Dr Iarfhlaith Watson BSocSc, MSocSc, PhD
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Biography:
| Iarfhlaith has been a lecturer in the School since 1996. He has been President of the Sociological Association Ireland (as well as Honorary Membership Secretary and Vice-President), elected member of the Board of the International Visual Sociology Association and an Associate Editor of Visual Studies. He has also been Managing Editor of the Irish Journal of Sociology. His research interests, publications and teaching have been in the areas of sociology of the media, visual sociology, minority languages and the media, national identity, sociology of development, sociology of knowledge and the work of Jürgen Habermas. |
Research Interests
| visual sociology, minority languages, the media, and national identity. Iarfhlaith Watson's primary research interest, in the area of identity, is in the connection between languages and national identity. In his recent publications he has focused on broadcasting in Irish in the context of national identity. In the field of Visual Sociology he has examined various symbolic devices employed to elaborate a sense of Irishness. These ideas have been presented at national and international conferences. Also on the topic of national identity, he has worked with the International Social Survey Project, especially the module on national identity fielded in 1995 and 2003. |
Books
| Watson, Iarfhlaith; (2003) Broadcsting in Irish: Minority language, radio, television and identity. Dublin: Four Courts Press. [Details] |
Book Chapters
Watson, Iarfhlaith; (2012) 'Na Meáin' In: Tadhg Ó hIfearnáin and Máire Ní Neachtain (eds). An tSochtheangeolaíocht: Feidhm agus Tuairisc. Dublin: Cois Life.  [Details] |
| Iarfhlaith Watson; (2008) ''Irish Language and Identity'' In: C. Nic Pháidín agus S. Ó Cearnaigh (eds). A New View of the Irish Langauge. Dublin: Cois Life. [Details] |
| Watson, I. Nic Ghiolla Phádraig, M., Kennedy, F. and Rock-Huspatel, B. ; (2007) 'National Identity and Anti-Immigrant Attitudes' In: Hilliard and Nic Ghiolla Phádraig (eds). Changing Ireland in International Comparison. Dublin: Liffey Press. [Details] |
| Watson, I.; (2007) ''Identity, Language and Nationality'' In: Sara O'Sullivan (eds). Contemporary Ireland: A Sociological Map. Dublin: UCD Press. [Details] |
| Watson, I. et al.; (2007) ''National Identity and Anti-Immigrant Attitudes'' In: Máire Nic Ghiolla Phádraig and Betty Hilliard (eds). Changing Ireland in International Comparison. Dublin: Liffey Press. [Details] |
| Watson, I.; (2007) ''Recent and current trends in Irish language broadcasting'' In: John Hogan and Helena Sheehan (eds). Mapping Irish Media. Dublin: UCD Press. [Details] |
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| Watson, I.; (1997) ''A History of Irish Language Broadcasting'' In: in Mary Kelly and Barbara O'Connor (eds.) (eds). Media Audiences in Ireland. Dublin: UCD Press. [Details] | |||||||||
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Peer Reviewed Journals
| Watson, Iarfhlaith and Máire Nic Ghiolla Phádraig; (2011) 'Linguistic Elitism: the Advantage of Speaking Irish Rather than the Irish-speaker Advantage'. The Economic and Social Review, 42 (4):437-454. [Details] |
| IARFHLAITH WATSON and MÁIRE NIC GHIOLLA PHÁDRAIG; (2009) ''Is there and educational advantage to speaking Irish? An investigation of the relationship between education and ability to speak Irish''. International journal for the sociology of language, 199 :143-156. [Details] |
| Iarfhlaith Watson agus Máire Nic Ghiolla Phádraig; (2008) 'Gaeilgeoirí agus an tArdoideachas: an gaol idir an t-oideachas agus cumas labhartha Gaeilge'. Taighde agus Teagasc, 6 . [Details] |
| Watson, I; (2002) 'Irish-language broadcasting: History, ideology and identity'. Media Culture and Society, 24 . [Details] |
