Postgraduate Course: Folk Music Revivals (SCET11026)
Course Outline
| School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Scottish Ethnology |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | Through a series of case studies, this course examines the theory and practice of folk music revivals in Scotland in their international context. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course students should have
* The ability to engage critically with theories of cultural revivalism
* A sound empirical knowledge of the history and development of musical revivals in Scotland and relevant international comparisons
* Experience in conducting fieldwork interviews and subsequent transcription and editing processes
* An appreciation of recent and current cultural policy relating to the traditional arts in Scotland |
Assessment Information
One essay of 2000 words (50%)
One fieldwork report of 2000 words (50%) |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
1. Introduction: revival, re-creation and re-invention.
2. The history of revivalism in Scotland
3. The Celtic Twilight? Scotland and Ireland in the late 19th century
4. Kennedy-Fraser and Cultural Export
5. Politics and Protest: the American Experience
6. Hamish Henderson and ¿Gramsci in Action¿
7. Revival takes Root: Scotland, 1951
8. From drawing room to session room: the harp and clarsach
9. Lowland piping and the dynamics of revival in action
10. The Traditional Arts and Cultural Policy
11. Reflections in the Carrying Stream |
| Transferable skills |
Not entered |
| Reading list |
Many of the key resources for this course are online. The following electronic resources will be central 'texts'
www.tobarandualchais.co.uk
www.oraltradition.org
http://www.siefhome.org/
www.scran.ac.uk
http://www.afsnet.org/
http://www.unesco.org/culture/ich/
Commercial LP and CD Collection
The Scottish Studies Library and School of Scottish Studies Archives hold extensive collections of commercial releases dating from the 1950s to the present day which serve as an excellent resource for this course
Key electronic journals:
Bealoideas http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=bealoideas
Ethnomusicology http://www.jstor.org/page/journal/ethnomusicology/about.html
Folklore http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=folklore
Folk Music Journal http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=folkmusij
Journal of American Folklore http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/jaf/
Journal of Folklore Research http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=jfolkrese&
International Journal of Intangible Heritage http://www.ijih.org/mainMgr.ijih?cmd=mainPageView
Key Texts
Beech, J et al (eds) Oral Literature and Performance Culture. Scottish Life and Society series, Vol 10, Tuckewell Press, 2007.
Ben-Amos, D. ¿The seven strands of tradition: varieties in its meaning in American Folklore Studies¿ Journal of Folklore Research 21 1984, 91-131.
Dickson, J. (ed) The Highland Bagpipe: Music, History, Tradition, Ashgate, 2009.
Dickson, J. When Piping Was Strong: Tradition, Change and the Bagpipe in South Uist, Edinburgh, 2006.
Finlay, A.(ed) The Armstrong Nose: Selected Letters of Hamish Henderson, Edinburgh, 1996.
Geertz, C. The Interpretation of Cultures, New York, 2000.
Goertzen, C. Fiddling for Norway: Revival and Identity, Chicago, 1997.
Henderson, H. Alias MacAlias: Writings on Songs, Folk and Literature, Edinburgh, 1992.
Livingstone, T. ¿Music Revivals ' toward a general theory', Ethnomusicology 43/1 1999, 66-85.
Munro, A and MacLeod, M. The Democratic Muse: Folk Music Revival in Scotland, Edinburgh, 1996.
Neat, T. Hamish Henderson: a Biography, Two Volumes, Edinburgh, Polygon, 2007-09.
Rosenberg, N. Transforming Tradition: Folk Music Revivals Examined, Chicago, 1993.
West, G. 'Lands and lyrics: the dynamics of music and song in rural society' Review of Scottish Culture 15, 2003, 57-66.
West, G. Voicing Scotland: Folk, Culture, Nation, Luath Press, Edinburgh, 2012. |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Not entered |
| Keywords | FMR |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Gary West
Tel: (0131 6)50 4151
Email: Gary.West@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Christine Lennie
Tel: (0131 6)50 4167
Email: christine.lennie@ed.ac.uk |
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