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Accepting PhD Students
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Cultural and Social Representation of Scotland including Practice Based study Rural and Remote Rural Communities (Northern Europe/Atlantic) Small Island Communities and Place Cultural Work and Creative Economies - art, craft, food, drink, and media Sustainability, Resilience and Rural Place Narratives
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Dr Kathryn A. Burnett is Senior Lecturer in the Division of Arts and Media, University of the West of Scotland teaching across inter-disciplinary undergraduate and Masters programmes in Creative Arts Practice, Music and Media. With a background in social anthropology, sociology and cultural studies, Kathryn’s research interests include the mediatization and representation of remote and island spaces; identity, ecologies and place narratives of Scotland’s rural communities, coasts and islands; cultural work, precarity and creative enterprise; Scottish cultural heritage and arts contexts including Gaelic and Scots for applied creative practice; sustainable communities, resilience, development, entrepreneurship, cultural policy and the commons in small island, remote, peripheral and rural contexts. Kathryn is Co-Director of the Scottish Centre for Island Studies an interdisciplinary and international network for island studies and islandness with particular reference to Scotland's cultural, social and economic policy contexts and potential. Contact: kathryn.burnett@uws.ac.uk
Key current research focus includes:
To engage further with an island studies and remote rural research focus within Scotland as a collaborative, co-produced and community engaged activity. In addition, I wish to undertake inter-disciplinary research collaboration with Scottish based HEIs, local authority agencies and SMEs as well as with international education providers and partners with interests in remote and rural cultures, island studies and critiques of Scottish identity, community and its mediatization.
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
External Examiner, University of Stirling
1 Jun 2015 → Jun 2018
External Examiner, Sheffield Hallam University
1 Sep 2010 → 1 Oct 2014
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to conference › Presentation › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to conference › Presentation › peer-review
Burnett, Kathryn A. (Recipient) & Danson, M. (Recipient), Nov 2013
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Burnett, Kathryn A. (Recipient) & Danson, M. (Recipient), Nov 2014
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Kathryn A. Burnett (Member)
Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Membership of external research organisation
Kathryn A. Burnett (Member)
Activity: Membership › Membership of network
Kathryn A. Burnett (Speaker)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference