Photography, Modernity and the North of Scotland

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Photography, Modernity and the North of Scotland
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The contributors share an interest in visual research and practice in Northern Scotland, particularly the historical roles of photography, individual archives and image-makers. Through this lens, the workshop will explore cultural and environmental encounters between Scottish society and modernity, offering insights into national identity between the late-nineteenth and the mid-twentieth centuries.

10.45-11.00

Opening remarks

11.00-12.00 Graham Stephen, University of Aberdeen, 'The Power of the Glens': an examination of the North of Scotland Hydro-Electricity Board’s public image in the period 1943 to 1965

12.00-13.00 Pete Moore, Lines on maps: exploring the visual record and development of routeways

13.00-14.00 Lunch

14.00-15.00 Andrew Blaikie, University of Aberdeen, How to see the Highlands: the emergent ecology of the Scottish Field, 1940-1970

15.00-16.00 Matt Sillars, University of the Highlands and Islands, Modernity, identity and the north in the early-twentieth century: a response to portrait photographs by Andrew Paterson of Inverness

16.00-16.30 General discussion

Displays

Matt Sillars will dispaly a series of images by Andrew Paterson, .

Hosted by

Research Institue of Irish and Scottish Studies

Venue

Humanity Manse, 19 College Bounds

Contact

Please contact Professor Andrew Blaikie (a.blaikie@abdn.ac.uk)

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