Sustainability is a key word in the environmental vocabulary informing how research projects in the social sciences are framed. This book provides a systematic and critical review of the key research methods used when studying sustainable strategies and outcomes. It is divided into four areas:

Local Lives and Conflict: Towards a Methodology of Dialogic Research

Local Lives and Conflict: Towards a Methodology of Dialogic Research

Local lives and conflict: towards a methodology of dialogic research
Mark Garavan

On the coast of North Mayo, if you undertake the short walk from the quay at Portacloy to the headland overlooking the Stacks of Broadhaven, you will walk across some of the following placenames: Tóin a'Choire (the bottom of the cauldron), Poillín a Mhúin (the small urine hole), Teachaín a'tSalainn (the little salt house, where sea water was boiled to extract the salt). Nearby, on the cliffs, are other intriguing placenames such as Strapa Tabac (the ledge of the tobacco), Fothair na luchóige (precipice of the mice), Fothair a'Bhoic (precipice of the playboy). The earthy and spiritual imaginations of the communities who gave these ...

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