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Louise Kelleher

Louise Kelleher is Communications Officer for ARC2020. She is also a freelance translator, editor, writer and storyteller, and wrote her MA thesis on postcolonialism in translation (Dublin City University 2006). An Irish emigrant in rural Bohemia, Louise is interested in re-establishing connections with food and nature. She loves helping farmers tell their stories via the Letters From The Farm series and is part of ARC2020's new project to build rural resilience in France.

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Denmark | Re-Scaling the Rural

By Louise Kelleher, ARC2020

Therefore, in addressing contemporary dilemmas, we must understand that academia, rural sociologists, architects, policymakers – and anyone who enjoys the privilege of speaking on behalf of ‘others’ – should make every effort to involve those who really struggle on the ground: the artists, the small-scale farmers, the young students, and the minorities who live precariously in rural territories.

  • June 23, 2022
Shepherdess in Bohemia

Letter From The Farm | A Swiss Shepherdess In Bohemia

By Louise Kelleher, ARC2020

It’s a source of satisfaction to Jacqueline that she and her family are very much present in the fields around the village where they live. One reason she wanted to become a farmer was to see animals in the pastures.

  • January 25, 2022
cheese

Rural Resilience – All In Good Time

By Louise Kelleher, ARC2020

In the words of Mathieu Hamon, another associate of La Ferme des 7 Chemins, if we are to tackle urgent issues: “We have to move fast but not too fast”. We can build rural resilience together, one act of unsung activism at a time.

  • October 14, 2021
Pheasant's eye

Freedom, Forgotten Places And The Future Of Farming

By Louise Kelleher, ARC2020

The golden rule of agriculture is the land is borrowed from our kids. Farming can help to prepare for climate change, as well as feeding the population. But the merits of agriculture are often forgotten.

  • August 25, 2021
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