| Watson, I.; (2001) ''TG4 Féiniúlacht agus Saoránacht''. Irish Journal of Sociology, 10 (2):1-12. [Details] |
| Watson, I; (1997) ''Teilifís na Gaeilge as a Public Sphere' '. Irish Communications Review, 7 . [Details] | |||||||||
| Watson, I.; (1996) ''The Irish Language and Television' '. British Journal of Sociology, 47 (2):255-274. [Details] | |||||||||
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Newsletter
| Watson, I.; (2006) 'Journey of a Past President'. Newsletter [Details] |
| Watson, I.; (2006) 'Positivist Epistemological Foundation of Social Constructions of Irish Greed'. Newsletter [Details] |
Invited Seminars
| Watson, I; (2010) 'LINGUISTIC ELITISM - THE IRISH SPEAKER ADVANTAGE'. Invited Seminars [Details] |
| Watson, I; (2008) 'NATIONALISM OBSCURED BY A POSITIVE LIGHT: THE BANAL NATIONALISM OF A SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY NEAR THE FRENCH-GERMAN BORDER'. Invited Seminars [Details] |
| Watson, I.; (2006) 'The Situation of the Irish Language'. Invited Seminars [Details] |
| Watson, I.; (2004) 'Broadcasting in Irish'. Invited Seminars [Details] |
| Watson, I.; (2003) 'Broadcasting in Irish'. Invited Seminars [Details] |
| Watson, I; (1997) 'On Visual Sociology'. Invited Seminars [Details] | |||||||||
| Watson, I.; (1995) 'TnaG as a Public Sphere'. Invited Seminars [Details] | |||||||||
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Presented Papers
| Watson, I; (2011) 'CAN BANAL COSMOPOLITANISM OVERCOME VIOLENT NATIONALISM?'. Presented Papers [Details] |
| Watson, I; (2010) 'THE UNHAPPY TV VIEWER'. Presented Papers [Details] |
| IARFHLAITH WATSON; (2009) 'IRISH IDENTITY DURING THE ECONOMIC BOOM AT THE TURN OF THE MILLENIUM'. Presented Papers [Details] |
| IARFHLAITH WATSON; (2008) THE IRISH LANGUAGE: A SYMBOL OF NATIONAL IDENTITY OR OF GLOBAL DIVERSITY. Presented Papers [Details] |
| Watson, I.; (2007) 'The educational advantage of a linguistic policy: why Irish speakers were more likely to go to university'. Presented Papers [Details] |
| Watson, I.; (2006) 'City and the National Border'. Presented Papers [Details] | |||||||||
| McCabe, B. (and Watson, I.); (2006) 'Working TIme Preferences in Ireland (1989-2005)'. Presented Papers [Details] | |||||||||
| Watson, I. et al.; (2004) ''Defending the Boundaries?' National Identity and Attitudes to Immigrants in Ireland'. Presented Papers [Details] | |||||||||
| Watson, I. et al.; (2004) 'National Identity and anti-immigrant views in ISSP 1995-2003'. Presented Papers [Details] | |||||||||
| Watson, I.; (2002) 'Official Representations of Irishness'. Presented Papers [Details] | |||||||||
| Watson, I.; (2000) 'Irishness: Visual Research Project'. Presented Papers [Details] | |||||||||
| Watson, I.; (2000) 'On the Sociology of Seeing'. Presented Papers [Details] | |||||||||
| Watson, I.; (2000) 'Representations of Irishness'. Presented Papers [Details] | |||||||||
| Watson, I.; (1999) 'Visual Sociology: A Research Method'. Presented Papers [Details] | |||||||||
| Watson, I.; (1998) 'Paradox of Citizenship'. Presented Papers [Details] | |||||||||
| Watson, I.; (1997) 'Caught in a Dialectic: Irish Language Broadcasting in the National Narrative and Market Praxis'. Presented Papers [Details] | |||||||||
| Watson, I.; (1997) 'TnaG in Context'. Presented Papers [Details] | |||||||||
| Watson, I.; (1996) 'TnaG as a Public Sphere'. Presented Papers [Details] | |||||||||
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Book Reviews
| Watson, I.; (2004) 'Book review of Niamh Hourigan 2003 Escaping the Global Village: Media, Language and Protest. Oxford: Lexington Books '. Book Reviews [Details] |
Presentation
| Watson, I.; (2007) 'A photographic study of un-nationalistic symbols in a German city'. Presentation [Details] |
Articles
| Watson, I; (2001) 'TG4 Féiniúlacht agus Saoránacht '. Articles [Details] |
| Watson, I.; (2001) Stair an Chraolacháin Ghaeilge. Articles [Details] |
