CULTURE, SPACE, AND REPRESENTATION A SPECIAL ISSUE OF THE IRISH JOURNAL OF ANTHROPOLOGY I J A Culture, Space, and Representation: Selected Papers from the Autumn Meetings of the Anthropological Association of Ireland, held at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth 12-13 December, 1997 edited by A. Jamie Saris and Steve Coleman Published as VOL 4 of the IRISH JOURNAL OF ANTHROPOLOGY (IJA), 1999 ISSN 1393-8592 Published by the Anthropological Association of Ireland Editorial Board: Elizabeth Tonkin, Hastings Donnan, Simon Harrison, Séamas Ó Síocháin and Gearóid Ó Crualaoich. The Journal accepts articles in English or Irish. Subscription Rates (Irish/Sterling): Individuals £10 Corporate £15 All communication, including subscriptions and papers for publication, should be sent to: Irish Journal of Anthropology c/o Department of Anthropology National University of Ireland, Maynooth Co. Kildare Ireland Tel: 01-708 3984 E-mail:
[email protected] [email protected] Contents Introduction: Culture, Space, and Representation A. Jamie Saris . 1 Paranoid Geography and the European Dispersion of Fashion Daniel Purdy . 7 Tenements in the Grooves: Sound Recordings as Social and Spatial Records Aibhlin Dillane . 27 The Politics of Space and Identity in a Europe “Without Borders”: Cosmopolitan Liberalism, Expo ‘92, and Seville Richard Maddox . 37 Touching Death: Tellurian Seduction and the Spaces of Memory in Famine Ireland Stuart McLean . 61 Big Days, Big Nights: Entertainment and Representation in a Donegal Community Lillis Ó Laoire . 73 Mapping a Discourse: Irish Gnosis and the Ordnance Survey 1824 - 1841. Stiofán Ó Cadhla . 84 Introduction: Culture, Space, and Representation A Special Edition of the Irish Journal of Anthropology These papers represent the proceedings of a conference held under the auspices of the Anthropological Association of Ireland at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth, from the 12th to the 14th of December, 1997.