Fieldnotes from Celtic Palestine

Fieldnotes from Celtic Palestine�embodies a new type of sociological�writing that weaves ethnography with memoir as well as fusing other�convention-breaking literary forms, styles and devices. In its innovative�analysis of the rhetorical power of the creative works of four Celtic�witnesses to the conflict in Palestine, three Irish and one Welsh, it�explores how the creative practitioner may effectively engage in�political persuasion and activism without compromising their art. The�book also reflects upon a series of encounters in the field between the�author and various individuals - political prisoners, diplomats,�members of terrorist organisations, members of the security services,�journalists and politicians, and also ordinary people making their lives�in a society profoundly shaped by brutal ethno-political occupation and�conflict. Amongst these encounters is that of being served tea by the�daughter of a Hamas suicide bomber, and that of being taken to Jewish�settlements regarded as illegal under international law.