@niallherron.bsky.social
PhD anthropology student @ QUB. Interests: social movements, assemblage, queer oral history, the everyday, space and my cats. Researching queer experiences in NI during the Troubles.
Call for Contributions to all academics, artists, and students: present your creative research and practice at the annual online symposium 'Around the Fire' at the Centre for Creative Ethnography, Queen’s University Belfast.
Info in the comments.
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“Dolled up to the nines to go to a flippin' public toilet!”: Cruising in Belfast During the Troubles by Niall Herron. How did queer cruising unfold during the Troubles, and what can it teach us about sexuality, space, and conflict?
Read the full feature here: wp.me/p6JJ6S-4Pq
Piece I wrote tracing the historical context of last month’s riots in Ballymena and elsewhere in NI. We have a long history of immigration in NI and also, sadly, a long history of racism.
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Again we urgently call on ALL MLAs to go to their communities under threat at locations where far-right actions are being announced. With confirmed paramilitary involvement, they must be on the ground tonight as observers or in solidarity.
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If women rioted every time one of us was attacked Northern Ireland would lie in ashes.
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‘My children are frightened to go outside’ - Filipino mechanic’s home targeted after Ballymena riots
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Violence in Ballymena text above WRDA RTA WSN NIRWN logos
We must first acknowledge the girl whose violation sparked the chain of events. She and her family will have to navigate her trauma and grief from this incident as well as to engage with the criminal justice system, which is challenging for any survivor, and particularly for one so young. We stand in solidarity with her and with her family now and always. Her family called for a peaceful and inclusive vigil to draw attention to the epidemic of violence against women and girls, and this could have been a moment for the community to come together on this issue that plagues every part of our society and impacts such a huge number of women and girls across our lifetimes.
Instead, ostensibly because of the ethnic background of the boys accused of carrying out this attack, the vigil was hijacked by people intent on harm. Their actions harmed families and individuals and left many without shelter, including women and girls who were removed from their homes by this destruction. They have also left people in fear for their safety, particularly people from an ethnic minority background. None of this helps the victim in this case. None of this will address the broader issue of VAWG.
Most gender-based violence and most sexual violence is carried out by people known to the victim. In the reporting year 2023/24, 1,681 files were sent to the PPS regarding sexual crimes. Many of these were not prosecuted, and many, many more were never reported. We do not usually see vigilante actions in response to incidents of rape, and in this case it is clear that these actions, which defied the family’s wishes, were motivated by racism. We welcome outrage at the trauma that this girl has suffered, but this outrage can and must be channelled correctly. We need reform within the legal system, we need to address the culture that makes these incidents so common, we need to tackle prejudice and racism, and we need to redouble our efforts to achieve the goal of ending violence against women and girls.
We must first acknowledge the girl whose violation sparked the chain of events. We stand in solidarity with her and with her family now and always.
Instead, ostensibly because of the ethnic background of the boys accused of carrying out this attack, the vigil was hijacked by people intent on harm.
The Self under Siege: Re-thinking Selfhood Across Disciplines Queen's University Belfast Anthropology Postgraduate Conference 2025 7th May, 9am-5pm Blue Sky Room, One Elmwood QUB Student Union
Come along to our PG conference on 7th May - in the Blue Sky room at the QUB SU - it's free and open to the public. Looking forward to hearing from our panellists, the roundtable discussion, a workshop from Dr Kayla Rush and a keynote from Dr Ana Ivasiuc.
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The wonderful people that form the Sanctuary team at QUB (including the ever energetic Federica Ferrieri) have put this amazing event together. The wonderful Sorina Toma will be leading.
Come along or share the news among anyone interested!
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It is good to tell our stories.
For this museum to be most educationally useful, it must go beyond tales of derring-do and also address the huge role Irish soldiers played in the brutal and racist colonial expansion and exploitation of the British Empire. www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/educati...
On International Women’s Day, solidarity with the women of Palestine, Sudan, Congo and all others living under bombs, bullets and forced displacement. No feminism without peace, justice and freedom from imperialism and colonialism ✌️✊🇵🇸
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Our Anthropology PG students have organised an interdisciplinary postgrad conference around the theme of the 'Self'
📨Abstracts due by 01/04
250-400 words for presentations 15-20 minutes
📅07/05, 9am-5pm
🏛️Blue Sky Room, One Elmwood Student Centre
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@irishstudiesqub.bsky.social @qubhistory.bsky.social
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Call for papers! PGR Conference at QUB on 7 May 2025 "The Self Under Siege: Re-thinking Selfhood Across Disciplines". Submission deadline 28 March - scan QR code for more info.
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**Call for Papers** Public History in an Age of Anxiety CPH Annual Conference, Belfast, 2025
26.02.2025 06:29 — 👍 36 🔁 24 💬 1 📌 2A thread worth considering in light of some of our politicans deciding now is the time to boycott the White House St Patrick's Day party over Palestine. Why now and not before? How "principled" can the stance be if explusions under Biden weren't enough, but under Trump they are...
23.02.2025 10:28 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0Now, how about we apply this revolutionary concept to the rest of Northern Ireland? Or is that too much to ask? 🌍💚 #PublicTransportMatters #GreenPartyNI #SustainableTravel
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Our Shá is fundraising to get a mural of Nell McCafferty in the Bogside.
Nell was a daughter of Derry.
She was an incredible journalist and a women's right activist.
We would appreciate your help in making this happen!
www.gofundme.com/f/mural-for-...
Lyra McKee Bursary Scheme now open for 2025.
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"... people are slowly becoming tools, machines in sync, bodies in motion, but rarely minds." @jamescuffe.bsky.social & @fionamur.bsky.social in @allegralab.bsky.social on the emergence of the 'fungible subject' under the drive for automation allegralaboratory.net/being-fungib...
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"When it mattered most, Long sided with cis power over trans survival" - My meeting with Northern Ireland Justice Minister Naomi Long to discuss why they backed a puberty blocker ban -
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