Dr Anne Byrne M.A.
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Biography:
| Working in the School of Political Science and Sociology, I am a writer, teacher and photographer whose work is inspired by sociology, narrative inquiry, collaborative community based methodologies, ethno-biographic inquiry frames and the creative force that comes from the juxtaposition of history and story, image and text, art and ethnography. Epistolary narratives, women's writing lives, and the consequences of biographic and anthropological representational practices are one part of a present preoccupation. I am a member of the Advanced Research Consortium on Gender, Culture and the Knowledge Society (see http://www.genderarc.org/) and part of the 'Gender, Discourse, Identities' research cluster. |
Research Interests
| Dr Anne Byrne is a sociologist with research interests spanning self and social identity, singleness studies, social exclusion, rurality, participative research methodologies, group work and community relations. I have published on identity, single women, rural lives, poverty, feminist research methodologies and on aspects of the history of social anthropology in Ireland. Current research interests include socio-biography, auto/biography, art, archives and visual ethnography, working with photographs, diaries and letters of family and community life in Ireland across the twentieth century. My current
research ‘Narratives of Ireland’ involves a number of anthropological and
biographical projects including a review of the archives of the Harvard-Irish Mission to Ireland, a socio-biography of women’s lives based on women’s non-literary ‘autobiographies’
in the twentieth century and a visual ethnography of an Irish village. I am a writer whose work is inspired by narrative
inquiry, collaborative community based methodologies, ethno-biographic inquiry
frames and the creative force that comes from the juxtaposition of history and
story, image and text, art and ethnography. Epistolary narratives, visual ethnography and the
consequences of biographic and anthropological representational practices are
one part of a present preoccupation. I am working on a number of 'Narratives of Ireland' projects that flow from these frames: 1. Writing Women's Lives An enduring scholarly interest in voice and personal narratives over the lifetime of my career has led to a current focus on women’s non-literary, non-fiction writing (eg. memoir or auto/biography). Letters, diaries, published and unpublished auto/biographies are an underexamined ‘resource’ and topics of investigation in their own right, that can help to understand women’s private and public lives in the change from ‘tradition’ to ‘modernity’. Women’s emerging and changing sense of self are traced in their epistolary narratives, diaries and autobiographies. National and international archival sources previously worked with, demonstrate how women write about aspirations and reflections on changes in maternal duties in the home, employment opportunities, education, the repression or liberation of sexuality, thoughts on motherhood, friendships and intimacy, political activity, farm life and experiences of institutionalisation for example. Differences in marital status, class, urban or rural settings and financial (in)dependence create furrows in women’s stories, marking how a life could be lived and on whose terms. These ‘documents of life’ troubling as they may be in terms of referentiality or truth status nonetheless provide a path to understanding how social change is negotiated by women as they write about negotiating power and authority in the family, community and with the state. Women’s capacity for agency and the consequences of this for future generations can also be traced in this form of inquiry. In these ‘found texts’, women write about the significant, personal and immediate events of their time creating a narrative path to the social, cultural, economic and political conditions in which women make their lives and in which future lives are made. 2. Social Anthropology in South Galway and Clare The Harvard Irish Survey (1930-1936) made a significant impact on Irish archaeology, sociology and anthropology, marking the first appearance of an American interdisciplinary research team in Europe. Its influential publications set the terms of debate for years, shaping theoretical, methodological and empirical work in Irish archaeology, anthropology and ethnographic sociology.Through archival research and specifically working with the unpublished social anthropological diaries and letters of the Survey (Arensberg and Kimball), we can speculate on the theoretical, methodological and ideological constraints placed a range of anthropological data and narratives collected but not published. Materials on religious life, social and political conflict were observed by the anthropologists but not fully drawn upon in subsequent publications. Questions are raised concerning political and research relations at the site of research (at the level of church, state, community and household) as well as the relationship of the Irish study to the agendas of social anthropology, ethnography and sociology. The impact of field work and methodological practices on local communities and their descendants is also a concern. Anthropological and ethnographic research can be acquisitive and eroding. Little is returned while narrative traces and memories of the research and researchers still remain. The contemporary consequences of historical accounts of rural life on the making and shaping of Irish rural identity are also interrogated. Asking, from the perspective of the present, what can we learn from studying the archives of the past, the project examines the argument for a reflexive, participative anthropological practices. Specifically, the impact of working with anthropological field diaries and images with the sucessors of the communities studied is discussed, focussing on the methods, ethics and politics of returning archives of the past to the present. Beginning with the archives of the Harvard Irish Mission, the Rinnamona Research Group organized a community based exhibition of documents, photographs and rural artifacts pertaining to rural life in the 1930s (in association with the X-PO Kilnaboy project). How contemporary communities interact with visual and textual archives is significant. A key premise of this project is that research done in the community is returned to the community, is accessible and can be deployed to expand on community knowledges of people, place and land. 3. Living Images, Living Villages This is a collaborative visual ethnographic study of village life in contemporary Ireland. What is it that makes a village
work? What are the sets of activities, relationships and spaces that contribute
to maintaining village as community? This project visualises the structures,
relationships, actions and activities of one village in the West of Ireland
over a 12 month period observing daily, monthly, seasonal and annual cycles.
