Journal Articles (Peer-Reviewed)

Maddrell, A, Scriven R(2016) Celtic pilgrimage, past and present: from historical geography to contemporary embodied practices, Social & Cultural Geography.

Scriven, R (2014) ‘Geographies of Pilgrimage: Meaningful movements and embodied mobilities’, Geography Compass, 8(4), pp.249–261.

Scriven, R (2012) ‘Reviewing Development Education: A Discourse Analysis of Non-Curricular Development Education Resources in Ireland’, Policy & Practice: A Development Education Review, 15, Autumn 2012, pp. 49-64. 

Book Chapters

Scriven, R (2018) ‘”I renounce the World, the Flesh and the Devil”: pilgrimage, transformation, and liminality at St Patrick’s Purgatory, Ireland’ in: Bartolini, N, MacKian, S, Pile, S. (eds.) Spaces of Spirituality. Routledge, Oxon: goo.gl/RYzNkg

Scriven, R (Forthcoming) ‘Well-being: holy wells as serene therapeutic spaces’, in Lordan, S. & Ray, C. (eds.) An Tobar: Holy Wells & Sacred Springs, Routledge.

Scriven, R., and O’Connor, R., (forthcoming) ‘The social, economic and cultural impacts of railways in coastal Ireland’, in Devoy, R., Cummins, V. & Brunt B. (eds.) Shorelines: the coastal atlas of Ireland, Cork University Press.

Other Journals

Scriven, R (2013) ‘Video methodologies and engaging with mobilities‘, Chimera, 26. (PDF)

Review

Scriven, R. (2016) ‘Troubled Geographies: A Spatial History of Religion and Society in Ireland by Ian N. Gregory et al. (review)’. Journal of Interdisciplinary History, 46(3), pp.441–443.

Book

Nugent, L., Scriven, R (2015) Wells,Graves & Statues: Exploring the heritage & culture of pilgrimage in medieval & modern Cork city, Cork. Available through Amazon

Other Publications

Scriven, R (2014) Reflecting on the pilgrim path: routes, landscapes and performing bodies, Paper 64, Proceedings of the 46th Conference of Irish Geograpphy, CIG 2014, University College Dublin, 6-10th May 2014

Text Book

Scriven, R, Carroll, B, (2016) FE3825 Credit Unions & Society, Centre for Co-operative Studies, UCC, Cork.

Conference Papers

Scriven, R (2016) ‘Journeying with the Public – Research Impact and Public Engagement’, paper presented at the RGS-IBG Annual International Conference, London, 31 Aug – 2 Sept

Scriven, R (2016) ‘Performing Beliefs: pilgrimages as journeys of religious identity formation and articulation’, paper presented at the Conference of Irish Geographers, Dublin, 5-7 May

Scriven, R (2015) ‘Body, Spirit, Blessing: affective and emotional encounters at the Irish holy well‘, Interdisciplinary Conference on Emotional Geographies, Edinburgh, 10-12 June

Scriven, R (2014) ‘Prayers, Waves, Reverberations: An audio engagement with phenomenal pilgrimage‘, paper presented at the RGS-IBG Annual International Conference, London, 27-29 Aug

Scriven, R (2014) ‘‘Ireland’s Holy Mountain’: symbiosis, co-existence and tensions on Croagh Patrick‘, paper presented at the RGS-IBG Annual International Conference, London, 27-29 Aug

Scriven, R (2014) ‘The Emergence of Pilgrimage: People, place and practices in contemporary Irish Pilgrimage’, paper presented at the Assessing Pilgrimage Studies Today Interdisciplinary Symposium, University of York, 5-6 July

Scriven, R (2014) ‘Journeys through/with/of sound: using audio in explorations of the embodied, experiential and immediate aspects of pilgrimage’, paper presented at the RGS-IBG Postgraduate Forum Mid-Term Conference, Loughborough University, 14-15 April

Scriven, R (2014) ‘The Emergence of Liminality: Pilgrims, place and practices at Lough Derg, Ireland’, paper presented at the annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Tampa, FL, 9-12 April.

