Meitheal: the cooperative community

Masculinity

Neurodiversity

Bildungsroman: a story of development

If the hero of this book is neurodivergent, Chris and guest Dr Frances Devlin-Glass agree that our author wants to avoid such diagnostic terms. They examine Feeney's novel as a bildungsroman - a story of development - about Jamie's first year at high school. Struggling socially, Jamie is marginalised. Community is the remedy: Chris and Frances discuss meitheal, an Irish word for a group that forms to assist in labour, as in the project of building a boat which teachers devise to help Jamie. Yet children are subject to conflicting influences: Feeney shows the online world both as a means to pursue niche learning and as a portal to the manosphere, and that even well-intentioned teachers can be swayed from one commitment by another. Chris and Frances explore How to Build a Boat to be a book with a project: to make us rethink attitudes to cognitive experiences like Jamie's.

 

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If the hero of this book is neurodivergent, Chris and guest Dr Frances Devlin-Glass agree that our author wants to avoid such diagnostic terms. They examine Feeney's novel as a bildungsroman - a story of development - about Jamie's first year at high school. Struggling socially, Jamie is marginalised. Community is the remedy: Chris and Frances discuss meitheal, an Irish word for a group that forms to assist in labour, as in the project of building a boat which teachers devise to help Jamie. Yet children are subject to conflicting influences: Feeney shows the online world both as a means to pursue niche learning and as a portal to the manosphere, and that even well-intentioned teachers can be swayed from one commitment by another. Chris and Frances explore How to Build a Boat to be a book with a project: to make us rethink attitudes to cognitive experiences like Jamie's.
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The Irish Books Podcast is supported by the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and Monash University. Produced by&nbsp;<a href="https://eastcoaststudio.com.au/">East Coast Studio</a>.

Each episode focuses on a single book to offer in-depth exploration of contemporary Irish writing, one of the the dominant presences in book shops, book groups, and writers’ festivals around the world. Guest experts on Irish culture join author and critic Chris Murray to explore the techniques, cultural resonances, and deeper meanings of the nation’s recent literature. Irish Books tackles prize winners and some of the biggest names in Irish writing today while also calling attention to emerging voices that deserve notice. Listeners will learn more about the books they loved and find out what they should read next.

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The Irish Books Podcast is supported by the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and Monash University. Produced by East Coast Studio.

Each episode focuses on a single book to offer in-depth exploration of contemporary Irish writing, one of the the dominant presences in book shops, book groups, and writers&rsquo; festivals around the world. Guest experts on Irish culture join author and critic Chris Murray to explore the techniques, cultural resonances, and deeper meanings of the nation&rsquo;s recent literature. Irish Books tackles prize winners and some of the biggest names in Irish writing today while also calling attention to emerging voices that deserve notice. Listeners will learn more about the books they loved and find out what they should read next.
Host <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/drchrismurray.bsky.social">@drchrismurray.bsky.social </a>(Bluesky)
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The Irish Books Podcast is supported by the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and Monash University. Produced by <a href="https://eastcoaststudio.com.au/">East Coast Studio.</a>