Productions such as Braveheart and Outlander present a narrow version of Scottish cultural identity.
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The Queen’s love for the Scottish highlands was well-documented. Fewer knew she could speak the language too.
Gaelic speakers need opportunities to use their language in a wide variety of social and everyday settings to avoid its presence being eroded.
The platform has provided a forum for the written Scots language to evolve that wasn’t possible before the advent of social media.
Long a repressed language, the Scots tongue is experiencing a cultural resurgence thanks to popular drama and storytelling.
Scotland’s literary culture is dominated by a male perspective. So as Burns Night approaches, it’s time to give prominence to a female voice – written in both English and Scots.
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Lecturer in Scottish Culture and Public Engagement Officer, The Elphinstone Institute, University of Aberdeen
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Cultural engagement officer, Elphinstone Institute, University of Aberdeen
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Professor in Linguistics and Scottish Language, University of Aberdeen
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Teaching Fellow, Archivist, Elphinstone Institute, University of Aberdeen
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Research Assistant, English Language & Linguistics, University of Glasgow
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Reader in Performance, University of the West of Scotland
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Teaching Associate Psychology, University of Strathclyde
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Lecturer, English Language and Linguistics, University of Glasgow