| Watson, I.; (1999) 'An Dá Thrá'. Articles [Details] |
Honours and Awards
| Year: 2003. Title: E112,500 with Dr Máire Nic Ghiolla Phádraig |
| Year: 2005. Title: E185,282.50 with Dr Máire Nic Ghiolla Phádraig and Dr Diane Payne) for International Social Survey Project Modules. |
Associations
| Association: International Visual Sociology Association 2000-08, Function/Role: Board Member (several terms of office) |
| Association: Sociological Association of Ireland 2000-02 , Function/Role: Board Member |
| Association: Sociological Association of Ireland 2002-03 , Function/Role: Vice-President |
| Association: Sociological Association of Ireland 2003-05, Function/Role: President |
| Association: International Social Survey Programme, Function/Role: Irish Representative |
| Association: International Visual Sociology Association, Function/Role: Associate Editor of the journal Studies | |||||||||
| Association: Sociological Association of Ireland 2005-07, Function/Role: Past-President | |||||||||
| Association: Sociological Association of Ireland 2007-09, Function/Role: Honarary Membership Secretary | |||||||||
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Conference Contributions
| Iarfhlaith Watson; (2010) Sociological Association of Ireland Annual Conference. [Oral Presentation], Sociological Association of Ireland Annual Conference, Belfast , 07-MAY-10 - 09-MAY-10. |
| Watson, I.; (2006) Meeting of the ISSP to organise its international surveys. [International Refereed Conference], International Social Survey Programme Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic , 28-APR-06 - 03-MAY-06. |
| Watson, I; (2003) Conference Organising Committee Member. [Conference Organising Committee Member], Sociological Association of Ireland, Ballyconnell , 25-APR-03 - 27-APR-03. |
| Watson, I; (2003) Conference Organising Committee Member. [Conference Organising Committee Member], Images of Social Life: exploring the new foundations of visual studies: International Visual Sociology Association annual conference, Southampton, England , 10-JUL-03 - 14-JUL-03. |
| Watson, I; (2002) Official Representations of Irishness. [Oral Presentation], Visualizing Community, State and Nation: Images of power and social bond: International Visual Sociology Association annual conference, Santorini, Greece , 10-JUL-02 - 14-JUL-02. |
| Watson, I; (2002) Conference Organising Committee Member. [Conference Organising Committee Member], Visualizing Community, State and Nation: Images of power and social bond: International Visual Sociology Assocaition annual conference, Santorini, Greece , 10-JUL-02 - 14-JUL-02. | |||||||||
| Watson, I; (2002) Conference Organising Committee Member. [Conference Organising Committee Member], Sociological Association of Ireland annual conference, Galway , 25-APR-02 - 27-APR-02. | |||||||||
| Watson, I; (2001) Conference Organising Committee Member. [Conference Organising Committee Member], Sociological Association of Ireland annual conference, Tralee , 25-NOV-01 - 27-NOV-01. | |||||||||
| Watson, I; (2000) On the Sociology of Seeing. [Oral Presentation], International Visual Sociology Association annual conference, Portland, Maine , 10-JUL-00 - 14-JUL-00. | |||||||||
| Watson, I; (2000) Irishness: visual research project. [Oral Presentation], Sociological Association of Ireland, Kilkenny , 25-APR-00 - 27-APR-00. | |||||||||
| Watson, I; (2000) Representations of Irishness. [Oral Presentation], International Visual SOciology Association annual conference, Portland, Maine , 10-JUL-00 - 14-JUL-00. | |||||||||
| Watson, I; (1999) Visual Sociology: a Research Method. [Oral Presentation], International Visual Sociology Association annual conference, Antwerp, Belgium , 10-JUL-99 - 14-JUL-99. | |||||||||
| Watson, I; (1998) Paradox of Citizenship. [Oral Presentation], Sociological Association of Ireland, Wexford , 25-APR-98 - 27-APR-98. | |||||||||