Building on mid-century anthropological archives in the West (Arensberg and
Kimball’s 1930s Family and Community in Ireland and Robert Cresswell’s 1950s detailed
study of a village in County Galway (Une Communauté Rurale de l’Irlande), Living Images, Living Villages documents three themes ‘Work, Rest and
Play’. Photo-essays and narratives made with participants from business,
community and sports organisations for example, are created to generate a
on-going discussion about ‘what makes this place flourish?’ The impetus is to
offer a counter-narrative to the themes of the abandoned, the desolate, the
closed down that has contoured recent ethno-photographic practice. Though
essential this is to bring into public consciousness, there is a requirement to
visualise the occupied, the social, the reciprocal exchanges that occur in
places that survive so that both the abandoned and the active are brought into
dialogue, into conjunction, into awareness so that other possibilities for
communities in times of stress can come into being. |
Book Chapters
Byrne, Anne (2012) 'Developing a sociological model for self and social identity' In: Christina Hughes (eds). Researching Gender (4 Vols) 'VOLUME THREE: STRONG OBJECTIVITY AND FEMINIST EMPIRICISM'. UK: Sage.  [Details] |
| BYRNE, A., Shorthall, S. (2009) 'Gender and Sustainability in Rural Ireland' In: McDonagh, J.; Shorthall, S.; Varley, T (eds). A Living Country side-The politics of sustainable rural development. UK: Ashgate:Aldershot. [Details] |
| Byrne, A. (2008) 'Women Unbound: Single Women in Ireland' In: Yans-McLoughlin, V.; Bell, R (eds). Women Alone. USA: Rutgers University Press. [ARAN Link] [Details] |
| Byrne, A. (2005) 'Rural Women in Ireland' In: Pelan, R.; Hayes, A (eds). Women Emerging: A Decade of Irish Feminist Scholarship. [Details] |
| Byrne, A. (2005) 'Equality in Local Development' In: Pelan, R.; Hayes, A (eds). Women Emerging: A Decade of Irish Feminist Scholarship. Women's Studies Centre Galway. [Details] |
| Byrne, A. (2005) 'Single Women In Ireland' In: Pelan, R.; Hayes, A (eds). Women Emerging: A Decade of Irish Feminist Scholarship. [Details] |
| Byrne, A., Edmondson, R., Varley, T. (2001) 'Arsensberg and Kimball and Anthropological Research in Ireland: Introduction to the Third Edition' In: Arensberg, C.; Solon, K (eds). Family and Community in Ireland, CLASP. Clare, IRELAND: CLASP. [ARAN Link] [Details] |
| Byrne, A., Lentin, R. (2000) 'Introduction:Feminist Research Methodologies in the Social Sciences in Ireland' In: (Re)searching Women: Feminist Research Methodologies in the Social Sciences in Ireland, Institute for Public Administration, Dublin. Dublin, Ireland: Institute for Public Administration. [Details] |
| Byrne, A. (2000) 'Researching One An-Other' In: Byrne, A.; Lentin, R (eds). Researching Women: Feminist Research Methodologies in the Social Sciences in Ireland, Instituture for Public Administration, Dublin. [Details] |
| Byrne, A. (1999) 'Familist Ideologies and Difficult Identities' In: Cohen, M.; Curtin, N (eds). Reclaiming Gender: Transgressive Identities in Modern Ireland. St. Martins Press/Macmillan. [Details] |
| Anne Byrne and Madeleine Leonard (Editors) (1997) 'Single Women in Irish Sociological Writing' In: Women in Irish Society: A Sociological Reader. Belfast, Northern Ireland: Beyond the Pale. [Details] |
| Byrne, Anne, Edmondson, R, Fahy, K (1993) 'Rural Tourism and Cultural Identity in the West of Ireland' In: O'Connor, B and Cronin, M (eds). Tourism in Ireland - A Critical Analysis. Cork Ireland: Cork University Press. [Details] |
| Byrne, Anne (1993) 'Revealing Figures - Statistics and Women' In: Smyth, A (eds). Irish Women's Studies Reader. Dublin: Attic Press. [Details] |
Edited Books
| Anne Byrne, Ricca Edmondson, Tony Varley (Ed.). (2001) Arensberg’s and Kimball’s Family and Community in Ireland. Ennis: CLASP Press. [Details] |
| Byrne, Anne and Lentin, Ronit (Ed.). (2000) Researching Women: Feminist Research Methodologies in the Social Sciences in Ireland. Dublin, Ireland: Institute of Public Administration, Dublin. [Details] |
| Byrne, Anne and Leonard, Madeleine (Ed.). (1997) Women in Irish Society: A Sociological Reader. Belfast, Northern Ireland: Beyond the Pale. [Details] |
Peer Reviewed Journals
| Byrne, A,O'Mahony, D (2012) 'Family and Community: (Re)Telling Our Own Story'. Journal Of Family Issues, 33 :52-75. [DOI] [Details] |
| Byrne, Anne (2012) 'Yours Sincerely: Letters and Lives'. Irish Journal Of Sociology, 20 (1). [Details] |
| Byrne, Anne (2011) 'Echanges épistolaires en anthropologie : l’enquête Harvard-Irlande/ Letters in anthropological research: the Harvard-Irish Survey (1930-1936)'. Ethnologie Française, 4 (2):241-252. [ARAN Link] [Details] |
| Byrne, Anne and Deirdre O'Mahony (2011) 'Family and Community: (Re)Telling Our Own Story'. Journal Of Family Issues, 4 (2):241-252. [ARAN Link] [Details] |
| Byrne, A., J. Canavan and M. Millar (2009) 'Participatory research and data interpretation: using the voice centred relational method of data analysis. Is it worth it?'. International Journal Of Social Research Methodology, 12 (1):67-77. [Details] |
| Byrne, A. (2009) 'Perfidious and Pernicious Singlism. Review Essay'. Sex Roles, 60 (9):760-763. [Details] |
| Anne Byrne and Deborah Carr (2005) 'Caught in the Cultural Lag: The Stigma of Singlehood'. Psychological Inquiry, 16 (2,3):84-91. [ARAN Link] [Details] |
| Byrne, A (2003) 'Developing a sociological model for researching women's self and social identities'. European Journal Of Womens Studies, 10 :443-464. [ARAN Link] [Details] |
| Byrne, A. (2000) 'Singular Identities: Managing Stigma, Resisting Voices'. Women's Studies Review, 7 :13-24. [ARAN Link] [Details] |
| Byrne, A., Owens, M. (1998) 'Gendering Rural Development'. Administration, 46 (3):37-52. [Details] |
| Byrne, A., Owens, M. (1996) 'Family, Work and Community'. UCG Women's Studies Review, 4 :77-94. [Details] |
| Byrne, Anne (1996) 'Review of Marital Breakdown and family Law in Ireland (Fahy, T and Lyons, M 1995)'. Irish Journal Of Sociology, 6 :220-223. [Details] |
| Byrne, A., Byrne, P., Lyons, A. (1996) 'Inventing and Teaching Women's Studies: Considering Feminist Pedagogy'. Irish Journal of Feminist Studies, 1 (1):78-99. [Details] |
| Byrne, A. (1995) 'Making Development Work for Women'. UCG Women's Studies Review, 3 :201-213. [Details] |
| Byrne, A. (1992) 'Academic Women's Studies in the Republic of Ireland- Some Pedagogical and Ideological Issues'. Women's Studies Quarterly, :15-27. [Details] |
| Byrne, A. (1991) 'Statistics - What do they tell us about Women?'. Ucg Women'S Studies Review, 1 :1-13. [Details] |
| Byrne, Anne (1991) 'Working with Rural Women'. Phoebe: An Interdisciplinary Journal Of Feminist Scholarship, Thoery And Aesthetics, 3 (1):5-14. [Details] |
Other Journals
| Byrne, Anne (2002) 'Review of Contesting Politics: women in Ireland, north and south (Galligan, Y, Ward, E and Wilford, R 1999) Published in Gender and Society' Gender and Society :186-187. [Details] |
Conference Publications
| Byrne, A. (1995) Unequal Development? - the Case of Rural Women . In: Community Workers Co-Op eds. Equality Policies and Social Change in Ireland, North and South [Details] |
| Byrne, Anne (1995) Issues for Irish Feminist Pedagogy . In: Lentin, R eds. In from the shadows: UL Women's Studies Collection , pp.24-40 [Details] |
| Byrne, Anne (1995) Unequal development - the case of rural women in Ireland Equality Policies and Social Change in Ireland, North and South [Details] |
| Byrne, Anne (1991) Working for the Health of Rural Women The Future for Health Promotion, Centre for Health Promotion Studies, UCG, Galway , pp.77-97 [Details] |
| Byrne, A, Divilly, B, Jones, T. (1987) Gender and the Development of the Young Adult in Physical Education Physical Education Association of Ireland Annual Conference proceedings [Details] |
Published Reports
| Byrne, Anne (2011) The Harvard-Irish Mission in Clare 1930-1936: Letters from an Archive. Burren Insight Magazine, 3, Burren Beo Trust, Clare. BURREN BEO, IRELAND, IRELAND. [Details] |
| Byrne, Anne (2011) Forgetting and Remembering: Place and Space in the work of Yvonne Cullivan, Artist. Per Cent for art programme, Roscommon County Council, Roscommon, IRELAND, IRELAND. [Details] |
| Macken Walshe, Aine (Lead Author), Byrne, A (et al.) (2010) Understanding and facilitating farmer’s adoption of technologies. TEAGASC, IRELAND. [Details] |
| Byrne, A., Canavan, J., & Millar, M. (2004) Developing inclusive research methodologies: testing the voice centred relational method of qualitative data analysis in a collaborative research project on early school leaving. Political Science and Sociology, NUI, Galway; Child & Family Research and Policy Unit, WHB/ NUI Galway. Child & Family Research and Policy Unit, WHB/ NUI Galway, IRELAND. [ARAN Link] [Details] |
| Byrne, A, Canavan, J, Millar, M (2003) Researching Our Lives: Developing Inclusive Research Methodologies, Testing the Voice Centered Relational Method of data analysis in a collaborative project on early school leaving. Combat Poverty Agency Research Initiative Series, Dublin. [Details] |
| Byrne, Anne, Keher-Dillon, N. (1996) Academic don't have babies: An Examination of Maternity Leave among Female Academics. Irish Federation of University Teachers/SSRC NUIG, Dublin. [Details] |
| Byrne, Anne (1996) Rural Gender Equality (Towards Gender Equality in Integrated Local Development). Area Development Management, Dublin. [Details] |
| Byrne, A, Owens, M, Lymer, B (1995) Rural Women's Research Project: Final Report Republic of Ireland. Co-operation North/UCG Women's Studies Centre, Dublin. [Details] |
| Byrne, A, Laver, M, Forde, C, Cassidy, L, Keane, M, O'Conneide, M (1991) North-West Connemara: A Baseline Study of Poverty. Social Sciences Research Centre, UCG, Galway, Ireland. [Details] |
| Byrne, Anne (1989) Women and Poverty: The Statistics of Low Pay, Social Welfare and Health. Council for the Status of Women, Dublin Irealnd. [Details] |
| Byrne, Anne (1989) Report on the Tribunal on Women's Poverty. Combat Poverty Agency, Dublin Ireland. [Details] |
| Byrne, Anne (1989) The Socio-Economic Status of Single Women in Ireland: national expert advisor contribution to a report for the European Commission. University of Bath, England, University of Bath, England. [Details] |
| Byrne, Anne et al. (1988) Profiles of Poverty: Family poverty in the West of Ireland. Combat Poverty Agency, Dublin, Ireland, Dublin, Ireland. [Details] |
| Byrne, Anne (1987) Adult Education Courses in and through the medium of Irish in Gaeltacht Areas. AONTAS, Dublin Ireland. [Details] |
Article
| Byrne, Anne (1989) Rural Women in Ireland in Irish Women's Guidebook and Diary (Attic Press, 1989). Article [Details] |
Book Review
| Byrne, Anne (1991) Review of The Emigrant Experience (Gearoid O Tuathaigh et al. ). Published in The Irish Reporter. Book Review [Details] |
| Byrne, Anne (1991) Review of Women and Poverty (Mary Daly). Published in Irish Journal of Sociology, Vol 1, 1991, 163-164. Book Review [Details] |
Bulletin
| Byrne, Anne (1992) Eastern Sociological Association, USA, Annual Conference Report, Published in Sociological Association of Ireland Bulletin, Issue 66, 1992. Bulletin [Details] |
| Byrne, Anne (1990) Women in the Countryside: Conference Report. Published in Sociological Association of Ireland Bulletin, Spring 1990. Bulletin [Details] |
| Byrne, Anne (1988) Employment conditions for Sociologists, published in the Sociological Association of Ireland, Bulletin. Bulletin [Details] |
Community Engagement Publications
| Rinnamona Research Group (2012) Visualising the Anthropological Archive: Film Documentary. Ireland: Community Engagement Publications [Details] |
Documentary
| Anne Byrne, contributor to TV documentary ‘The Home Place’ by Sean O Mordha, Araby Productions for RTE. (2011) The Harvard Irish Mission in Clare (TV Documentary). Documentary [Details] |
| Anne Byrne, contributor to Clare FM radio documentary produced by Mary Owens, Well Said Productions, (based on A. Byrne’s research study on the 1930s American ethnography of farm families in Clare). (2006) Radio documentary on the Harvard-Irish Mission to Clare 'Raw Data' ( Mary Owens, Well Said Productions). Documentary [Details] |
Generic
| Byrne, A. and Rinnamona Research Group, Photobook (2011) Community Biography: Successors read predecessors - re-representing the Rinnanmona Dail in images and texts. Generic [Details] |
Media
| Byrne, A, Moroney, M, Whelan, F, Roche, S, Ruane, J, Whelan, F (Rinnamona Research Group) (2008) Month long multi-media exhibition, Successors Read Predecessors at the X-PO Kilnaboy Co Clare. See http://x-pokilnaboy.blogspot.com/2008_05_01_archive.html. Media [Details] |
Online Database
| Byrne, Anne (2003) Co-ordinator/director of on-line bibliographic database on Singleness Studies for the RCHA, Rutgers University, NJ, USA 2003-2004. See http://www.scc.rutgers.edu/rcha/. Online Database [Details] |
Honours and Awards
| Year: 2012. Title: Visiting Research Fellow, Centre for Life History and Life Writing Research, University of Sussex |
| Year: 2003. Title: Senior Research Fellow RCHA : Gendered Passages in Historical Perspectives: Single Women 2003-2004 Project |
| Year: 2006. Title: Senior Research Fellow, Narrative of Ireland Project (IRCHSS) |
| Year: 1995. Title: Visiting Scholar; EOTVOS Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary. |
| Year: 1992. Title: Artist-in-Residence, Visiting Professor Irish Studies Programme,Villanova University, PA, USA. |
| Year: 2003. Title: Associate Felllow of Masculinities, Femininities and Sexualities Seminar, 2003-2004 Institute for Research on Women, Rutgers State University of New Jersey. |
Associations
| Association: Auto/Biography Study Group (British Sociological Association UK), Function/Role: ordinary member (current) |
| Association: Virginia Woolf Society of Great Britain, Function/Role: Ordinary member (current) |
| Association: Irish Journal of Sociology (Sociological Association of Ireland), Function/Role: Member of the Editorial Advisory Board (current) |
Conference Contributions
| Anne Byrne (2012) ‘Like a window opening on a blank wall’ Epistolary Narratives in the Search of Self. [International Refereed Conference], Narrative Matters International Conference, Paris May 28-June 1 2012, Paris, France , 28-MAY-12 - 01-JUN-12. |
| Anne Byrne (2012) Are Irish Women Different?. [Invited Lecture], Are the Irish Different? International Conference, UCD, Dublin, Ireland, University College Dublin, Ireland , 20-SEP-12 - 21-SEP-12. |
| Anne Byrne (2012) Paper on letters (Nancy Nolan to Leonard Woolf). [Invited Oral Presentation], Sociology Invited Speakers Series Seminar, Trinity College Dublin, TCD , 22-FEB-12 - 22-FEB-12. |
| Anne Byrne (2012) 'Landscapes of Movement'. [Invited Paper], Connemara Sea Week, 2012, Letterfrack, Connemara , 28-OCT-12 - 30-DEC-12. |
| Anne Byrne (2012) ‘Like A Window opening onto a Blank Wall’; the Letters of a Dublin Housewife to Leonard Woolf. [National Refereed Conference Paper], Sociological Association of Ireland, 39th Annual Conference, Maynooth, Co Kildare , 12-MAY-12 - 13-MAY-12. |
