Lori Watson

Skolt Saami Dance This is the first book in English exploring the quadrille as danced among the Skolt Saami, one of the indigenous Saami peoples in Northern Europe.The Skolt quad…

Years of hard work are behind us, but it was worth it and here is the result. Working with Associate Professor Marko Jouste (Giellagas Institute) has been truly wonderful and the opportunity to study the fascinating dance culture of the Skolt Sámi is a great honor. www.bloomsbury.com/us/skolt-saa...

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📣 We're #hiring: #DigitalArchivist

Libraries don’t just preserve the past, they safeguard the digital present; the NLI is delighted to be accepting applications for a Digital Archivist. 🖥️

⭐ Info & apply: https://www.nli.ie/about-us/working-national-library-ireland

📆 #Apply by: 13 Feb at 3pm

Scottish budget promises £55 million extra for universities SNP announces ‘real terms’ funding uplift pre-election but universities say extra money not enough to combat financial challenges

Universities in Scotland are set to benefit from a real-terms funding uplift in the Scottish National Party’s final budget before voters head to the polls in Holyrood elections. Helen Packer reports #academicsky #edusky
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New Post: WEEKEND READING: What if, in trying to ‘fix’ universities, we are quietly unmaking them? www.hepi.ac.uk/2026/01/10/w...

How does the brain learn? And why don’t we teach that way? Neuroscience shows traditional teaching is not enough. Instead, an experiential approach can return learning to its natural order

What does neuroscience suggest about how students learn best? Mussab Aswad explores how brain-aligned, experiential learning builds deeper understanding and real-world capability: https://ow.ly/cgqc50XSkq8 #HigherEd #AcademicSky #EduSky

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Hooray! The British Library has just released a beta version of its rebuilt Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue: searcharchives.bl.uk

2,619 hits for 'petition' in Western Manuscripts, texts in English, in case you're curious. 🗃️

Great turnout at the Edinburgh UCU rally at parliament to demand an end to the University of Edinburgh management reckless budget cuts and redundancies!

#StopStaffCutsatUoE @ucu.org.uk

Calling all staff and students at UoE, and all those who care about its future: join us on the picket lines!
Teach outs, picket locations, bake sale... see our FAQ
#UCU
#WearetheUniversity
#StopStaffCutsatUoE

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#StopTheCuts and divest from genocide! #StopStaffCutAtUoE

Pickets all over Edinburgh this morning! From Old College to King's Building, Edinburgh UCU staff are saying NO to job cuts!

📣 Strike at University of Edinburgh 17-19 November against unjustified compulsory redundancies @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social

📌 JOIN OUR RALLY AT THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT, Wed 19 November 1 pm 🙏🏼 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rally-to-s...

ℹ️Info about the dispute 👉🏻
www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk/industrial-d...

Elspeth King obituary Museum director and curator of the People’s Palace in Glasgow who reshaped it into a living record of the city’s social history

Our Custodian, @sorchadallas.bsky.social has written an obituary for Elspeth King in The Guardian.
King transformed how Scotland’s museums told the stories of everyday people—https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/nov/16/elspeth-king-obituary

Exactly one woman has won the Booker in the past six years www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Have you read Journal of American Folklore Vol. 138, No. 549? Featuring new articles, perspectives, book reviews, and more! With work by @mathildelind.bsky.social, @gurotekopp.bsky.social, @loriwatson.bsky.social, and others.

Read now on @projectmuse.bsky.social: muse.jhu.edu/issue/55307

📣PLEASE SHARE 📣 Call for Writers! Two 8-month residencies (2026) at AGA & @aowensarchive.bsky.social exploring Neglected Voices. Supported by Creative Scotland. £12k fee, flexible structure. Apply by 4 Dec 2025 👉 sorcha@thealasdairgrayarchive.com, Link on website to application brief & criteria✍️

Speedrun through an interactive songscape feat. transformations of traditional Scots song Fause, Fause performed by @loriwatson.bsky.social. Now with elements that develop the AV aesthetic. Audio made with @cycling74.bsky.social MaxMSP & @audiokinetic.bsky.social Wwise @edincollegeofart.bsky.social

Edinburgh Uni AV Digitisation Technician job: "Digitising a range of AV and sound material from across the University’s heritage collections, with a focus on but not limited to, the collections of the School of Scottish Studies Archive" #digitalhumanities elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

JOB AV Tech (closes 30th June) Please share! #archives #ScottishStudies @edinburghup.bsky.social elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

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Happy #MothersDay! 💐Check out a special issue of Visual Arts Research 48.2 on "motherscholars," highlighting the work of scholars and artists who are also mothers and caregivers. scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/var/issu...

If you think coworking might work for you but would be tempted to chat if you organize it yourself with a friend, A Meeting With Your Writing might help. Virtual. Professional. Microcoaching available to get you unstuck.

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Fause, Fause, by Lori Watson track by Lori Watson

Source material here is @loriwatson.bsky.social Fause, Fause (with thanks!) loriwatson.bandcamp.com/track/fause-...

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jr_QATH_DEMO This is "jr_QATH_DEMO" by pixelmechanic on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

Close to releasing some loop-finding-folk-records interactive scenes, just a few props to add here.Thanks to the brilliant @loriwatson.bsky.social for letting me work with her songs! Uses @audiokinetic.bsky.social #Wwise for audio @edincollegeofart.bsky.social #computermusicfeed vimeo.com/1073691066

A Meeting With Your Writing isn’t a remedial program for academics with no willpower. (Yes, I’ve met your gremlin.) It’s a support that successful academics use to make sure that writing happens in busy schedules. Find out more here: academicwritingstudio.co.uk/a-meeting-wi...

A Meeting With Your Writing: How it works - Academic Writing Studio

This morning @jovanevery.bsky.social has put me in charge of the 10am Meeting With Your Writing.

We are writing for 90 minutes together. Or whatever you need a group to get academic work done.

You can join for a free trial: academicwritingstudio.co.uk/meeting-writ...

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Follow @edintradfest.bsky.social Starter pack coming soon … Tag them to be included.

Ongoing work with loop-finding-folk-records feat. @loriwatson.bsky.social. Asynchronous loops of particular character clustered in spatial arrangements using Unity & #Wwise. Most difficult part of this was choosing the arrangement of what material leads into & out of each cluster #computermusicfeed

In the transcription cave this week. 6mins a min. 🤘🏻🎧🎛️💻 #fieldwork #transcription #oralhistory #ethnology #ScottishStudies #tradarts #folkmusic #creativity