Island Cultural Archives: Building research potential of community owned cultural resources: knowledge transfer opportunities for South Uist, Benbecula and Eriskay

Burnett, Kathryn (PI)

Project: Research

Short title	Island Cultural Archives
Status	Finished
Effective start/end date	6/06/07 → 5/06/08

Funding

Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC): £16,355.00

Keywords

island culture
oral tradition
archives
museums
narrative
creative practice
documentary
visual culture
Hebrides
community assets

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For further information go to the linked Island Cultural Archives page. This site is dedicated to the AHRC funded research project on Island Cultural Archives. The principal investigator was Dr Kathryn A Burnett, University of the West of Scotland. This small scale research project consistsed of a series of workshop events held in the Outer Hebrides and associated field research relating to archival resource synergies emerging in the communities of Benbecula, South Uist, and Eriskay. The workshop themes were Oral Tradition, Deserted Settlement and Visual Legacy. Invitations were extended to local heritage and history professionals and organisations, as well as a small number of academic partners with links to the island communities named. It was hoped that each workshop event would facilitate discussion and knowledge exchange by interested parties specifically serving the archive resources relating to cultural heritage of the communities of Benbecula, South Uist, and Eriskay. This was to be the case. The workshops took place in August and September 2007 and in each of the three workshop symposia style events, lively and stimulating discussion took place following a series of informal presentations and more interactive hands-on opportunities engaging with museum and archive resources. Details of these events can be found by clicking on the workshop theme pages links above. Further details will be added as the analysis of the events is written up and disseminated here. A key objective of the project was to undertake informal discussion around a set of thematic concerns relating to island heritage and the specific potential for knowledge exchange and partnership in relation to the documentary and visual archives of the area. This has been achieved. The second goal of providing reflections on this discussion, including some edits of the recording of the events, has resulted in several outputs inclduing co-authored publication with Tony Grace, and has further informed historical archive work (2010-2011) with Ray Burnett, funded by the British Academy, on the remote South Atlantic island community of Tristan da Cunha. The project began in July 2007 and ran for 5 months. Further details can be obtained from Kathryn A Burnett ([email protected]).

2 Chapter
2 Presentation

Place apart: Scotland's north as a cultural industry of margins
Burnett, K., 18 May 2017, Relate North: Culture, Community and Communication. Jokela, T. & Coutts, G. (eds.). Rovaniemi: Lapland University Press, p. 60-83 23 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

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Song legacy, alterity and mediatization from Scotland’s Hebrides: from Mingulay to Michelle
Burnett, K. & Burnett, R., 6 Jun 2012.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Presentation › peer-review
Community, Cultural Resource and Media: Reflecting on Research Practice
Burnett, K. & Grace, T., 2009, Notions of Community: A Collection of Community Media Debates and Dilemmas. Gordon, J. (ed.). Peter Lang, p. 81-108
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

3 Participation in workshop, seminar, course
1 Invited talk

Singing Storytellers: The Lives, Music and Verbal Artistry of Bards in our World
Burnett, K. (Invited speaker)
9 Oct 2014 → 12 Oct 2014
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
AHRC Knowledge Exchange Island Cultural Archives: Deserted Settlement
Burnett, K. (Organiser), Sagarzazu, M. (Invited speaker), Burnett, R. (Invited speaker), Muir, C. (Invited speaker), MacDonald, F. (Invited speaker), Grace, A. (Participant), MacPhee, D. (Participant) & Burnett, K. (Chair)
13 Sept 2007
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
AHRC Knowledge ExchangeIsland Cultural Archives: Historical and Cultural Knowledge: Exploring Islands Visual Heritage
Burnett, K. (Organiser), Murdo, M. (Keynote/plenary speaker), MacPhee, D. (Invited speaker), Norman, M. (Invited speaker), Blain, N. (Invited speaker), Gordon, W. (Invited speaker), Burnett, R. (Invited speaker) & Grace, A. (Invited speaker)
14 Sept 2007
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in workshop, seminar, course

Island Cultural Archives: Building research potential of community owned cultural resources: knowledge transfer opportunities for South Uist, Benbecula and Eriskay

Project Details

Funding

Keywords

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Place apart: Scotland's north as a cultural industry of margins

Song legacy, alterity and mediatization from Scotland’s Hebrides: from Mingulay to Michelle

Community, Cultural Resource and Media: Reflecting on Research Practice

Singing Storytellers: The Lives, Music and Verbal Artistry of Bards in our World

AHRC Knowledge Exchange Island Cultural Archives: Deserted Settlement

AHRC Knowledge ExchangeIsland Cultural Archives: Historical and Cultural Knowledge: Exploring Islands Visual Heritage

Island Cultural Archives: Building research potential of community owned cultural resources: knowledge transfer opportunities for South Uist, Benbecula and Eriskay

Project Details

Funding

Keywords

Access Project

Fingerprint

Research output

Place apart: Scotland's north as a cultural industry of margins

Song legacy, alterity and mediatization from Scotland’s Hebrides: from Mingulay to Michelle

Community, Cultural Resource and Media: Reflecting on Research Practice

Activities

Singing Storytellers: The Lives, Music and Verbal Artistry of Bards in our World

AHRC Knowledge Exchange Island Cultural Archives: Deserted Settlement

AHRC Knowledge ExchangeIsland Cultural Archives: Historical and Cultural Knowledge: Exploring Islands Visual Heritage