| Clancy, M, Clear. C and Byrne, A (2012) Workshop, academics, students, artists, local researchers and radio producers. [Conference Organising Committee Member], Gender, Identities and Discourses: Art, Archives and Public Sphere: Memories in the West of Ireland, Moore Institute, Moore Institute, NUI, Galway , 09-MAR-12 - 09-MAR-12. |
| Byrne, Anne and O'Mahony, Deirdre (2012) Visualising the Archive- The Harvard Irish Mission in Clare 1930-2012. [Chaired Session], Ethnography from Margin to Centre, AAI Annual Conference 6-7 December, RIA, Dublin, 2012, RIA, Dublin , 06-DEC-12 - 07-DEC-12. |
| Byrne, Anne and Lounasmaa, Aura (2011) The Power of Story and Family Mystery: Teaching narrative in the undergraduate Social Science Classroom. [International Refereed Conference], Narrative Studies Conference, 26-28 May 2011 Tampere, Finland, Finland , 26-MAY-11 - 28-MAY-11. |
| Byrne, Anne (2010) Relational Sustainability. [Invited Oral Presentation], Irish Rural Studies Conference, RERC/ICERTS, Athenry , Galway, RERC/ICERTS, Athenry , Galway. IRELAND , 01-SEP-10 - 01-SEP-10. |
| Anne Byrne (2010) One day symposium on public art and rural spaces. [Invited Oral Presentation], Rural Public Sphere and Art, GMIT, Galway , 01-APR-10 - 01-APR-10. |
| Byrne, Anne (2008) Narratives of Ireland: The Harvard-Irish Survey 1930-1936 - Successors Read Predecessors. [National Refereed Conference Paper], Sociological Association of Ireland, Annual Conference, NUIG, Galway, 2008, Galway, IRELAND , 01-MAY-08 - 01-MAY-10. |
| Anne Byrne (2008) One day symposium on regeneration. [Invited Paper], Irish Social Science Platform Symposium: The Complexities of Community, Sligo IT , 03-DEC-08 - 03-DEC-08. |
| Byrne, Anne (2008) Conference Theme: narrative and stories of the Burren, Co Clare. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], Burren Spring Conference ‘Narratives of People and Place’ February 2008, Co Clare, Ireland , 01-FEB-08 - 03-FEB-08. |
| Byrne, Anne (2008) Narratively Engaged Community Research: Sucessors Read Predecessors. [National Refereed Conference Paper], ESRC Narrative Studies Seminar 6 Narrative Studies Modes and Methodologies:New Developments, University of Edinburgh, University of Edinburgh, Scotland , 02-JUN-08 - 02-JUN-08. |
| Byrne, Anne (2006) Singleness Repertoires. [Invited Lecture], Research Seminar, Centre for Research on Families and Relationships, University of Edinburgh, University of Edinburgh, Scotland , 02-OCT-06 - 02-OCT-06. |
| Byrne, Anne (2004) The Irish-American Research Connection: The Harvard-Irish Mission 1930-1936. [Invited Lecture], Rutgers Centre for Historical Analysis Seminar, Rutgers, New Jersey, USA, Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA , 01-JAN-04 - 01-JAN-04. |
| Anne Byrne (2004) Social Anthropology and Archival Research: Exploring the Possibilities of Moving the Past into the Present. [Invited Paper], Anthropology of Europe Conference, Litymysl, Czech Republic , 01-SEP-04 - 08-SEP-04. |
| Canavan, J., Byrne, A., Millar, M. (2003) Voice Centred Relational Method and Collaborative Research - Limits and Possibilities. [Invited Lecture], Combat Poverty Agency Poverty Research Initiative Series Seminar, Dublin , 23-JAN-04 - 23-JAN-04. |
| Byrne, A. (with John Canavan) (2002) Researching Our Lives, paper to Transitions. [Conference Paper], Annual Conference of the Sociological Association of Ireland, Galway , 01-APR-02 - 01-APR-02. |
| Byrne, A. (2002) Re/Searching and Writing Other People's Lives: The Politics and Practice of Co-operative Research- A Focus on Analysing Identity Stories Using the Voice Centred Relational Method. [Conference Paper], Who's Telling Tales: Oral History in Ireland Today, Oral History Conference, UCC, Cork , 01-APR-02 - 01-APR-02. |
| Byrne, A. (2002) A Focus on Data Analysis Using the VCRM. [Conference Paper], Irish School of Women's Studies, NUI, Galway , 01-MAR-02 - 01-MAR-02. |
| Byrne, A. (2002) Physical and Social Anthropology in Clare in 1930s. [Conference Paper], Burren Annual Conference, Researching the Burren, Ballyvaughan, Co Clare , 01-MAR-02 - 01-MAR-02. |
| Anne Byrne (2002) The Harvard Irish Mission in Ireland. [National Refereed Conference Paper], 29th annual conference of the Sociological Association of Ireland, Galway , 27-APR-02 - 07-APR-03. |
| Byrne, A. (2002) Researching Ireland in the 1930s:A historiography of the Harvard-Irish Mission. [Conference Paper], Race and Ethnic Studies Seminar Series, Trinity College Dublin , 01-JAN-02 - 01-JAN-02. |
| Byrne, A. (2002) Researching Women: Ethics and Exclusions. [Conference Paper], Cork Women's Studies Conference, 'Intersections of Gender and Class: Social Exclusion and Inequality', University College Cork , 02-MAR-02 - 02-MAR-02. |
| Byrne, A. (2001) Irish Women's Work and International Women's Day. [Invited Lecture], Galway West Training and Development, Galway , 01-MAR-01 - 01-MAR-01. |
