Memory, Music and Movement: Inspiring and Facilitating Innovative Research in North Atlantic Fiddle and Dance Studies

记忆、音乐和动作：启发和促进北大西洋小提琴和舞蹈研究的创新研究

• 批准号: AH/N003160/1
• 负责人: Ian Russell
• 金额: $ 4.51万
• 依托单位: University of Aberdeen
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2016 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FN003160%2F1
• 关键词: Memory; Music; Movement; Inspiring; Facilitating

We aim to energise a network of North Atlantic fiddle and dance scholars to initiate new and challenging directions of research in relation to the theme of memory. We are seeking AHRC funding for initiatives that will inspire new research and make existing research accessible to communities of practice as well as to the general public, and bring scholars and performers together to develop innovative collaborative research, including practice-based and practice-led research. Our proposal is for the following interrelated projects: 1) A series of four international interdisciplinary workshops. The first will be a 'scoping' exercise (laying the project's groundwork); the other three led by acknowledged experts from outside fiddle and dance studies will focus on cognitive psychology (how music and dance are related to memory), performance studies (how we remember music and dance through our bodies and how music and dance inspire memories), and digital humanities (how we can use digital technologies to document and later recall music and dance traditions). 2) A public lecture series building on Workshops II and III, with featured speakers from academic, performance, and heritage contexts.3) A website platform hosting a variety of relevant content and interactive features, including:a. The publication of all previous and future North Atlantic Fiddle Convention (NAFCo, see below) conference proceedings online as open source publications, enabling a cumulative bibliography with hyperlinks where available;b. An interactive moderated online forum to enable informal discussion among scholars, performers and other individuals, as well as research questions and observations seeded by keynote presenters;c. An annotated list of relevant URLs/websites;d. Video content featuring keynote presentations, workshops, and short, accessible 'snappers' describing and illustrating North Atlantic fiddle and dance research. 4) A project coordinator who will work with the two co-applicants to organise the various project elements, and who will engage stakeholders through social media and the interactive online forum (above), and will work with broadcast media in both Scotland and Canada to maximize the project's audience.The North Atlantic Fiddle Convention is a uniquely structured event involving scholarly presentations, practical workshops, and live performance events, which brings together scholars and practitioners of fiddling, dance and related musical forms. NAFCo has been held every few years since 2001, in Aberdeen (2001, 2006, 2010), in Derry/Londonderry and Donegal (2012), and in St John's, Newfoundland (2008). The 2015 convention in Cape Breton will provide the springboard for our project. The project will culminate in 2017 when NAFCo returns to Aberdeen. Although new scholars and performers attend each NAFCo event, many delegates have participated in several, or even all, of the previous conventions. Consequently, an informal network of North Atlantic fiddle and dance scholars has emerged. With our proposal, we aim to be more deliberate in developing the network, creating opportunities for the network to interact, collaborate, and extend research in North Atlantic fiddle and dancing in innovative ways.The project will benefit scholars, musicians, dancers, related stakeholders (e.g. archives, museum, and festival personnel), and the general public. The workshops and lecture series will involve both experts and participants from these various sectors, enriching collaborative research possibilities, inspiring new research projects, and motivating new research applications. The virtual resources will ensure that the network will continue to develop outside the face-to-face events while enabling those who could not attend them to participate as well.

我们的目标是激发北大西洋小提琴和舞蹈学者的网络，以启动与记忆主题相关的新的和具有挑战性的研究方向。我们正在寻求AHRC资助的项目，这些项目将激发新的研究，使现有的研究能够为实践社区和公众所利用，并将学者和表演者聚集在一起，发展创新的合作研究，包括基于实践和实践主导的研究。我们的建议是以下相互关联的项目：1)一系列的四个国际跨学科研讨会。第一步是“范围界定”（为项目奠定基础）；另外三个由公认的小提琴和舞蹈研究领域以外的专家领导，将专注于认知心理学（音乐和舞蹈如何与记忆相关）、表演研究（我们如何通过身体记住音乐和舞蹈，音乐和舞蹈如何激发记忆）和数字人文学科（我们如何利用数字技术记录和后来回忆音乐和舞蹈传统）。2)在工作坊II和工作坊III的基础上建立一个公共讲座系列，邀请来自学术、表演和遗产背景的特邀演讲者。3)承载各种相关内容和互动功能的网站平台，包括：将北大西洋小提琴公约（NAFCo，见下文）所有以前和将来的会议论文集作为开源出版物在线出版，使累积书目在可用的情况下具有超链接；一个互动式主持的在线论坛，使学者、表演者和其他个人之间能够进行非正式讨论，以及主题演讲者提出的研究问题和观察；相关网址/网站的注释列表；视频内容包括主题演讲、研讨会和简短的、可访问的“快照”，描述和说明北大西洋小提琴和舞蹈研究。4)一名项目协调员，与两名共同申请者一起组织各种项目要素，通过社交媒体和互动在线论坛（如上所述）与利益相关者接触，并与苏格兰和加拿大的广播媒体合作，最大限度地扩大项目的受众。北大西洋小提琴大会是一个结构独特的活动，包括学术演讲，实践研讨会和现场表演活动，汇集了小提琴，舞蹈和相关音乐形式的学者和实践者。NAFCo自2001年以来每隔几年举行一次，分别在阿伯丁（2001年、2006年、2010年）、德里/伦敦德里和多尼戈尔（2012年）以及纽芬兰的圣约翰（2008年）举行。2015年在布雷顿角举行的大会将为我们的项目提供一个跳板。该项目将于2017年完成，届时NAFCo将返回阿伯丁。虽然每次NAFCo活动都有新的学者和表演者参加，但许多代表已经参加了以前的几次甚至全部会议。因此，北大西洋小提琴和舞蹈学者的非正式网络出现了。通过我们的提议，我们的目标是更慎重地发展网络，为网络创造互动、合作的机会，并以创新的方式扩展北大西洋小提琴和舞蹈的研究。该项目将使学者、音乐家、舞蹈家、相关利益相关者（如档案馆、博物馆和节日工作人员）和公众受益。研讨会和系列讲座将包括来自不同领域的专家和参与者，丰富合作研究的可能性，激发新的研究项目，并激励新的研究应用。虚拟资源将确保网络在面对面活动之外继续发展，同时使那些无法参加的人也能参与其中。