Postgraduate Course: Scottish Culture and Heritage Online: Resources and Research Methods 1 (SCET11034)
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 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. |
| 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. The following themes will be covered:
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
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2017/18, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Lecture Hours 6,
Online Activities 30,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 5,
Formative Assessment Hours 15,
Summative Assessment Hours 20,
Revision Session Hours 22,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
0 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
One reflexive learning journal report (1200 words) (50%)«br /»
One secondary literature review (1200 words) (50%) |
| Feedback |
Formative feedback is provided to individual students on contribution to discussion in webinars and blogs.
Summative feedback is provided promptly on the reflexive journal report and the secondary literature review. |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- have a well-developed familiarity with the key online ethnological resources and their provenance
- have fluency in their navigation, and a sound understanding of their inter-relationships
- have an appreciation of the processes and techniques required for the digitisation of sound archives
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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/
Bennett, M. (2013) 'The Roots of Living Tradition in Dunnigan, S. & S. Gilbert (eds) The Edinburgh Companion to Traditional Literatures Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press
Burns, T. A. (1977) 'Folkloristics: A Conception of Theory' Western Folklore , Vol. 36, No. 2 (Apr., 1977) , pp. 109-134
Campbell, J. F. (1999) 'Introduction ' The Fairy Egg and What Came out of it' in Popular Tales of the West Highlands, Vol 1 of 4. Edinburgh: Birlinn
Child, F. J. (2003). The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, Vols 1 ' 5 . Courier Dover Publications.
Fenton, S. (2013) 'Ethnology as a Subject' S. Fenton and M.McKay (eds), An Introduction to Scottish Ethnology, volume 1 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
Fenton, S. & M. Mackay. (2013) 'A History of Ethnology in Scotland' in S. Fenton and M.McKay (eds), An Introduction to Scottish Ethnology, volume 1 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
Glassie, H. (2009) 'Tradition' The Journal of American Folklore Vol. 108, No. 430, Common Ground: Keywords for the Study of Expressive Culture. pp. 395-412
Noyes, D. (2009) 'Tradition: Three Traditions' Journal of Folklore Research, Vol. 46, No. 3, pp. 233-268
West, G. (2012) Voicing Scotland: Folk, Culture, Nation. Edinburgh: Luath Press
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Scotland Online Culture Heritage Ethnology Folklore Tradition |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Gary West
Tel: (0131 6)50 4151
Email: |
Course secretary | Mr Alan Binnie
Tel: (0131 6)51 1822
Email: |
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