| Byrne, A. (2001) ‘The Harvard-Irish Survey 1930-1936’. [Conference Paper], Burren Annual Conference, Ballyvaughan, Co Clare , 01-FEB-01 - 01-FEB-01. |
| Byrne, A. (2001) Researching Women’s Identities. [Keynote Address], Conference on Feminist Scholarship in Ireland, Centre for Gender and Women’s Studies, Trinity College, Dublin , 01-APR-01 - 01-APR-01. |
| Byrne, A. (2001) The Voice Centered Relational Method. [Conference Paper], Research Methodologies Seminar, Department of Health Promotion NUI, Galway , 01-NOV-01 - 01-NOV-01. |
| Byrne, A. (2001) ‘Rural Women’s Health’. [Oral Presentation], Mid-Western Health Board, Limerick , 01-SEP-01 - 01-SEP-01. |
| Byrne, A. (with Ronit Lentin) (2000) ‘Feminist Research Methodologies in Ireland’. [Conference Paper], Sociological Association of Ireland, Annual Conference, Kilkenny , 01-MAY-00 - 01-MAY-00. |
| Byrne, A. (1999) 'Re-Searching One-Another’. [Conference Paper], 'Desperately (Re)Searching Women Conference: Feminist Research And Practice In Ireland', TCD, Dublin , 01-APR-99 - 01-APR-99. |
| Byrne, A. (1999) 'The Oral History Interview: Researching Women's Identities: Notes From Own Practice'. [Conference Paper], Women's Life Stories: Biography, Personal Testimony, Oral History, Conference, Women's History Association of Ireland, National University of Ireland, Galway , 01-SEP-99 - 01-SEP-99. |
| Byrne, A. (1998) Single Sexualities. [Conference Paper], Emerging Voices Conference, Mary Immaculate College of Education, Limerick , 01-APR-98 - 01-APR-98. |
| Byrne, A. (1997) Never Married Women, Identity and Patriarchy. [Conference Paper], European Sociological Association Annual Conference, University of Essex , 28-AUG-97 - 28-AUG-97. |
| Byrne, A. (1997) Women and Land. [Conference Paper], Parnell Summer School, 'Land, People and Politics, Avondale, Wicklow , 13-AUG-97 - 13-MAR-97. |
| Byrne, A. (1997) Family, Work and Community: Rural Women's Lives. [Conference Paper], 1st Annual Irish Women's Studies Summer School, Trinity College, Dublin , 30-JUL-97 - 01-AUG-97. |
| Byrne, A. (1997) Sexuality and identity: Connectedness with Self and Others in the Lives of Never Married Single Women. [Conference Paper], Sociological Association of Ireland, Annual Conference, Westport Co Mayo , 09-MAY-97 - 09-MAY-97. |
| Byrne, A. (1997) Women and Work in the Home. [Conference Paper], Women, Work, Exploitation, One World Conference, UCG, Galway , 08-MAR-97 - 08-MAR-97. |
| Byrne, A. (1997) Can the Community Care?. [Keynote Address], Social Care Conference, UCG, Galway , 15-FEB-97 - 15-FEB-97. |
| Byrne, A. with Nuala Dillon (1995) 'Strategies Amongst Academic Women to Avoid Maternity Leave'. [Conference Paper], Sociological Association Annual Conference, Clonmel , 01-MAY-95 - 01-MAY-95. |
| Byrne, A. (1995) Women in Local Development. [Oral Presentation], Gender Equality Workshop, ADM, Dublin Castle , 01-JUL-95 - 01-JUL-95. |
| Byrne, A. with E. Ward (1995) Women's Studies in the Republic of Ireland. [Oral Presentation], EOTVOS Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary , 01-NOV-95 - 01-NOV-95. |
| Byrne, A. (1995) 'Women's Studies and the Curriculum '. [Oral Presentation], Mater Dei Institute of Education, Dublin , 01-APR-95 - 01-APR-95. |
| Byrne, A. (1995) 'Equality Strategies Pursued by and within the Voluntary and Community Sector - the Case of Rural Women'. [Conference Paper], Community Workers Co-operative conference on Equality Policies and Social Change in Ireland, North and South, Dublin Castle , 01-MAY-95 - 01-MAY-95. |
| Byrne, A. with E.Ward (1995) A History of the Women's Movement in the Republic of Ireland. [Conference Paper], EOTVOS Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary , 01-NOV-95 - 01-NOV-95. |
| Byrne, A. with M. Owens (1995) Women and Rural Development - presentation of Rural Women's Research Project Methodologies and Findings. [Conference Paper], UCG Women's Studies Seminar Series, Galway , 01-NOV-95 - 01-NOV-95. |
| Byrne, A. (1995) Postmodernism, Feminism and Foucault. [Conference Paper], EBA Feminist Theory Course, UCG, Galway , 01-DEC-95 - 01-DEC-95. |
| Byrne, A. (1994) 'Methodology of a Baseline Study'. [Oral Presentation], St. Angela's College, Sligo , 01-FEB-94 - 01-FEB-94. |
| Byrne, A. (1994) 'Feminism and The Irish Women's Movement'. [Oral Presentation], St. Angela's College, Sligo , 01-FEB-94 - 01-FEB-94. |
| Byrne, A. (1994) 'Teaching Feminist Methodologies - Insights from the Classroom'. [Oral Presentation], University of Limerick, Women's Studies Conference, Limerick , 01-MAY-94 - 01-MAY-94. |
| Byrne, A. (1994) 'The Socio-Economic Situation of Single Women in Irish Society'. [Oral Presentation], UK Women's Studies Network, Portsmouth , 01-JUL-94 - 01-JUL-94. |
| Byrne, A. (1994) 'Empowering Women through Women's Studies'. [Conference Paper], Irish University Women, Annual Conference, Dublin , 01-OCT-94 - 01-OCT-94. |
| Byrne, A. (1994) 'Women, Development and Equal Opportunities Policies - A Review of Problems, Practices and Strategies'. [Oral Presentation], Udaras na Gaeltachta, Community Development Programme, Galway , 01-NOV-94 - 01-NOV-94. |