| Watson, I; (1997) Caught in a Dialectic. [Oral Presentation], Americal Sociological Association annual conference, Toronto , 10-AUG-97 - 14-AUG-97. | |||||||||
| Watson, I; (1997) TnaG in Context. [Oral Presentation], Sociological Association of Ireland annual conference, Westport , 25-APR-97 - 27-APR-97. | |||||||||
| Watson, I; (1996) TnaG as a Public Sphere. [Oral Presentation], Cultural Crossroads Conference, Tampere, Finland , 10-JUL-96 - 14-JUL-96. | |||||||||
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Committees
| Committee : Undergraduate Awards of Ireland and Northern Ireland Sociology Essay competition Panel of Judges |
| Committee : International Visual Sociology Assocation |
Education
| Year 2000 Institution: University College Dublin Qualification: PhD Subject: |
| Year 1992 Institution: University College Dublin Qualification: MSocSc Subject: |
| Year 1991 Institution: University College Dublin Qualification: BSocSc Subject: |
Other Activities
| Director of the final year BA and BSocSc, School
of Sociology, UCD, 1999-2003 |
| Visiting scholar at Institut für Soziologie, Universität Freiburg, Deutschland 01/09/2005 - 31/08/2006 |
Teaching Interests
Recent Postgraduates
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María Teresa Calvo Martín MsocSc 2011 ¿Anti-Gypsyism in the Irish Independent¿ Fidele Mutwarasibo PhD 2010 (Associate Superviser) ¿Ethnopolitical Entrepreneurs: Overcoming Isolation and Exclusion through Creative Resistance in Ireland¿ Aisling Galvin MSocSc 2010 ¿A Qualitative Analysis of the 2008 Paralympic Games¿ Rachel McEvoy MSocSc 2010 ¿Understanding Television Viewing¿ James Keating MSocSc 2008 ¿The Popularity and Audience of Big Brother¿ Ingrid Materson HDipSSR 2008 ¿Willing Slaves? Élite and Emotional Control in Modern Society¿ Orla Keane MSocSc 2007 'The Habitus of Irish Political Culture' Susan Farrell MSocSc 2007 'What Factors Influence Young Dublin Residents Propensity to Drink Drive?' Anne Owens MSocSc 2006 ¿Education, Ideology and the Processes of Change¿ Amie Hord PhD 2005 (Associate Superviser) ¿Immigration in Ireland and Italy¿ Heather Davison MSocSc 2004 ¿Media Minorities in Ireland¿ Helder Nhamaze MSocSc 2003 ¿Culture and development: A Faucaultian perspective through Third World ¿Development¿ interventions¿ Pauline O¿ Luanaigh MSocSc 2003 ¿Where do the media boundaries lie?¿ John O¿Brien MSocSc 2002 ¿Cultivating civilisation: gardens, gardening and the formation of habitus in Ireland from the Middle Ages to the present¿. For which he received a very high first and the external examiner commented that he should publish it as a book. Lisa Mangan MSocSc 2002 ¿Is Normalisation a form of control? The impact of community care on people with intellectual disabilites¿. Arnold Dylan MEconSc 2002 ¿The Irish Case of Digital Television: Market Status and Policy Challenges¿ Emily Grehan MSocSc 2001 ¿Marian Devotion in Ireland¿ Sean Dunne MSocSc 2000 ¿Guinness is _______ For You: A Critical Study of the Guinness Brand Image¿ Paili Meek MSocSc 2000 ¿I ¿Write¿ Where I ¿Can¿: A Visual Composition¿. Who received the highest 1st class honours I have seen for a thesis and won the Irish Social Science Research Council¿s prestigious postgraduate essay competition. Valerie Duffy MSocSc 1999 ¿Integration and Deaf and Hearing-Impaired Children in Mainstream National Schools: A Study of 5 Dublin Schools¿ Philomena Butler MSocSc 1998 ¿The Relationship Between the Irish Language and Irish National Identity¿ |
Current Postgraduate Students
| Emmanuel Okigbo, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) - Thesis Supervisor |
Modules Taught
| 201100 SOC20140 Sociology: Critical Media Use |
| 201100 SOC40510 Sociology: Media Audiences |
| 201100 SOC30260 Sociology: Sociology of Nations |
| 200900 SOC20090 Sociology: Sociology of Development |
