STGA Blue Badge Training Course
Course Information:
Culture, Society and Institutions of Scotland
STGA Blue Badge Core Knowledge Course Information
| Tutors: | Art - Loura Brooks |
|---|---|
| Architecture - Margaret Stewart | |
| Literature - Tom Sommerville | |
| Culture and Institutions - Andrew Thackery, Mary Kemp-Clark and Stuart McHardy |
Rationale
This is one of the four Scottish Tourist Guide Association Core Knowledge courses that equip you with a broad understanding of the physical, cultural, archaeological and historical character of Scotland. These courses cover a broad and diverse range of subject areas and knowledge necessary for effective tourist guiding. This course explores Scottish cultural identity and will equip students to interpret and contextualise elements of Scottish cultural life. Core Knowledge Courses are taught via face to face lectures at the University of Edinburgh, with each lecture supported by notes and information online, and field visits.
Aims and Objectives
- To explore the significance of Scottish cultural identity
- To provide an overall framework for understanding the relationship between cultural phenomena and their historical origins
- To contextualise and interpret the texts, artworks, music, folklore and buildings that distinguish Scottish culture
- To provide students with an understanding of current political, educational and legal institutions in Scotland
Transferable skills
In addition to the critical thinking and writing skills, this course will give you an opportunity to practice analytical and synthesising skills that could be profitably deployed in the study of humanities and social science subjects as well as in professional guiding. You will need to evaluate various approaches to, and explanations of, different types of evidence, and make critical choices between them, and you will also get some experience in collecting and synthesising evidence from primary and secondary sources.
Assessment for this course (please see Assessment information about weightings and policies)
2 x In-class assessments
Art and Architecture - Slide Quiz
Customs, Society and Institutions / Literature - Short Essay
AND
1 x 2000 word essay in EITHER Art and Architecture OR Customs, Society and Institutions / Literature
Art and Architecture - Course Content
- Introduction to Interpretation of visual material and general overview of Scottish Art
- From Middle Ages to Reformation
- The Enlightenment
- Art Field Trip to National Galleries of Scotland
- Modern and Contemporary Art in Scotland
- Outstanding Neolithic remains to Early church sites/Reformed churches
- Renaissance to Classicism - the Baroque Townscape - the evolution of the Scottish Burgh to the 18th century
- Architecture - Field Visit: the Old and New Towns of Edinburgh
- From the Celtic revival to the Scottish Parliament
- Glasgow gallery & architecture visits
- In-class Assessment and Essay Consultation
Art and Architecture - Bibliography
Dunbar J.G. (1978) The Architecture of Scotland, Batsford London
Glendinning M MacKechnie A. MacInnes A. (1996) History of Scottish Architecture from the Renaissance to the Present Day Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh
Hartley, Keith,( 1989) Scottish Art Since 1900, National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh
Holloway, James, (1989) Patrons and Painters: Art in Scotland 1650-1760, National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh
Macdonald, Murdo, (2000) Scottish Art, Thames and Hudson,
MacMillan, Duncan, (2000)Scottish Art 1460-2000 Mainstream Publishing Co, Edinburgh
MacMillan, Duncan, (1986) Painting in Scotland: The Golden Age, Phaidon Press, Oxford 1986
