Projects (17)

'White Thinking' and the failed promise of diversity in Scottish heritage Oct 1, 2023 - Nov 30, 2024
'White Thinking' and the failed promise of diversity in Scottish heritage
This project responds to a key challenge in the Scottish heritage sector: what is the next step in transitioning small-scale
diversity projects in Scottish heritage organisat... Read More about 'White Thinking' and the failed promise of diversity in Scottish heritage.

In Our Hands II Aug 4, 2023 - Apr 30, 2024
Since 2020, British Council has worked with partners from academic and creative sectors (private) to develop the necessary spaces where youth can reinterpret Nepal’s natural and cultural heritage to develop a stronger understanding of their contribut... Read More about In Our Hands II.

Homework: Music Collaboration in Domestic Spaces Sep 2, 2024 - Jan 30, 2026
MUSCIDS is an interdisciplinary research project that investigates collaborative music making in the digital age. Our aim is to better understand changing ecologies of music production in the domestic and digital spaces of musicians in four European... Read More about Homework: Music Collaboration in Domestic Spaces.

ARCS proposal: Peterhead Prison Museum Oct 1, 2023 - Mar 31, 2027
Prison museums are part of Scotland’s cultural heritage tourism portfolio, and they are, by consequence, iconic public history venues that interpret historical and contemporary narratives of crime, punishment and incarceration. This interdisciplinary... Read More about ARCS proposal: Peterhead Prison Museum.

Representation of South Asian women in Scottish Cinema Jan 1, 2021 - Nov 29, 2024
I will investigate how South Asian women have been represented in Scottish films. And through a practice-based autoethnographic exploration of image and sound, I will offer possibilities for complex cinematic representation that challenges stereotypi... Read More about Representation of South Asian women in Scottish Cinema.

PhD Blogging for Beginners: A Bootcamp of Multimedia Content Production to Increase Your Research Impact Jul 1, 2023 - Dec 31, 2024
The project consists in the organisation and delivery of a one-day workshop on research impact aimed at PhD students from arts and humanities subjects across Scottish universities. The idea is to teach participants how to use multimedia tools and di... Read More about PhD Blogging for Beginners: A Bootcamp of Multimedia Content Production to Increase Your Research Impact.

Visual Storytelling in the Indigenous North Jun 1, 2025 - May 31, 2028
The proposed Partnership Development Grant, “Visual Storytelling in the Indigenous North,” seeks to connect Indigenous storytelling methodologies across cultural and political contexts to celebrate the present and refocus on the survivance of Indigen... Read More about Visual Storytelling in the Indigenous North.

COST Action Participant: CA23149 Democratization at stake? Comparing Anti-Gender Politics in CEE and NME countries Feb 1, 2025 - Jul 31, 2028
In the era of globalization after the 1990s, the states of Eastern Europe (EE) as well as the close European neighbours in the Near and Middle East (NME) underwent significant social changes and political developments, especially with regard to democ... Read More about COST Action Participant: CA23149 Democratization at stake? Comparing Anti-Gender Politics in CEE and NME countries.

RSE Personal Research Fellowship (Inside Voices: Harms, Histories and Memories of Scottish Prisons) Sep 1, 2025 - Aug 31, 2026
As the prison population in Scotland continues to rise alongside continuing concerns about the violation of human rights in prisons, it’s imperative that we recognise voices from inside the prison. This project examines the under researched lives of... Read More about RSE Personal Research Fellowship (Inside Voices: Harms, Histories and Memories of Scottish Prisons).

Film Bang community of practice Sep 1, 2021 - Mar 31, 2025
This project will investigate how the Scottish screen sector first coalesced, and then operated, as a‘community of practice’. It will develop new knowledge about interconnections between Scottish professional film makers, informing historical underst... Read More about Film Bang community of practice.

Dynamic Range: Immersive Screenwriting for Sound Feb 1, 2022 - Nov 30, 2022
This is a successful bid for a Small Research Grant with Creative Informatics at Edinburgh Napier and Edinburgh University. The proposal is to explore the dramatic potential of Augmented Reality and Dolby Atmos sound in the context of high end TV dr... Read More about Dynamic Range: Immersive Screenwriting for Sound.

Scottish community radio journalistic skills assessment Nov 1, 2021 - Mar 31, 2023
The objective of the project is to assess the needs of community radio volunteers in Scotland, so that they can assume a bigger role in local news provision. Previous research by the applicant has established that the majority of Community radio stat... Read More about Scottish community radio journalistic skills assessment.

MeCCSA 2025 Conference: Identity and Belonging Sep 2, 2024 - Dec 19, 2025
Media and culture play a crucial role in shaping identity, especially in contemporary contexts marked by economic struggles, conflict, and migration. The significance of identity is heightened as individuals navigate their sense of self in new and ev... Read More about MeCCSA 2025 Conference: Identity and Belonging.

The Big Picture Nov 6, 2025 - Nov 15, 2026
As part of the Being Human Festival Programme, we are working with FAIR Edinburgh and the wider learning disability community to creatively explore Scotland’s hidden Learning Disability Heritage through the co-curation of Franki Raffles' photography... Read More about The Big Picture.

Collaborating in Research to Fight Against Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Jul 30, 2025 - Sep 15, 2025
Application to the BA Funding Call – Horizon Europe Pump Priming Collaboration between UK and EU Partners 2025-2026

This programme is providing pump priming funding to seed collaborations for applications to specific Horizon Europe topi... Read More about Collaborating in Research to Fight Against Gender-Based Violence (GBV).

Scholarly Edition of Scottish Scene Jun 1, 2023 - Oct 31, 2024
RATIONALE
Scottish Scene was first published by Jarrolds in 1934. Widely reviewed at the time, it quickly became one of the most controversial texts of the Scottish literary renaissance of the early decades of the twentieth century. J. M. Bulloch in... Read More about Scholarly Edition of Scottish Scene.

Dr David Summers Trust PhD Studentship: Women’s Travel Writing in the Twentieth Century: Nan Shepherd, Rowena Farre, Kathleen Jamie, and Amy Liptrot Mar 1, 2026 - Feb 28, 2031
This PhD thesis examines twentieth century women’s ‘travel-writing’ or ‘travel-journals’, focusing particularly on the writings of Scottish writers, Nan Shepherd, Rowena Farre, Kathleen Jamie, and Amy Liptrot.

PhD student is Melissa Davies who sta... Read More about Dr David Summers Trust PhD Studentship: Women’s Travel Writing in the Twentieth Century: Nan Shepherd, Rowena Farre, Kathleen Jamie, and Amy Liptrot.