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Kronologi over fredssagen og international politik 6. februar 2013 / Time Line February 6, 2013

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02/06/2013
The University of Edinburgh to dismantle the flagship of Scottish Folklore
The School was founded in 1951 with two great folklorists: Hamish Henderson and Calum Maclean.
Among the first tapes to be deposited were Alan Lomax fieldwork recordings and for over six decades there have been strong links to many Folklore Departments in the USA and Canada. One of the best known scholars to study there was the late Kenneth S. Goldstein whose fieldwork in Scotland inspired his Guide for Fieldworkers in Folklore.
The decision to remove 90 percent of the library may indicate the drastic measures proposed by the Edinburgh University’s decision makers.
STUDENT LETTER:
Dear Friends,
Students at Edinburgh are greatly concerned by University plans to disintegrate the School of Scottish Studies, home of the Scottish Folk Revival and internationally renowned centre for research in Ethnology and Celtic Studies, by separating ongoing teaching from its resources - the world famous archive collection and its associated libraries. As a result of these plans, the School of Scottish Studies is likely to lose 90% of its books and the future of the fragile archival material remains uncertain. A student campaign is under way to persuade the University that the School of Scottish Studies and its resources must remain intact and accessible to researchers and the wider public.

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