On completion of the module the students should have developed;
1. A theoretically-informed advanced understanding of Travellers as an ethnic minority
2. A deep scholarly understanding of Nomadism and its social justice implications in advanced capitalist societies
3. An in-depth knowledge of the complex discriminations and injustices experienced by Travellers in Ireland in particular, but also in Europe
4. An advanced scholarly framework as to how to work transformatively to overcome the injustices experienced by Travellers and Roma across major social and political institutions
5. The skills to write a research-based paper that is both analytically and transformatively sophisticated.

Key topics to be explored in this module include:

Understanding equality and equity as they relate to Irish Travellers
Unpacking Prejudice - A Brief Overview of Irish Travellers
History of the Travelling Community and Nomadism
History of Traveller Language and Economy
Media Representations of Irish Travellers
Traveller Culture, Traditions and the Arts
Traveller Health and Wellbeing
Traveller Experience in Education - Early Childhood Education and Primary Schooling
Traveller Experience in Education - Post-Primary and Tertiary Level
Traveller Experience of Employment
Theorising Ethnicity and Traveller Ethnicity

Not applicable to this module.

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment

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