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: bit.ly/hublicsphere Learn more at: https://www.tcd.ie/trinitylongroomhub/