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  • Connell Vaughan

    TU Dublin

    Dr Connell Vaughan is a Philosopher and a lecturer in Aesthetics and Critical Theory at the School of Art and Design at TU Dublin

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    The relationship between sports fans and sports media consistently and routinely trades on nostalgia

    Sport • 30 Apr 20
    "One obvious line of critique of this "magnificent myth" of genius is how the concept both excludes women and appropriates feminine characteristics to male artists"

    Just what is genius?

    From the Enlightenment and Nietzsche to Éamon de Valera and Donald Trump, the evolution of what we mean when we talk about genius

    Philosophy • 08 Jan 20
    "A possible location for a National Soccer Museum in Ireland could be the soon to be redeveloped Dalymount Park, the so-called "home of Irish football" and a richly historic site" Photo: Sam Barnes/ Sportsfile via Getty Images

    Is it time for Ireland to develop a national soccer museum?

    A national soccer museum could be a way to use the game to look at Ireland's politics, culture and history

    Football • 23 Jan 19
    "While philosophers have sought to clarify the nature of the judgement of beauty, many remain sceptical of our capacity to judge beauty without bias." Photo: iStock

    A philosopher's guide to beauty

    What do we mean when we say something or someone is beautiful?

    Philosophy • 18 Dec 18
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    "In the 21st century, every day is a football day"

    The replacement of any kind of off-season with a transfer season shows how all human life has filled up with football in the last 15 years

    Football • 09 Aug 18
    "Cultural cringe is where you find your country and its apparent bad taste mortifying, ugly and dated."

    The changing nature of the cultural cringe

    Many of us are no longer mortified by provincialism, guilty pleasures and bad taste

    Culture • 24 Jul 18
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    Is England's World Cup progress a dilemma for Irish fans?

    Those who find rooting for their "old enemy" distasteful may cheer for their opponents, but this dilemma doesn't apply to all football people

    Football fans • 11 Jul 18
    India's Taj Mahal is one the most iconic World Heritage Sites.

    How to make a world heritage site

    It's a route to media exposure, tourist attention and direct funding – so how exactly does somewhere become a UNESCO World Heritage Site?

    World Heritage Sites • 25 Jun 18
    The beautiful games: rugby, soccer, Gaelic football and more

    How Irish sports fans are omnivores when it comes to football

    How we consume football in all its codes shows that Irish sports fans are becoming a class of omnivores with various competing loyalties

    Sport • 31 May 18
    Artwork by Joe Caslin on the RTÉ campus as part of The Big Picture series focusing on youth mental health in Ireland

    The street theatre of Joe Caslin's art

    Joe Caslin's large-scale work in public spheres around contemporary issues can be seen as a kind of advocacy journalism

    Joe Caslin • 26 Apr 18
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