Issues in Cultural Politics: North America (U00169)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 10 ? Acronym : LLC-3-U00169

The course has as its main focus two areas of North America, Appalachia and Nova Scotia, which experienced significant settlement by Scottish emigrants in the 18th and 19th century, and where the construction of identity/identities by insiders and outsiders, past and present, relates in large measure to this background. Material from other areas will be included for comparison and contrast. Through a combination of empirical data, provided by case-studies and archive holdings, and theoretical contextualisation, issues relating to language, oral and material culture and their role in insider/outsider perceptions and centre/periphery debates will be explored in ways which are widely applicable in contemporary society world-wide.

Entry Requirements

? Pre-requisites : A pass at Scottish Ethnology 2 is normally required.

? Costs : None.

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Scottish Ethnology, (School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures, Schedule G)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 3rd year

? Delivery Period : Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks

First Class Information

Date	Start	End	Room	Area	Additional Information
14/09/2007	11:00	12:00	Room 1.09, 27-29 George Square	Central	Conference Room

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Thursday	09:00	10:50	Central

? Additional Class Information : Conference Room, 27 George Square.

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

The Intended Learning Outcomes of this course are the development of a well-grounded understanding of the ways in which identities have been and are created and used in two areas of Scottish settlement in North America, and the honing of critical approaches to a subject which in the context of globalisation and diaspora studies has a contemporary relevance for ethnologists and others. Students will become acquainted with a range of primary and secondary resources for the study of this topic in the School of Scottish Studies Archives and associated library holdings as well as web-based data and discover other relevant applications of the theoretical approaches used.