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Dr James Smyth - Lest Scotland Forgets: recording the nation’s Great War Memorials (2- 3pm, Room C1) http://www.historyandpolitics.stir.ac.uk/research/flagshipprojects.php Dr. James J. Smyth. Dr Michael A. Penman, & Ms Sarah Bromage Lest Scotland Forgets is a pilot project, jointly funded by the University of Stirling and the Royal Society of Edinburgh, which is currently working with a group of school teachers and their students. This project has two related aims: Firstly to examine the erection of a series of local memorials: the individuals and civic societies behind construction, location, type of memorial, architectural style, and the manner in which the names of the ‘fallen’ were presented. Secondly, by using a variety of archival sources (local and national) alongside online, electronic datasets to utilise record linkage in order to provide life stories of a selection of the ‘fallen’. Our talk will examine the process of memorialisation in Scotland and show how we can create individual biographies of the ‘fallen’ through census, civil registers, newspapers, military records. In so doing we illustrate the human costs and consequences of the conflict while providing students with a valuable experience in how to conduct historical research. The ultimate ambition of Lest Scotland Forgets is to extend the project to cover all of Scotland and to produce a freely accessible database of Great War Memorials and those listed on them. In late summer an Exhibition (‘The Stirling Hundred’) on the parish memorials of Stirling and a selection of those listed on them will be displayed in the Pathfoot Dining Room Sarah Bromage - The Scottish Political Archive (3-4pm, Room C1) This talk will discuss and showcase some of the collections of the Scottish Political Archive (SPA). Alongside politicians personal papers the archive contains photographic, oral and ephemeral material relating to the political history of Scotland in the twentieth and twenty first centuries. The presentation will focus on the archive’s collections relating to the devolution referendums of 1979 and 1997 and will be illustrated by images from SPA’s photographic collections. There will also be the opportunity to view pamphlets and other campaign material from the collections. Tim Thornicroft – Presentation of Student Work (2-3pm, Pathfoot Lecture Theatre) Tim Thornicroft – Workshops in Radio Drama and Digital Filmmaking These workshops are aimed at beginners and designed to explore—at a very simple level—some important aspects of radio drama and narrative film production. There should be a minimum of two people, and a maximum of five per workshop. A Beginner’s Guide to Recording Radio Drama (Room D4)
This workshop offers the chance of recording a short scripted scene in the radio studio. Sound effects from CD and music will then be added to the recorded dialogue, although there will also be an opportunity to create some of these effects during production. As well as acting in the scene, those taking part will be able to watch the techniques of mixing and editing recorded material, plus they’ll see and hear how soundscapes are produced. Filmmaking—the Magic of Continuity (Room D14) When shooting films, continuity of action is vital to establish a believable sense of space and time for the audience. Though editing techniques have changed over the years, the fundamental principles of continuity remain much as they were when originally established early in the 20th century. In this workshop, we will use a simple scenario to shoot and edit a brief sequence of shots to explore the line of action, continuity of screen direction, eyelines and matching on action. The workshops will be repeated on the hour from 10.00-3.00 as follows: A Beginner’s Guide to Recording Radio Drama: 10.00, 12.00 Filmmaking - The Magic of Continuity: 11.00, 1.00, 3.00 During one of the radio workshop slots Tim Thornicroft will present a one-hour programme of the best of student work from recent years. Tours of the Art Collection (11am and 1pm, Pathfoot reception) The Art Collection at the University is a varied one comprising of over 300 works including paintings, sketches, tapestries, sculpture and silver. The tradition of collecting art goes back to the founding of the University in 1967 when Professor Tom Cottrell was the first Principal. A scientist by training, he came from an artistic background and had very clear ideas about art and its place in society. He felt that art should be part of the everyday experience at the University and it is philosophy that has been driving and inspiring us to keep on collecting and showing exciting art to the public ever since. Staff will meet interested parties at the reception of the Pathfoot building just before the hour and will guide you through our collections on display, including the famous Fergusson paintings - and give a brief description of the history of the Art Collection at Stirling.
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