Conversations

‘Thinking Aloud, Thinking Together’ is a series of live and recorded conversations amplifying voices that have been silenced in Irish cultural life. It gives space to artists, writers and thinkers who offer radical new perspectives on existing narratives.

In the Half Light: Voices from Black Ireland

Our first conversation takes the form of a podcast series, curated by Dr Phil Mullen (Assistant Professor of Black Studies at Trinity College Dublin and a leading researcher on the historical experiences of ‘mixed-race’ people growing up in Ireland). Using the audio format, Phil has created an anonymised, open space for ‘mixed-race’ people who grew up in Irish care institutions to explore the impact of their erasure from institutional abuse history and discourse in Ireland. Through this conversation, they aim to undo that erasure, one voice at a time.   

All episodes from the first season, ‘In the Half Light: Voices from Black Ireland’ are now available to listen to below, or download wherever you get your podcasts.

Episode Six — In the Half Light – Skein Podcasts: Thinking Aloud, Thinking Together

In the sixth episode of 'In the Half Light', curator Phil Mullen speaks to three writers about their experiences of growing up mixed-race in Ireland: Marguerite Penrose (author of 'Yeah But Where Are You Really From?'), Jackie McCarthy O'Brien (author of 'We Made It, Kid') and Leon Diop (author of 'Mixed Up: An Irish Boys Journey to Belonging') 

1. Episode Six — In the Half Light 37:29
2. Episode Four – In the Half Light: Voices from Black Ireland 47:35
3. Episode Five – In the Half Light: Voices from Black Ireland 26:59
4. Episode Three – In the Half Light: Voices from Black Ireland 33:37
5. Episode Two – In the Half Light: Voices from Black Ireland 29:38

Delivered in partnership with the Museum of Literature Ireland