Single Output Portfolio: Classic Scottish Albums
- Submitting institution
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University of the West of Scotland
- Unit of assessment
- 34 - Communication, Cultural and Media Studies, Library and Information Management
- Output identifier
- 12528926
- Type
- Q - Digital or visual media
- Publisher
- BBC Scotland
- Month
- June
- Year
- 2018
- URL
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http://beta.uws.io/2020/03/01/ref-practice-based-research-portfolio-david-scott/
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- Request cross-referral to
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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0
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- Classic Scottish Albums is a 54 episode BBC Radio/podcast series produced between 2014-20, the first to attempt a contextualisation of Scottish popular music by focussing on the impact of individual albums. The research builds on previous popular and academic literature around Scottish music and music archiving (particularly Purser’s ‘Scotland’s Music’, and Alan Lomax’s archives) and has led a contemporary discourse around an emerging canon of Scottish music ('Rip it Up', National Galleries of Scotland). CSA asks what can be considered important music within a culture, how that develops as ‘canon’, and how we might define identity within Scottish music. Extensive interviews were undertaken with key musicians and commentators, with textual analysis and a bricolage editing technique supported by an authored script. Each episode brought significant insights from musicians and commentators around creative process and cultural impact across an extended programme arc. Insights were also developed around the reciprocal links between Scottish and American music, how the industrial landscape of the 1980s impacted the production of music, and the innovative approaches of Scottish musicians, often rooted in earlier forms and modes of practice. Several extended interview podcasts, disseminated globally, developed a detailed counterpoint to the tight focus of the edited broadcasts; themselves richly textured creative works that offer a dynamic, original insight into key Scottish cultural history.
The outputs were serially commissioned by BBC, broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland / Radio 6, and on iPlayer, reaching #2 on iTunes podcast chart, remaining in the top 10 for the 2018 6-month run and achieving significant download numbers and shares. Positive commentary from key cultural commentators, within broadcast and social media reflected on the rich narratives embodied in CSA. Related conference papers, invited talks and seminars were conducted in Canada, the UK and Italy, with short essays disseminated through my blog.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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