Co. Galway, Ireland. He received his PhD in Anthropology from Northwestern University and has held postdoctoral fellowships at the University of Notre Dame and University College Dublin.
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introductory Maps
1. Alive in Ruins
2. Dynamic Endurance and Creative Heritage: A Taskscape Approach
3. Traces of Leo on Inishark
4. Pebbles, Pilgrims, and Sacred Order: Heritage in Inishark's Medieval Taskscape (c.700–1300)
5. Cult, Commemoration, and Cooperation: Heritage in Inishark's Modern Taskscape (c.1600–1960)
6. Tourists, Corncrakes, Cattle, and Craic: Heritage in Inishbofin's Contemporary Taskscape (c.1960–2019)
7. The Enduring Challenge
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 6.5.2025 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Irish Culture, Memory, Place |
| Zusatzinfo | 112 color illus., 3 b&w tables |
| Verlagsort | Bloomington, IN |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Hilfswissenschaften | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-253-07247-6 / 0253072476 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-253-07247-4 / 9780253072474 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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