TLRH | The Hublic Sphere | Justice for Magdalenes: Reflections on Power

Recorded October 29, 2020. In this episode, Dr Clare Moriarty talks
with three leading scholars of carceral institutions in recent
Irish history. Claire McGettrick, Irish Research Council
Postgraduate Scholar, UCD Sociology and Co-Founder of Justice for
Magdalenes Research/Adoption Rights Alliance, Katherine O’Donnell,
Associate Professor, History of Ideas, UCD School of Philosophy,
and Maeve O’Rourke, Lecturer & Director of Human Rights Law
Clinic, Irish Centre for Human Rights, NUI Galway. They discuss the
season’s theme, ‘Power,’ in the context of issues relating to
gender and Irish institutions, private contracts for so-called
“care” schemes and the power of education and personal narrative.
They also address the relationships between academia, advocacy and
activism. Content Warning: This podcast refers to sexual violence,
institutional abuse and wrongful imprisonment that may be
distressing to some listeners. To find out more, visit:
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