Alan Bruford Memorial Lecture: Lost Horizon or Living Landscape? Place, Time And People In Gaelic Tradition Dr Virginia Blankenhorn Tuesday October 28, 6.30pm-7.20pm Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45, The Netherbow High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1SR This annual lecture is organised by the Department of Celtic and Scottish Studies at the University of Edinburgh, with particular reference to the School of Scottish Studies Archives. It commemorates Alan Brufords pioneering work as a folklore interpreter and collector, by featuring the work of a contemporary researcher. Presented by Dr Virginia Blankenhorn. James Hiltons 1933 novel Lost Horizon, set in the mountains of Tibet, created the fictional Shangri-La - a place of the spirit, seemingly outside time, where people lived long lives in a vastness far removed from a world beset by war. For most visitors and many Scots, the Highlands of Scotland - the Gaidhealtachd - seem to suggest a similar refuge: a region of misty mountains, with the odd ruined castle perched on the edge of a loch - perfect for a holiday (if the weather holds up), and a blank canvas for the romantic imagination. Left out of the tour commentaries and the guidebooks are the people who lived in the Gaidhealtachd up to quite recently. In this lecture, stories and songs from the Scottish Studies Archives will be used to illustrate the relationship of ordinary Gaels with the lands they inhabited - the people and events that shaped them and the memories of them taken abroad by those forced to emigrate from home. visitscotland/info/events/scottish-international-storytelling-festival-alan-bruford-memorial-lecture-lost-horizon-or-living-landscape-place-time-and-people-in-gaelic-tradition-p1091171
Posted on: Wed, 08 Oct 2014 09:03:10 +0000
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