Postgraduate Course: Scottish Culture and Heritage Online: Resources and Research Methods 2 (SCET11035)
Course Outline
| School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
| Course type | Online Distance Learning |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | This course follows on from Scottish Culture and Heritage Online: Resources and Research Methods 1, further enhancing and developing students' understanding of and familiarity with the key digital resources for the study of Scotland's culture and tradition. Particular attention is paid to oral literature, performance and transmission as well as the past and present work and assumptions of collectors and researchers in the field. |
| Course description |
The course forms part of the PG Certificate (Distance Learning) in Scottish Culture and Heritage and as such is designed for students who are not on the University campus. All materials are accessible remotely, and the course takes advantage of the advances which have been made in recent years in digital resource provision in relation to the study of Scotland's culture, past and present. It builds on ideas and methodologies previously studied in Scottish Culture and Heritage Online: Resources and Research Methods 1 and introduces a more theoretically-focused approach. The following themes will be covered:
1. Theory and practice in fieldwork and recording
2. Domain and discourse in oral literature and sound archives
3. Collectors and researchers, context and interpretation
4. Collections and archive generation
5. Ethics, consolidation and conclusions
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- have an appreciation of the processes and techniques required for the digitisation of sound archives
- have a base level understanding of the theoretical foundations of the disciplines of ethnology and folklore
- have an understanding of 'the Traditional Arts' as an emerging area of policy development
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Reading List
Bennett , M. (2003) 'Hamish Scott Henderson (1919-2002)' Folk Music Journal , Vol. 8, No. 3 (2003) , pp. 405-408
Black, D. (2008) 'Alexander Carmichael: The Influence', in Domhnall Uilleam Stiùbhart (ed.), The Life and Legacy of Alexander Carmichael. Port of Ness: The Islands Book Trust
Bruford, A (1982) The Green Man of Knowledge and other Scots Traditional Tales. Aberdeen, Aberdeen University Press
Campbell, K. (2007) 'Collectors of Scots Song' in J Beech, O Hand, F MacDonald et al. Oral Literature and Performance Culture, volume 10 of Scottish Life and Society. A Compendium of Scottish Ethnology, Edinburgh: John Donald, in association with the European Ethnological Research Institute and the National Museums of Scotland
Hafstein, V. & P. J. Margry. (2014) 'What's in a Discipline?' Cultural Analysis Vol 13
Halpert, H & J. D. A. Widdowson & (2015) 'Introduction: Transcription' in Folktales of Newfoundland (RLE Folklore): The Resilience of the Oral Tradition. Routledge
Harris, J. M. (2013) 'Nineteenth-Century Highland and Island Folklore' in Dunnigan, S. & S. Gilbert (eds) The Edinburgh Companion to Traditional Literatures Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press
Macaulay, C. (2006) 'Around the Archives' Scottish Archives Volume 12
Macaulay, C. (2012) 'Dipping into the Well: Scottish Oral Tradition Online' Oral Tradition, 27/1 pp 171-186
Mackay, M. (2013) 'The First Sixty Years of the School of Scottish Studies: An Overview' in Bob Chambers (ed) The Carrying Stream Flows On: Celebrating the Diamond Jubilee of the School of Scottish Studies. Port of Ness: The Islands Book Trust Maclean, C. (2012) The Highlands. Random House
MacLeod, M. (2007) 'Collectors of Gaelic Song' in J Beech, O Hand, F MacDonald et al. Oral Literature and Performance Culture, volume 10 of Scottish Life and Society. A Compendium of Scottish Ethnology, Edinburgh: John Donald, in association with the European Ethnological Research Institute and the National Museums of Scotland
Milton, C. (2004) 'The Greig-Duncan Folk-Song Collection and the 'Voice of the People', in J. D. McClure (ed.) Doonsin Emerauds: New Scrieves Anent Scots an Gaelic Belfast: Queens University Press
Olson, I. A. (1989). 'The Greig-Duncan folk song collection: last leaves of a local culture', ROSC, review of Scottish culture: 79-85
Olson, I. A. (1986) 'The Influence of the Folk Song Society on the Greig-Duncan Folk Song Collection: Methodology' Folk Music Journal Vol. 5, No. 2 pp. 176-201
Rieuwerts, S. (1994) 'The Genuine Ballads of the People': F. J. Child and the Ballad Cause Journal of Folklore Research Vol. 31, No. 1/3, Triple Issue: Ballad Redux pp. 1-34
'Stories and Storytelling,' Tocher Volume 31
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Keywords | Scotland,Culture,Tradition,Folklore,Ethnology |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Gary West
Tel: (0131 6)50 4151
Email: Gary.West@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mr Alan Binnie
Tel: (0131 6)51 1822
Email: Alan.Binnie@ed.ac.uk |
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