Islands and Creative Media Practice @ UWS

Posted on by Dr Kathryn A. Burnett

If you are interested in undertaking postgraduate study in Creative Media Practice including creative writing, film-making, photography or television, as well as art, performance or music related practice you can do this with particular focus and reference to  Scotland’s  island culture, history and economy here at the University of the West of Scotland. Academic staff at the Scottish Centre for Island Studies teach on both theory and practice aspects of the  MA in Creative Media Practice, and supervision is available in a number of research specialisms. If you are interested in applying to study at postgraduate level on any aspect of island studies relating to Scotland please contact either  Tony Grace, Programme Leader for MA Creative Media Practice at tony.grace@uws.ac.uk.

For postgraduate enquires for research degrees please contact either Dr Kathryn A Burnett, School of Creative and Cultural Industries (kathryn.burnett@uws.ac.uk) or Professor Mike Danson, School of Business (michael.danson@uws.ac.uk).

Published by Dr Kathryn A. Burnett

With a background in social anthropology, sociology and cultural studies, Kathryn’s research interests include the mediatization and representation of remote and island spaces; identity, ecologies and place narratives of Scotland’s rural communities, coasts and islands; cultural work, precarity and creative enterprise; Scottish cultural heritage and arts contexts including Gaelic and Scots for applied creative practice; sustainable communities, resilience, development, entrepreneurship, cultural policy and the commons in small island, remote, peripheral and rural contexts. Current external activity includes UWS representative on the Arctic Sustainable Arts and Design Network (ASAD); and Kathryn is an organising group member for UK wide MSIG in Participatory and Collaborative Methods. Contact: kathryn.burnett@uws.ac.uk

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