Audio interview with Lisa Smyth, Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Queen’s University Belfast, by Laurie Taylor for BBC Radio 4 Thinking Allowed on 3 July 2013. On 12 May the Sociological Review published an article by Lisa Smyth and Martina McKnight entitled ‘Maternal Situations: sectarianism and civility in a divided city’. In this interview Smyth discusses the contents of the article with particular focus on women’s experiences of interface areas in Belfast. Thinking Allowed is a weekly social science research programme on BBC Radio 4.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 3 July 2013
Name of First Interviewee: Lisa Smyth
Role at time of Interview: Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Queen’s University Belfast
Interviewer: Laurie Taylor
Purpose: Research, Academic
Media: Audio
Copyright: BBC © 2013
Link: Listen to the interview
Programme/Book/Article: BBC Radio 4 Thinking Allowed
Time Period covered: 2013
Key Individuals: Lisa Smyth
Key Words: Belfast, class, gender, community relations, urban space, family, religion