Whalers, Witches and Gauchos

Whalers, Witches and Gauchos explores narratives of displacement, the way we navigate between countries and cultures, and how where we come from makes us who we are. Using her Basque ancestors as a point of reference - these same whalers, witches and gauchos who travelled to the other side of the world or were persecuted - Irigaray conjures up her memories of living in the Basque Country, France, Ireland, Italy and the UK.

This pamphlet depicts what it is to migrate between places and languages seeking homes that can both sustain us and allow us to grow. Irigaray's experiences abroad aroused her interest in languages, identity and multicultural backgrounds, recurrent themes in her work. She is intrigued by the morphing of one's identity as a foreigner, the feeling of homesickness

and the rejection of either the native or adopted country. She is especially interested in this phenomenon in relation to writers and finding

the evidence of this influence in their work.