Outputs (17)

2017Scarp: An ethnographic study of a lost culture. (2017)
Digital Artefact
Maclean, D. (2017). 2017Scarp: An ethnographic study of a lost culture. [Carnegie Trust]

Memory and Identity: Filmmakers and ‘natives’ collusion towards constructed identity (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Maclean, D. (2017, January). Memory and Identity: Filmmakers and ‘natives’ collusion towards constructed identity. Paper presented at Power and Identity: A cross disciplinary conference, University of Tokyo, Japan

This paper examines the interplay between filmmakers and Scottish Highland communities in constructing an idealised identity that frames subjects within their landscape. It will also consider the appropriation of oral memories as visual texts, and t... Read More about Memory and Identity: Filmmakers and ‘natives’ collusion towards constructed identity.

Bruadar a' Bhais/A Dream of Death (2016)
Digital Artefact
Maclean, D. (2016). Bruadar a' Bhais/A Dream of Death. [BBC iPlayer video]

Drama documentary telling the story of Hugh Macleod, a teacher who was convicted of the murder of a travelling pedlar in a trial where 'dream testimony' was admitted by the Crown.

Manufacturing an island identity: How media practitioners and island communities construct an ideal of the Gaelic homestead (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Maclean, D. (2016, March). Manufacturing an island identity: How media practitioners and island communities construct an ideal of the Gaelic homestead. Paper presented at MeCCSA, Canterbury

Commissioned Programmes as Ethnography (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Maclean, D. (2015, May). Commissioned Programmes as Ethnography. Paper presented at Visual Methods and Ethnography, Edinburgh Napier University

This paper takes as its object of study issues emerging from the synthesis of documentary practice and theoretical discourse. Its context is formed by the production of four published works commissioned and broadcast by the BBC in 2011/2012. These c... Read More about Commissioned Programmes as Ethnography.

Position, commission and production: a self-reflexive investigation into the generation of ethnographic knowledge through documentary production for BBC Alba (2014)
Thesis
MacLean, D. Position, commission and production: a self-reflexive investigation into the generation of ethnographic knowledge through documentary production for BBC Alba. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/8850

This thesis takes as its object of study issues emerging from the synthesis of documentary practice and theoretical discourse. Its context is formed by the production of four published works commissioned and broadcast by the BBC in 2011/2012. These... Read More about Position, commission and production: a self-reflexive investigation into the generation of ethnographic knowledge through documentary production for BBC Alba.

Rèiteach (Betrothal) (2011)
Digital Artefact
Maclean, D. (2011). Rèiteach (Betrothal). [BBC iPlayer video]

Dà bhanais, còir is 50 bliadhna eatorra. Tha seanmhair a' faicinn deilbh na bainnse aice, 'son a' cheud uair riamh.

Two island weddings, 50 years apart. A grandmother sees her wedding film for the very first time.