| Byrne, A. (1994) 'Beyond Personal Development'. [Oral Presentation], Combat Poverty Agency Seminar, Galway , 01-DEC-94 - 01-DEC-94. |
| Byrne, A. (1993) 'Work, Study and Family'. [Oral Presentation], National Forum, Equality of Opportunity in Third Level Education In Ireland, UCC Cork , 01-NOV-93 - 01-NOV-93. |
| Byrne, A. (1992) ‘Poverty in Irish Society’. [Oral Presentation], St.Angela’s College, Sligo , 01-NOV-92 - 01-NOV-02. |
| Byrne, A. (1991) ‘Women’s Studies in Ireland’. [Conference Paper], International Conference - European Feminist Research Women in a Changing Europe, Aalborg, Denmark , 01-AUG-91 - 01-AUG-91. |
| Byrne, A. (1991) ‘Working with Rural Women’. [Conference Paper], Sociological Association of Ireland, Annual Conference, Termonfeckin, Co.Louth , 01-MAY-91 - 01-MAY-01. |
| Byrne, A. (1991) ‘Socialism and Feminism’. [Conference Paper], Socialism at a Cross Roads, International and Regional UCG Labour Party Conference, Galway , 01-NOV-91 - 01-NOV-91. |
| Byrne, A. (1991) ‘Working for the Health of Rural Women’. [Conference Paper], Health Promotion Conference, University College, Galway , 01-JUL-91 - 01-JUL-91. |
| Byrne, A. (1991) 'Women and Rural Development'. [Oral Presentation], One day seminar on Rural Women, Womens Research Group, Women's Studies Centre, UCG , 01-MAR-91 - 01-MAR-91. |
| Byrne, A. (1991) 'Women's Studies in the Republic of Ireland - The Current Situation'. [Oral Presentation], GRACE, European Women's Studies Databank, Commission of the European Community, Brussels , 01-MAR-91 - 01-MAR-91. |
| Byrne, A. (1991) ‘Understanding Women and Poverty’. [Oral Presentation], Oranmore Adult Education Group, Galway , 01-NOV-91 - 01-NOV-01. |
| Byrne, A. (1990) 'Main Findings from an Analysis of the Small Area Population Statistics, for North-West Connemara'. [Oral Presentation], FORUM, Projects Team, Rural Action Project with the 3rd European Action Programme on Poverty, Galway , 01-OCT-90 - 01-OCT-90. |
| Byrne, A. (1990) ‘The Status of Single Women'. [Oral Presentation], Women’s Studies Forum, University College Dublin , 01-APR-90 - 01-APR-90. |
| Byrne, A. (1990) 'Women in Irish Society'. [Oral Presentation], Diploma in Women's Studies, University College Limerick , 01-MAR-90 - 01-MAR-90. |
| Byrne, A. with Nuala Dillon (1990) 'Implications for Trade Union Policies from a Study of Maternity Leave Amongst Female Academics'. [Conference Paper], Sociological Association of Ireland, Annual Conference, Co Down, Northern Ireland , 01-MAY-90 - 01-MAY-90. |
| Byrne, A. (1990) 'Baseline Study of Poverty in North-West Connemara',. [Oral Presentation], FORUM Project Team of the 3rd European Action Programme on Poverty, Letterfrack , 01-SEP-90 - 01-SEP-90. |
| Byrne, A. (1989) 'The Statistics of Poverty'. [Oral Presentation], Women's Studies Forum, University College Galway , 01-FEB-89 - 01-FEB-89. |
| Byrne, A. (1989) 'Irish Female Emigration'. [Oral Presentation], European Women's Studies Seminar on ‘Women Refugees, Migrant Workers and Immigration’, Women's International Studies Europe, University of Bradford, England , 01-MAY-89 - 01-MAY-89. |
| Byrne, A. (1989) Women in Ireland'. [Conference Paper], Women in Ireland, North/South Conference, University College Galway , 01-OCT-89 - 01-OCT-89. |
| Byrne, A. (1989) 'Problems Facing Female Academics. [Oral Presentation], Nuala Dillon to the Social Science Research Centre, Seminar Series, University College Galway , 01-NOV-89 - 01-NOV-89. |
| Byrne, A. (1989) 'Single Women in Ireland'. [Oral Presentation], 2nd Workshop in Social Science Research, Institute of Irish Studies, University of Liverpool, England , 01-DEC-89 - 01-DEC-89. |
| Byrne, A. (1989) 'Female Poverty in Ireland'. [Oral Presentation], Galway Diocesan and Education Group, Galway , 01-JAN-89 - 01-JAN-89. |
| Byrne, A. (1988) 'Aosoideachas sa Gaeltacht'. [Oral Presentation], AONTAS /Udaras na Gaeltachta, one day seminar, Galway , 01-SEP-88 - 01-SEP-88. |
| Byrne, A. (1988) Adult Education in the Gaeltacht'. [Oral Presentation], AONTAS /Bord na Gaeilge seminar, Dublin , 01-JUN-88 - 01-JUN-88. |
| Byrne, A. (1988) 'Women and Poverty'. [Oral Presentation], Social Science Research Centre, Seminar Series,, University College Galway , 01-DEC-88 - 01-DEC-88. |
| SAI Annual Conference 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989. (1986) Conference Organising Committee Member. [Conference Organising Committee Member], Sociological Association Annual Conferences, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, Various throughout Ireland , 02-MAY-86 - 05-MAY-89. |
| Byrne, A. (1984) 'Women and Poverty in Irish Society'. [Conference Paper], Sociological Association of Ireland Annual Conference, Termonfeckin , 01-MAY-84 - 01-MAY-84. |
Committees
| Committee : Social Sciences Committee, Royal Irish Academy (2012-2016) |
| Committee : Women's Health Council, Board member (2003-2006) |
| Committee : Galway Traveller's Support Group (2002-2004) |