Scriven, R (2013) ‘Weaving Paths: Movement, landscapes, and corporeal encounters‘, paper presented at the RGS-IBG Annual International Conference, London, 28-30 Aug

Scriven, R (2013) ‘Spaces of encounters and experience: embodiment and emplacement at Irish holy wells‘, paper presented at the Fourth International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Emotional Geographies, Groningen, The Netherlands, 1-3 July

Scriven, R (2013) ‘Flesh, Stone, Water: intersections of bodies, spaces and immateriality at the Irish holy well’, paper presented at the Conference of Irish Geographers 2013, Galway, 16-18 May

Scriven, R (2013) ‘Mobile Methodologies and Methodologies of Mobility: engaging with practices in place and out-of-place’, paper presented at the RGS-IBG Postgraduate Mid Term Conference 2013, Birmingham, 25-26 March

Scriven, R (2012) ‘Engaging Performances in Place: Studying pilgrimage practices’, paper presented at the College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences Annual Postgraduate Conference, Cork, 10 Nov 

Scriven, R (2012) ‘Pilgrimage as embodied mobility: approaches and methods’, paper presented at the RGS-IBG Annual International Conference, Edinburgh,3-5 July

Scriven, R (2012) ‘Embodied mobilities of pilgrims in Ireland‘, poster presented at Conference of Irish Geographers 2012, Dublin, 25-27 May

Scriven, R (2012) ‘Pilgrimage Practices: The embodied mobilities of pilgrims and the nonrepresentational’, paper presented at the RGS-IBG Postgraduate Mid Term Conference 2012, Nottingham, 20-22 April

Scriven, R (2012) ‘Encouraging a Participatory Learning Environment through engaging activities and the use of the classroom space’, paper presented at the Learning to Teach in Higher Education Postgraduate Symposium, Cork, 23 February

Scriven,, R (2008) ‘St Patrick and Moses: Encounters with Burning Bushes’, paper presented at the Insular Studies Seminar, Glenstal Abbey, Limerick, 12-13 April

Workshops Organised

‘Innovative Methodologies Workshop’ organised with Emma Spence (as Postgraduate Reps of SCGRG), and with Dr Rob Smith (Cardiff University), at RGS-IBG Postgraduate Forum Mid-Term Conference, Loughborough University, April 2014.

Postgraduate Forum Annual Conference Training Symposium 2013 (PGF-ACTS), RGS-IBG Annual International Conference, London, 27th Aug

Conference Sessions Organised

‘Students and supervisors: debating the nature of doctoral supervision’ at the RGS-IBG Annual International Conference, London, 28th Aug (co-organised with Jennifer Hill, University of the West of England), sponsored by the Higher Education Research Group and Postgraduate Forum.

‘Postgraduate Snapshots: Engagements in Social and Cultural Geography’  at the RGS-IBG Annual International Conference, London, 28th Aug (co-organised with Emma Spence, Cardiff University), sponsored by the Postgraduate Forum and the Social and Cultural Geography Research Group.

‘Co-production and Postgraduate Research: Presentation and Discussion Session’ at the RGS-IBG Annual International Conference, London, 27th Aug, sponsored by the Postgraduate Forum.

‘Co-production and Postgraduate Research: Poster Session’ at the RGS-IBG Annual International Conference, London, 27th Aug, sponsored by the Postgraduate Forum.

‘Sacred Space, Pilgrimage, and Tourism’  at the RGS-IBG Annual International Conference, London, 27th Aug (co-organised with Jacky Tivers, St John’s College, Nottingham and Jan Mosedale, University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland), sponsored by the Geography of Leisure and Tourism Research Group.

‘Enlivening and Locating Landscapes’ at the Conference of Irish Geographers, University College Dublin, 9th May 2014.

‘Routes and Rootedness in sacred landscapes’ at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Tampa, FL, 9th April 2014 (co-organised with David Butler, University College Cork) sponsored by the Geography of Religions and Belief Systems Speciality Group.

Membership: 

Geographical Society of Ireland

Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, with the Institute of British Geographers (RGS-IBG)

Positions and Roles:

RGS-IBG Social and Cultural Geography Research Group Committee Member 2014/17 (Dissertation Prize Co-ordinator)

AAG Geography of Religions and Belief Systems Specialty Group 2014/15 (Board Member)

RGS-IBG Postgraduate Forum (PGF) Committee Member 2013/14 (Annual Conference Sessions Co-ordinator)

RGS-IBG Social and Cultural Geography Research Group Committee Member 2013/14 (Postgraduate Representative)

Geographical Society of Ireland Committee 2012/14 (Postgraduate Representative)

Co-ordinating Editor 2012/13, Chimera 26, (UCC’s Geographical Journal)

RGS-IBG Postgraduate Forum (PGF) Committee Member 2012/13 (PGF-ACTS Co-ordinator)

Health & Safety Committee, Department of Geography, UCC (Postgraduate Rep) 2011/15