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

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资助的举措，这将激发新的研究，使现有的研究获得实践社区以及公众，并使学者和表演者一起开发创新的合作研究，包括基于实践和实践为主导的研究。我们的建议是为以下相互关联的项目：1）一系列的四个国际跨学科研讨会。第一个将是一个'范围'的演习（为项目奠定基础）;其他三个由来自小提琴和舞蹈研究领域的公认专家领导的会议将侧重于认知心理学（音乐和舞蹈如何与记忆有关），表演研究（我们如何通过身体记住音乐和舞蹈，以及音乐和舞蹈如何激发记忆），以及数字人文（我们如何使用数字技术记录和回忆音乐和舞蹈传统）。2)在第二和第三次研讨会的基础上举办一系列公开讲座，主讲人来自学术、表演和遗产领域。将所有之前和未来的北大西洋提琴大会（NAFCo，见下文）会议记录作为开源出版物在线发布，从而在可用的情况下提供带有超链接的累积书目;B.一个互动的主持人在线论坛，使学者，表演者和其他个人之间的非正式讨论，以及研究问题和意见的基调演讲者种子;c.相关URL/网站的注释列表;d.视频内容包括主题演讲，研讨会和简短，易于访问的“笛鲷”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，他将与两名共同申请人合作组织各种项目元素，并将通过社交媒体和互动在线论坛（见上图）与利益相关者互动，并将与苏格兰和加拿大的广播媒体合作，以最大限度地扩大项目的受众。北大西洋小提琴大会是一个独特的组织活动，包括学术演讲，实践研讨会和现场表演活动，它汇集了小提琴，舞蹈和相关音乐形式的学者和从业者。自2001年以来，NAFCo每隔几年在阿伯丁（2001年，2006年，2010年），德里/伦敦德里和多尼加尔（2012年）以及纽芬兰的圣约翰（2008年）举行。2015年在布雷东角举行的大会将为我们的项目提供跳板。该项目将在2017年NAFCo返回阿伯丁时达到高潮。虽然新的学者和表演者参加每一个NAFCo活动，许多代表参加了几个，甚至所有，以前的公约。因此，北大西洋小提琴和舞蹈学者的非正式网络已经出现。通过我们的提议，我们的目标是在发展网络时更加深思熟虑，为网络创造机会，以创新的方式互动，合作和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（例如档案馆，博物馆和节日工作人员）和公众受益。研讨会和系列讲座将涉及来自这些不同部门的专家和参与者，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这些活动的人也能参加。

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.