Globalisation, Identities and Cultural Practices

Members:  Rebecca King-O'Riain, Aphra Kerr, Pauline Cullen

Co-ordinator: Pauline Cullen

Aims of the Cluster:

This research cluster is interested in how the process of globalisation manifests itself transnationally, locally and regionally in terms of identity formation, political institutions and cultures.  The group is united in their interest in exploring how identities (gender, ethnicity, race, class and sexuality), communities and cultural practices (from popular culture and the global media industry to everyday lived experiences and practices) and institutions (local, national, supranational) are shaped by global processes and geo-political shifts.  Members of the group have research interests in cultures and counter cultures, the culture and politics of love, representation and performance, multiculturalism and migration, social cohesion and social conflict, commodification, consumerism, coalition building, collective identity, racialisation, social and political mobilisation, and the relationship between state identity and interests within EU and global contexts. These interests are explored in everyday and virtual environments and local, regional, national and transnational contexts. Members are also engaged in and committed to exploring the policy and political implications of their research.  The group would welcome staff and postgraduate members from other departments and disciplines with an interest in these topics and who are willing to engage in seminar discussions, reading groups, writing workshops and potential collaboration on research projects.