Search Results - "Scottish affairs"

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Exploring the Socio-cultural Impact of Scottish Island Airports

Published in Scottish affairs (01.08.2021)

“...This paper explores the social importance of small, local airports to Scottish island communities, and the roles that they might play in maintaining cultural...”

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Minority Viewpoint: Capturing Ethnic Minority Voices in Renfrewshire

Published in Scottish affairs (01.08.2021)

“...The research reported in this paper is an abridged version of a study exploring the views of ethnic minority communities in Renfrewshire. The study provided a...”

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The Festivalisation of Edinburgh: Manifestations, Impacts and Responses

Published in Scottish affairs (01.08.2021)

“...The Festivalisation of Edinburgh: Constructing its Governance was published in Scottish Affairs 30.1...”

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Committees and Witnesses in the Scottish Parliament: Beyond the ‘usual suspects’?

Published in Scottish affairs (01.08.2021)

“...The committees of the Scottish Parliament play an important role in scrutinising the legislation and policies of the Scottish Government, and indeed the work...”

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Recognising and Reconstituting Gàidheil Ethnicity

by MacKinnon, Iain Published in Scottish affairs (01.05.2021)

“...This article analyses some claims made about the Gàidheal identity in Scotland, with particular reflection on a distinct ‘sociolinguistic turn’ within Gàidhlig...”

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Speaking our Language: Past, Present and Future

by Ezeji, Cass Published in Scottish affairs (01.05.2021)

“...In this essay Cass Ezeji, a singer and linguist from Glasgow, explores her experiences of Gaelic Medium Education (GME) as a child with no direct roots to a’...”

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Our Pluriverse and Gàidhealtachd: Emplacing Ethical Relations

by Oliver, James Published in Scottish affairs (01.05.2021)

“...In this brief essay, to conclude the special issue, I take a reflexive and ontological (re)turn to the Gàidhealtachd . After completing our main task of...”

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Scotland's Gàidhealtachd Futures: an introduction

by Oliver, James MacKinnon, Iain Published in Scottish affairs (01.05.2021)

“...This special issue of Scottish Affairs is the first to be solely dedicated to matters relating to Scotland's Gàidhealtachd...”

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Doirling: The Cobbled Shore

Published in Scottish affairs (01.05.2021)

“...This paper links subjective individual experience of bilingualism to changes arising from colonialism and globalisation. It uses subjective memory to grasp...”

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Resisting Dismissal in the Gàidhealtachd

by Camshron, Gòrdan Published in Scottish affairs (01.05.2021)

“...Susan Samata proposes the application of Judith Butler's (2016) theory of vulnerability in resistance, rooted in gender and feminist studies, to linguistic...”

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Contrasting Orientations to Place in the Construction of Nova Scotia Gaelic Identities

Published in Scottish affairs (01.05.2021)

“...Emily McEwan-Fujita is an author and former linguistic anthropologist. In this article, based on informal personal and ethnographic observations, she reflects...”

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Moving beyond Asocial Minority-Language Policy

by Ó Giollagáin, Conchúr Caimbeul, Iain Published in Scottish affairs (01.05.2021)

“...This paper exams how asocial symbolic minority-language policy contributes to the social processes of language shift from the perspective of highly threatened...”

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On ‘Cultural Darning and Mending’: Creative Responses to Ceist an Fhearainn / The land Question in the Gàidhealtachd

by McFadyen, Mairi Sandilands, Raghnaid Published in Scottish affairs (01.05.2021)

“...Mairi McFadyen and Raghnaid Sandilands offer an account of various collaborative contributions and activities relating to creative cultural activism in the...”

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Traditional Ecological Knowledge and the relevance of Dùthchas in Gàidhealtachd Environmental Futures

Published in Scottish affairs (01.05.2021)

“...This short article focusses on an exploratory enquiry into the relevance of Traditional Ecological Knowledge in relationship with different cultural, social...”

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Changing places: comparing 1986 and 2019 elites in Scotland

by McCrone, David Published in Scottish affairs (01.02.2021)

“...How are Scottish elites educated? Is Scotland simply England writ small with Oxbridge and private schools predominating? Do private day schools mainly in the...”

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‘It isn't my area.’ Coaches’ awareness of concussion protocols in Scottish youth football

by McArdle, David DeMartini, Anne Kim, Sungwon Connaughton, Daniel Published in Scottish affairs (01.02.2021)

“...This paper discusses an externally-funded project into Scottish coaches’ awareness of the sports concussion prevention initiative, If in Doubt, Sit Them Out ...”

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The Festivalisation of Edinburgh: constructing its governance

by Hague, Cliff Published in Scottish affairs (01.02.2021)

“...Edinburgh has forged a global brand as the Festival City. The international cultural festival began in 1947, but was contentious in the city for a long period...”

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‘Seeing everything in a new light’: Edinburgh International Book and Arts Festival Diary 2020

by Relich, Mario Published in Scottish affairs (01.02.2021)

“...A personal review of the 2020 Edinburgh International Festivals, much reduced and mostly online due to Covid-19...”

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Losing sight of women's rights (again): a response to Cowan et al

by Hunter Blackburn, Lucy Murray, Kath Mackenzie, Lisa Published in Scottish affairs (01.02.2021)

“...’, published by Scottish Affairs 28(3) in August 2019. Cowan et al. make a series of strong criticisms, including of our accuracy, diligence and adherence to scholarly norms...”

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