Thomas A. McKean with Pedro Mendoza Mendoza (credit: Maya Tzutujil)
6.30pm to 8pm, Sir Duncan Rice Library, Floor 7, Craig Suite
Book your place at: elphinstone@abdn.ac.uk
Song, weaving, and boatbuilding traditions are used to build cultural confidence in projects around the world. To celebrate our 30th anniversary, this year’s speaker will be Institute director Thomas A. McKean, who will focus on his work in Scotland, Guatemala, and New York City to show how culture and community are closely intertwined.
The David Buchan Lecture was launched in 2015 to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the founding of the Elphinstone Institute. The lecture is in memory of the influential ballad and contemporary legend scholar who was also the Institute's first appointed director. This annual event places Ethnology and Folklore firmly in the University calendar and appeals to a wide audience across the University as well as to the general public.
