Postgraduate Course: Scottish Culture and Heritage Online: Resources and Research Methods (Online) (SCET11033)
Course Outline
| School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
| Course type | Online Distance Learning |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course introduces the core online and electronic resources for the study of the culture and heritage of Scotland, and the key tools for their interpretation and analysis. Students are introduced to the cross-disciplinary context of folklore and ethnology, and the key methodologies for research and study within these disciplines. 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 |
1. Introduction to Core Online Empirical Resources - Tobar an Dualchais; Carmichael Watson; Calum MacLean, School of Scottish Studies Archives; Centre for Oral Tradition;
2. Defining the Traditional Arts - Scotland and Beyond
3. Mixed Media - Orality, Narrative and Song
4. Ethnological Genres - Introduction to Folkloristics
5. Collections and Collectors: the Dynamics of Archive Generation
6. Introduction to research methods and primary and secondary sources
7. Theory and practice in fieldwork and recording
8. Domain and discourse in oral literature and sound archives
9. Collectors and researchers, context and interpretation
10. Collections and archive generation
11. Ethics, consolidation and conclusions
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course students should have
* a well-developed familiarity with the key online ethnological resources and their provenance
* fluency in their navigation, and a sound understanding of their inter-relationships
* an appreciation of the processes and techniques required for the digitisation of sound archives
* a base level understanding of the theoretical foundations of the disciplines of ethnology and folklore
* an understanding of 'the Traditional Arts' as an emerging area of policy development
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Reading List
Key electronic resources:
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)
Key texts
A Fenton and M Mackay (eds) An Introduction to Scottish Ethnology. Scottish Life and Society Series, Vol 1. John Donald and European Ethnological Research Centre, 2013. Available as e-book.
J Beech et al (eds) Oral Literature and Performance Culture. Scottish Life and Society Series, Vol 10. John Donald and European Ethnological Research Centre, 2013.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
* Confidence in handling online resources
* Ability to synthesise large bodies of ethnographic data
* Critical self-reflection in learning
* Written and oral communication skills
* Time management skills |
| Keywords | RaRM |
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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