Negotiating the 'native self' and the 'professional self': ethnochoreological and ethnomusicological challenges in the field'

Abstract

Up until the 1980s, dance in Ireland existed as an important human activity, engaged in for various reasons: socialization, entertainment, competition, performance, tourism, ceremonial occasions, and so on. It was not, however, researched and examined on a par with other fields of study within the social sciences.