{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"An Bata Sc\u00f3ir and Its International Reach","description":" Episode&amp;nbsp;5&amp;nbsp;\u2013&amp;nbsp;An&amp;nbsp;Bata&amp;nbsp;Sc\u00f3ir&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;its&amp;nbsp;International&amp;nbsp;Reach  In&amp;nbsp;this&amp;nbsp;powerful&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;reflective&amp;nbsp;episode&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;Undercover&amp;nbsp;Irish,&amp;nbsp;we&amp;nbsp;dive&amp;nbsp;into&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;brutal&amp;nbsp;colonial&amp;nbsp;legacy&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;language&amp;nbsp;suppression,&amp;nbsp;beginning&amp;nbsp;with&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;story&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;An&amp;nbsp;Bata&amp;nbsp;Sc\u00f3ir&amp;nbsp;\u2014&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;notched&amp;nbsp;tally&amp;nbsp;stick&amp;nbsp;used&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;punish&amp;nbsp;Irish&amp;nbsp;children&amp;nbsp;for&amp;nbsp;speaking&amp;nbsp;their&amp;nbsp;native&amp;nbsp;tongue.&amp;nbsp;More&amp;nbsp;than&amp;nbsp;a&amp;nbsp;tool&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;discipline,&amp;nbsp;An&amp;nbsp;Bata&amp;nbsp;Sc\u00f3ir&amp;nbsp;represents&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;systemic&amp;nbsp;violence&amp;nbsp;inflicted&amp;nbsp;by&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;British&amp;nbsp;Empire&amp;nbsp;in&amp;nbsp;its&amp;nbsp;efforts&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;erase&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;Irish&amp;nbsp;language&amp;nbsp;as&amp;nbsp;part&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;its&amp;nbsp;wider&amp;nbsp;colonisation&amp;nbsp;strategy.  But&amp;nbsp;Ireland&amp;nbsp;wasn\u2019t&amp;nbsp;alone.&amp;nbsp;This&amp;nbsp;episode&amp;nbsp;explores&amp;nbsp;how&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;island&amp;nbsp;served&amp;nbsp;as&amp;nbsp;a&amp;nbsp;testing&amp;nbsp;ground&amp;nbsp;for&amp;nbsp;linguistic&amp;nbsp;oppression&amp;nbsp;\u2014&amp;nbsp;experiments&amp;nbsp;that&amp;nbsp;would&amp;nbsp;later&amp;nbsp;echo&amp;nbsp;across&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;empire,&amp;nbsp;from&amp;nbsp;Wales&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;Africa&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;Aotearoa&amp;nbsp;(New&amp;nbsp;Zealand).  We&amp;nbsp;mark&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;passing&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;Ng\u0169g\u0129&amp;nbsp;wa&amp;nbsp;Thiong\u2019o,&amp;nbsp;a&amp;nbsp;literary&amp;nbsp;giant&amp;nbsp;who,&amp;nbsp;like&amp;nbsp;Bobby&amp;nbsp;Sands&amp;nbsp;MP,&amp;nbsp;used&amp;nbsp;his&amp;nbsp;native&amp;nbsp;language&amp;nbsp;as&amp;nbsp;a&amp;nbsp;form&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;resistance&amp;nbsp;behind&amp;nbsp;prison&amp;nbsp;walls.&amp;nbsp;We&amp;nbsp;draw&amp;nbsp;connections&amp;nbsp;between&amp;nbsp;their&amp;nbsp;acts&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;defiance&amp;nbsp;\u2014&amp;nbsp;between&amp;nbsp;Kikuyu&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;Gaeilge&amp;nbsp;\u2014&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;universal&amp;nbsp;power&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;indigenous&amp;nbsp;language&amp;nbsp;as&amp;nbsp;both&amp;nbsp;identity&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;insurrection. Further&amp;nbsp;Reading&amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;&amp;nbsp;Resources:  \ud83d\udcf0&amp;nbsp;&quot;Oidhreacht&amp;nbsp;Shaibhir&amp;nbsp;F\u00e1gtha&quot;&amp;nbsp;by&amp;nbsp;R\u00f3is\u00edn&amp;nbsp;Nic&amp;nbsp;Liam&amp;nbsp;\u2013&amp;nbsp;DEARG  &amp;nbsp;A&amp;nbsp;tribute&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;Ng\u0169g\u0129&amp;nbsp;wa&amp;nbsp;Thiong\u2019o&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;enduring&amp;nbsp;legacy&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;language&amp;nbsp;activism. \ud83d\udcf0&amp;nbsp;&quot;Irish&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;Kikuyu&amp;nbsp;\u2013&amp;nbsp;Colonialism&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;Resistance&quot;&amp;nbsp;by&amp;nbsp;Luke&amp;nbsp;Callinan&amp;nbsp;\u2013&amp;nbsp;An&amp;nbsp;Phoblacht  &amp;nbsp;A&amp;nbsp;thought-provoking&amp;nbsp;article&amp;nbsp;on&amp;nbsp;shared&amp;nbsp;experiences&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;colonial&amp;nbsp;linguistic&amp;nbsp;suppression&amp;nbsp;in&amp;nbsp;Ireland&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;Kenya.  \ud83d\udcda&amp;nbsp;&quot;Language,&amp;nbsp;Resistance&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;Revival:&amp;nbsp;Republican&amp;nbsp;Prisoners&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;Irish&amp;nbsp;Language&amp;nbsp;in&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;North&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;Ireland&quot;&amp;nbsp;by&amp;nbsp;Feargal&amp;nbsp;Mac&amp;nbsp;Ionnrachtaigh  &amp;nbsp;An&amp;nbsp;essential&amp;nbsp;study&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;how&amp;nbsp;Gaeilge&amp;nbsp;became&amp;nbsp;a&amp;nbsp;language&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;resistance&amp;nbsp;in&amp;nbsp;Northern&amp;nbsp;prisons. &amp;nbsp;\ud83d\udd17&amp;nbsp;Buy&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;book&amp;nbsp;here&amp;nbsp;from&amp;nbsp;Pluto&amp;nbsp;Press   Subscribe,&amp;nbsp;share,&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;leave&amp;nbsp;a&amp;nbsp;review&amp;nbsp;if&amp;nbsp;this&amp;nbsp;episode&amp;nbsp;resonated&amp;nbsp;with&amp;nbsp;you. 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