Module Code - Title:
HI6061
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LINKING FAMILIES TO COMMUNITIES
Year Last Offered:
2023/4
Hours Per Week:
Grading Type:
N
Prerequisite Modules:
HI6051
Rationale and Purpose of the Module:
This module links families to the localities in which they worked, played and lived in. Each seminar will examine particular areas, such as education, work, religion, where families interacted with individuals, groups and institutions.
Class and ethnic boundaries often tended to separate families into distinctive groups. This module examines phenomenon, predominantly through the Irish context.
Irish families cannot be characterised in national terms. Local variations tended to create distinctive sets of behavious and types. The module explores these varieties by comparing families from different localities across Ireland and by compariing Irish families with Welsh, Scottish, English and other European families.
Gender is a central theme throughout the module. In education, work and leisure activities (among others) the distinction drawn by contemporaries between men and women was noticeable and often carefully defined in early modern and modern Ireland. Historians have argued that
Syllabus:
This module is taught over 12 weeks, using a syllabus of weekly topics, as follows:
Introduction: scope and parameters of the course
Defining locality and the concept of "community"
Ascents and descents: class and social mobility
Public life and Private life - and ne'er the twain shall meet
Education
Religion
Excursion to the National Library and National Archives, Dublin
Politics
Work / Profession
The Poor and Charity: Beggars and vagrancy
Outside of the community: the widowed, the singleton, and sexual deviancy
Leisure, associations and civil society
Learning Outcomes:
Cognitive (Knowledge, Understanding, Application, Analysis, Evaluation, Synthesis)
Contextualise the role of families within communities
Demonstrate skill in chronological thinking
Demonstrate skills of historical analysis and interpretation
Demonstrate knowledge of basic research methods, including the conventions of documentation, in the context of a specific research project
Demonstrate knowledge of basic research methods, including the conventions of documentation, in the context of a specific research project
Affective (Attitudes and Values)
On completion of the module you will be able to
Demonstrate how families are part of wider social, political, social and cultural networks
Psychomotor (Physical Skills)
N/A
How the Module will be Taught and what will be the Learning Experiences of the Students:
Research Findings Incorporated in to the Syllabus (If Relevant):
Prime Texts:
M. Drake & R. Finnegan (eds) (1994)
Studying family and community history, vol. 3
, Cambridge
M. Drake (ed.) (1994)
Time, family and community: prespectives on family and community history
, Cambridge
R. Gillespie & M. Hill (eds) (1999)
Doing Irish local history: pursuit and practice
, Antrim
Other Relevant Texts:
Programme(s) in which this Module is Offered:
Semester - Year to be First Offered:
Autumn
Module Leader:
Ciara.Breathnach@ul.ie