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DRPS : Course Catalogue : School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures : Scottish Ethnology

Postgraduate Course: The Traditional Arts in Scotland: History and Context (Online) (SCET11031)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Literatures, Languages and Cultures CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate)
Course typeOnline Distance Learning AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits10 ECTS Credits5
SummaryThis course provides an historical and contextual foundation for an appreciation and understanding of the transmission and performance of song and storytelling within Scotland.
Course description 1. The Dynamics of Historical Change
2. The Dynamics of Continuity
3. Narratives of Dislocation (clearance, migration, urbanization)
4. Inter-generational Transmission in a Literary Culture
5. Intellectual Threads and the Power of Locality
Reflections, Consolidations and Conclusions
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2016/17, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Quota:  None
Course Start Semester 1
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 100 ( Seminar/Tutorial Hours 11, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 87 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 80 %, Practical Exam 20 %
Additional Information (Assessment) One audio transcription exercise (40%)
One critical evaluation of a key archived performance text (40%)
One 10 minute oral presentation (via Learn Collaborate) (20%)
Feedback Not entered
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course students should have
* An understanding of change and continuity as a single paradigm
* A firm grasp of key social and political patterns in relation to Scotland's cultural history
* A familiarity with the main theoretical positions relating to the orality/literary interface
* The ability to place the verbal arts in Scotland within their historical and diachronic context
Reading List
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/

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

Review of Scottish Culture (copyright held by University of Edinburgh, not yet available digitally, and selected articles to be scanned and made available)

Scottish Studies (not yet available digitally but copyright owned by University of Edinburgh, and selected articles to be scanned and made available)
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills * Oral and written communication
* Listening and evaluation skills
* Archive-centred search and retrieval skills
* Planning and time management
KeywordsTTAiS
Contacts
Course organiserProf Gary West
Tel: (0131 6)50 4151
Email: Gary.West@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMr Alan Binnie
Tel: (0131 6)51 1822
Email: Alan.Binnie@ed.ac.uk
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