PinnedMark KernanThe Miscommunication of Climate ChangeThis summer the impact of global warming on vulnerable communities has been felt across the globe-in Houston, Mumbai, Brazil & Bangladesh…4 min read·Sep 1, 2017----
PinnedMark KernaninWORLD X FUTUREClimate Breakdown: Myth and dystopia in the AnthropoceneThe sleeping ice giants of Antarctica are stirring. Will we wake up before they devour us?6 min read·Dec 13, 2017----
PinnedMark KernanThe Dead and the LivingHow the violence of both the state and non-state actors in and around South Armagh, Northern Ireland in the 1970s still resonates today31 min read·Jan 13, 2021----
Mark KernanNormal People and the Catharsis of LoveI didn’t know what to expect when I watched Normal People but it was set in rural Ireland and I grew up in rural Ireland so I thought it…10 min read·Jun 3, 2022----
Mark KernanBrexiteers, backstops, and the bloody Irish borderThe bomb went off in the early morning, about 4 or 5 am. In Coshquin, just outside Derry — about six miles away from where I grew up in…4 min read·Nov 30, 2018----
Mark KernanNothing But The Same Old StoryWhen it comes to the Irish the Daily Mail, similar to all right wing British tabloids, just can’t help itself. A recent cartoon portrayed…5 min read·Jun 29, 2017----
Mark KernanInterview with Richard Moore: The Dalai Lama’s Irish HeroRichard Moore was shot and blinded by a rubber bullet at the age of ten in Derry in 1972. His uncle was shot and killed by British…7 min read·Mar 8, 2017----
Mark KernanCambridge Analytica: Marketing for Post-Democracy?Communication techniques in politics (marketing and advertising) are becoming increasingly targeted. Online political marketing is now…10 min read·Feb 4, 2017--1--1
Mark KernanThe Unfair Narrative on Global Warming and Development: Why it must be challengedThe industries that have primarily caused, are still causing, and will continue to cause climate change, are the recipients of huge…7 min read·Jul 18, 2016----
Mark KernanDiaspora Blues? Melancholia, the Beatles, and the shade between sadness and despair“There is something so enchanting in the smile of melancholy. It is a ray of light in the darkness, a shade between sadness and despair…18 min read·May 25, 2016----