Outputs (5)

Contemplating Post-Traumatic Futures: Ecology and Technological Change (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Porter, J. (2023, November). Contemplating Post-Traumatic Futures: Ecology and Technological Change. Presented at Resilience and Reconstruction Workshop at the Centre for Culture & the Mind, University of Copenhagan

Post-Traumatic Futures: Ecology and Technological Change (date tbc, event from 30 November to 1 December 2023)

Joy Porter has been invited to speak at the ‘Resilience and Reconstruction Workshop at the Centre for Culture & the Mind’, University of... Read More about Contemplating Post-Traumatic Futures: Ecology and Technological Change.

The Dangerous Myth-making in The Banshees of Inisherin (2023)
Newspaper / Magazine
Porter, J. (2023). The Dangerous Myth-making in The Banshees of Inisherin

Ireland’s history and its relationship to Great Britain and Northern Ireland is too important to forget via the portrayal within a film like The Banshees of Inisherin. After all, if we choose to forget a hard lesson learned about power and war in one... Read More about The Dangerous Myth-making in The Banshees of Inisherin.

Chief Thunderwater: An Unexpected Indian in Unexpected Places. by Gerald F. Reid (2023)
Journal Article
Porter, J. (2023). Chief Thunderwater: An Unexpected Indian in Unexpected Places. by Gerald F. Reid. Western Historical Quarterly, Article whad027. https://doi.org/10.1093/whq/whad027

Gripping, freshly unearthed research often reads like a detective story. This example of superb sleuthing is no exception. Gerald Reid has taken a second look at a figure buried under narratives from the past and gifted to readers a revealing, painst... Read More about Chief Thunderwater: An Unexpected Indian in Unexpected Places. by Gerald F. Reid.

Powerful Inversion (2023)
Newspaper / Magazine
Porter, J. (2023). Powerful Inversion

Review of
Indigenous Continent: The Epic Contest for North America
Pekka Hämäläinen
W.W. Norton 538pp £30

Fear and Weakness (2023)
Newspaper / Magazine
Porter, J. (2023). Fear and Weakness. London

Joy Porter applauds a powerful new book that emphasises Indigenous agency within the story of North American colonisation.
Indigenous Continent by Pekka Hämäläinen WW Norton, 592 pages, £30