An Irish interpretivist researcher moves to the US to explore an evidence-based research facility.
This thesis is going to be one hell of a boundary object!
Yes I have. And to make matters worse, I was out with a drunken compatriot. And we were in an Irish bar.
In our defense, we did spend much of the evening speaking to each other as Gaeilge, so no-one in the bar realised that we were Irish. They all thought we were from France or Australia or somewhere else that talks funny.
Oh dear. Been reinforcing national stereotypes again have we?
ReplyDeleteYes I have. And to make matters worse, I was out with a drunken compatriot. And we were in an Irish bar.
ReplyDeleteIn our defense, we did spend much of the evening speaking to each other as Gaeilge, so no-one in the bar realised that we were Irish. They all thought we were from France or Australia or somewhere else that talks funny.