With some Bluesky duties done, I now return to the deadline cave, the once and future poster
Rhys Kaminski-Jones
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Celtic Revivals and Imperial Cultures. Research Fellow at University of Wales (CAWCS) on C18th/19th travel in Wales, Scotland, and India. Cymrawd Oddi Cartref Book: 'Welsh Revivalism in Imperial Britain' (2025), Francis Jones Prize Winner He/They/Fo/Nhw
![2) ‘The relationship between language and land is real... Languages grow in place, shaped by geography, labour, memory, and movement. The difficulty is not the connection itself, but what happens when that connection is aestheticised, stripped of social life, and returned as mood. Something you can step into briefly, without having to stay.’ [Llinos Anwyl (2026)]
Using this quotation, critically examine how at least two Revivalist authors/movements portrayed the relationship between Celtic landscapes, Celtic-speaking cultures, and Celtic revivalism.
3) ‘Yeah, my mother was reading the Mabinogion, the Welsh mythological epic, when I was born…and decided to name me Rhiannon. That definitely got me interested in sort of Celtic culture and stuff, but, you know, that whole idea of, "Is it my culture?" It gets asked of me in a way that white people who do blues don't get asked.’ [Rhiannon Giddens (2016)]
Using this quotation, critically examine how at least two Revivalist authors/movements have dealt with questions of authenticity, appropriation, and exclusivity with respect to Celtic cultural and/or ethnic identities.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lp27scbhcz4sl5eidxkq2l7f/bafkreihh6tzvmetsn3ycrpi2ymrkczuc3tpcjkqtqbznszef7c4opap67i)
