Irish Cultural Event 18 April 2023

The event was organized by The Fifth Province blog, the Embassy of Ireland in Budapest and the Foundation for Inter-Culture Multicultural and Intercultural Connections. The event was hosted by Kodolányi János University, Budapest. The event was officially opened by H.E. Ronan Gargan, Ambassador to Ireland in Hungary and was followed by two very interesting and …

Local and Universal: The Canadian Inuit and the Irish Aran Islanders in the Films of Robert J. Flaherty”

Abstract The article considers the question of locality and universality regarding two locations and populations: the Inuit of the Canadian North, and the Aran Islanders living off the western coast of Ireland. These locations provide the setting for Robert J. Flaherty’s documentary films Nanook of the North (1922) and Man of Aran (1934). The two films attempt to reveal …