TY - JOUR
T1 - Ethnicizing Ulster’s Protestants?
T2 - Ulster-Scots education in Northern Ireland
AU - Gardner, Peter Robert
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - The Ulster-Scots ethnolinguistic ‘revival,’ often considered to be the ethnic, cultural or linguistic expression of unionism and loyalism, has recently made inroads into schools across Northern Ireland. With intercommunal educational segregation pervasive in the province, the teaching of such an ‘ethnic identity’ has potential sociological ramifications. Utilizing an in-depth textual analysis of the Ulster-Scots Agency’s educational materials and interviews with educationalists and political elites, I contend that although this ethnicization represents a break of sorts with traditional unionist-loyalist ideas rather than an unproblematic reinforcement of them, it holds considerable potential for the deepening of normative senses of communal difference.
AB - The Ulster-Scots ethnolinguistic ‘revival,’ often considered to be the ethnic, cultural or linguistic expression of unionism and loyalism, has recently made inroads into schools across Northern Ireland. With intercommunal educational segregation pervasive in the province, the teaching of such an ‘ethnic identity’ has potential sociological ramifications. Utilizing an in-depth textual analysis of the Ulster-Scots Agency’s educational materials and interviews with educationalists and political elites, I contend that although this ethnicization represents a break of sorts with traditional unionist-loyalist ideas rather than an unproblematic reinforcement of them, it holds considerable potential for the deepening of normative senses of communal difference.
U2 - 10.1080/1070289X.2016.1244512
DO - 10.1080/1070289X.2016.1244512
M3 - Article
SN - 1070-289X
VL - 25
SP - 397
EP - 416
JO - Identities-Global studies in culture and power
JF - Identities-Global studies in culture and power
IS - 4
ER -