The making of the Irish Traveller Community: 1950-2010

Interesting conversation on how the State constructed Irish Travellers as the others to maintain at arms lent their own identity and development. Enjoy.


Ina Ruckstuhl grew up in Caheragh, West Cork. Ina holds a BA in Archaeology and Anthropology as well as an MSc in Migration Studies from the University of Oxford. As part of this, she published the paper "The making of the Irish Traveller Community: Mobility discourse, settlement policies and the Irish state 1950-2010". She later completed a BA in International Teacher Education at the University of South-Eastern Norway and now works in international education. She is passionate about understanding how social constructs shape identity and how education can help empower people in their identity formation. In her free time, Ina enjoys reading, playing the violin, and spending time in nature.

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