ABSTRACT

The West of Ireland ‘Galway hooker’ holds iconic status in the region’s maritime heritage and identity. In this paper we explore its significance from the perspective of bádóirí (boatmen or hooker sailors) and saortha báid (boat wrights) in southwest Conamara, whose lives and family histories revolve around this traditional wooden sailing craft. Selections from thirty-three interviews reveal emotions and meaningful experiences resonating through family biographies: stories of sacrifice, loss, obligation, love, reverence and excitement. We also trace how the hooker characterizes a tangible culture, animating a distinct local, embodied knowledge and sense of place. No longer premised upon economic livelihood, but primarily practiced as a leisure and heritage activity, the hooker and its material culture confer an ontologically sensed continuity of connection to place and culture over time. Here we provide insights to the centrality of the hooker for coastal communities and its sedimented, intergenerational emotional and cultural connections.

摘要

爱尔兰西部的“高威妓女”在该地区的海洋遗产和身份中具有标志性地位。在本文中，我们从探讨的角度来看其意义bádóirí（船工或妓女水手）和saorthabáid（船上的船夫）在西南科纳马拉（Conamara），他的生活和家庭历史围绕着这种传统的木制帆船航行。从33个访谈中选择的内容揭示了通过家庭传记引起的情感和有意义的经历：关于牺牲，损失，义务，爱，崇敬和激动的故事。我们还跟踪了妓女如何表征有形文化，赋予独特的本地化，体现的知识和位置感。妓女及其物质文化不再以经济生活为前提，而是主要作为休闲和文化遗产活动而进行的，它赋予了本体论意义上的与地方和文化的联系随时间的连续性。在这里，我们提供了有关妓女在沿海社区的中心地位及其沉淀，代际情感和文化联系的见解。