| Committee : Health Status and Health Gain, NUIG Consultative Study on Health Inequalities (2002-2004) |
| Committee : National Distance Education Council (1993-2002) |
| Committee : National Ad-Hoc Advisory Group on Gender in Local Development (Area Development Management) 1993 |
| Committee : WISE (Women's International Studies Europe) Irish National Representative (1990-1995) |
| Committee : MACNAS Community Arts and Theatre Company, Board member 2005-2007 |
| Committee : Irish Sociological Association Executive Committee (Vice-Chairperson 1988-1990) |
| Committee : Women's Studies Centre (University College Galway, Ireland) Chairperson 1991-1992, Founder Member |
| Committee : NUIG Research Ethics Committee (2005-11) |
| Committee : Faculty of Arts (Vice Dean 2000-2003) |
| Committee : NUIG Access Programme Steering Group (1998-2002) |
| Committee : An Coiste Feabhais Acaduil/Committee on Academic Quality Improvement, NUIG (1998-2000) |
| Committee : Global Project for Safe Motherhood, NUIG/Development Co-Operation Ireland. |
| Committee : Burren Spring Conference, Co Clare, IRELAND. Organising Committee (2005-2011) |
Education
| Year 1982 Institution: University College Galway, Ireland Qualification: Masters of Arts Subject: Sociology, , 'Female Poverty and the Irish Social Welfare System.' |
| Year 1978 Institution: National Institute for Higher Education, Limerick, Ireland. Qualification: BACHELOR OF ARTS Subject: Sociology |
| Year 2000 Institution: University of Limerick, Ireland Qualification: Phd Subject: 'Single Women's Identities in Contemporary Irish Society', Department of Government and Society, University of Limerick. |
Reviews
| Ageing And Society: Reviewer. |
| Women'S Studies International Forum: Reviewer. |
| Journal Of Gender Studies: Reviewer. |
| Irish Political Studies: Reviewer. |
| Journal Of Family Issues: Reviewer. |
| Irish Journal Of Sociology: Editor. |
| Ucg Women'S Studies Review: Editor. |
| International Journal Of Social Research Methodology: Reviewer. |
Other Activities
| 2007-2010. Extern Examiner: University of Limerick (MI Women’s Studies Undergraduate Programme), Extern Examiner: BA in Community Education and Development Cork Institute of Technology |
| 1989-1996 First Year Year Coordinator, Department of Political Science and Sociology, UCG, (NUIG) |
| 2008-2010 First Year Coordinator BA Programme, School of Political Science and Sociology, NUI, Galway. |
| 2012-2016. Extern Examiner, Sociology, TCD |
Teaching Interests
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My teaching is animated by active involvement in research, through
participating and contributing to community development work and through my own
professioanl development and training. My teaching interests are in collaborative, critical and creative research methodologies (eg socio-biography, visual ethnography, narrative inquiry, art, archives and documents of life); group work for professional community development workers; the sociology of Ireland; gender and auto/biography. |
Recent Postgraduates
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I have
supervised more than 25 postgraduate theses in Community Development (CD),
Rural Development (RD) and Social Work (SW.) Fiona Neary. The
Principle of Participation and Agency Growth. 1992 (CD)
Alice Freely.
Contribution of Social Employment Schemes to Community Development. 1992 (CD)
Hilary Curley.
Broadening The Benefits : A Community Approach to Rural Tourism.' 1994 (CD)
Ann Nolan. The
Young Single Homeless and Temporary Accommodation. 1994 (CD)
Noirin Clancy
Personal Development as a Tool for Empowering Rural Women. 1995 (RD)
Fionnula Kenny.
Limits to Representation in a Patriarchal Society. 1995 (CD)
Caoimhe Gleeson.
Women, Income and Credit: A Panacea for the Alleviation of Poverty or the Same
Old Story?’. 1996 (CD)
Paula Leonard.
Women’s Groups and Social Exclusion: A Case for Politicisation and Feminist
Ideology. 1996 (CD)
Sheila McNasser.
Earning Credibility and Keeping Afloat: the Rightful Place of Community
Enterprise Within Sligo County Enterprise Board's Structures. 1997 (CD)
Deirdre
O'Connor. Adult Education and Gender Equality: An Analysis of a Cross Section
of Adult Education Programmes. 1998 (CD)
Jennifer Wallace
Creative Evaluation, Capturing the Spirit of Community Arts. 1998 (CD)
Veronica
MacNamara. Educational Disadvantage and Early School Leaving. 2001 (CD)
Martha
Gallagher. Re-Visiting the Significance of Joining the Irish Country Women’s
Association in 1950s and 1960s. 2001 (RD)
David Rynne Path
Dependency and Community Development 2008 (CD)
Edel McCool My
Voice, My Experience: Adult reflections on the childhood experience of the
biological child of foster carers 2008 (SW) Linda Knott, ‘ A
Relationship they would rather avoid‘. Motherhood and Drug Use- the
professional experiences of Social Workers’ . 2008. (SW) Anne Cassidy,
‘Just Good Women? The Little
Sisters of the Assumption Bohermore Community Development Project’. 2008. (CD) Ciara Coy, Writing
in Community 2011 (CD) |