Gary West

PROF

Cultural Heritage

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PhD projects

Examples of previous themes supervised include:

‘Exploring New World Perspectives on “Style” and “Authenticity” in Gaelic Dance-Music of the 21st Century’
'Survival and Revival in the Lowland and Border Bagpipe Tradition'
'The Piping Tradition of Ontario, Canada'.
'Ethnology and National Identity'
'The Contemporary Role of the Kilt and Tartan in the Construction and Expression of Scottish American Identity'.
'Scottish Competition Bagpipe Performance: Sound, Mode and Aesthetics’
'An Ethnological Approach to Landscape and Identity'
'A Highland Estate: Continuity, Change and Identity'
'Negotiating the City: oral and visual narrative perspectives'. 'Ethnological Perspectives on Oral and Visual Narrative'
'Women's Wartime History in the Scottish Italian Community'
'The Pipe Band: Origins and Development'

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2020
Grit: The Martyn Bennett Story
West, G., 31 Oct 2020, Edinburgh: Birlinn Press. 256 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Book
2018
Jock's Jocks: A One Act Play
West, G., 29 Oct 2018
Research output: Non-textual form › Performance
Understanding Scotland musically: Introduction
West, G. & McKerrell, S., 21 Feb 2018, Understanding Scotland Musically: Folk, Tradition and Policy. West, G. & McKerrell, S. (eds.). London and New York: Routledge, p. 1-14 14 p. 1. (Ashgate Popular and Folk Music Series).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Understanding Scotland musically: Reflections on place, war and nation
West, G., 21 Feb 2018, Understanding Scotland Musically: Folk, Tradition and Policy. McKerrell, S. & West, G. (eds.). Abingdon; New York: Routledge, p. 240-251 12 p. (Ashgate Popular and Folk Music Series).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
Understanding Scotland Musically: Folk, Tradition and Policy
McKerrell, S. (ed.) & West, G. (ed.), 20 Feb 2018, London: Routledge. 290 p. (Ashgate Popular and Folk Music Series)
Research output: Book/Report › Book
2016
Jock's Jocks: A One Act Play
West, G., 11 Nov 2016
Research output: Non-textual form › Performance
2014

Far Far From Ypres: Songs from the First World War
West, G., Jan 2014, (Unpublished)
Research output: Non-textual form › Performance
Flooers o Edinburgh Concert
West, G., May 2014, (Unpublished)
Research output: Non-textual form › Performance
Mastery of Scottish Arts Concert, WA, USA: Concert
West, G., Feb 2014, (Unpublished)
Research output: Non-textual form › Performance
Piping Past, Present and Future Concert
West, G., May 2014, (Unpublished)
Research output: Non-textual form › Performance
The Noble Instrument: Pipe Major Donald Macleod
West, G., Apr 2014, Scottish Life, 19, 1, p. 12-13 2 p.
Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
The Noble Instrument: Youth Piping
West, G., Jun 2014, Scottish Life, 19, 2, p. 12-13 2 p.
Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
2013

'A Guid Hairst': Collecting and Archiving Scottish Tradition: Essays in Honour of Dr Margaret A. Mackay
Campbell, K. (ed.), Lamb, W. (ed.), Martin, N. (ed.) & West, G. (ed.), 2013, Maastricht: Shaker Verlag. 323 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Book
Airs From Your Elbow
West, G., 2013
Research output: Non-textual form › Digital or Visual Products
Ethnology and Heritage
West, G., Jun 2013, Scottish Life and Society: A Compendium of Scottish Ethnology. Veitch, K. & MacKay, M. A. (eds.). Edinburgh: European Ethnological Research Centre with Birlinn Press, Vol. 1.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed)
Flooers o the Forest: Songs and Music of Flodden
West, G., 2013
Research output: Non-textual form › Digital or Visual Products
Introduction
West, G., 2013, 'A Guid Hairst': Collecting and Archiving Scottish Tradition: Essays in Honour of Dr Margaret A. Mackay. Campbell, K., Lamb, W., Martin, N. & West, G. (eds.). Maastricht: Shaker Verlag, p. 1-7 7 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Mastery of Scottish Arts Concert, WA, USA
West, G., Feb 2013, (Unpublished)
Research output: Non-textual form › Performance
Oral Testimony
West, G., 1 Aug 2013, Scottish Life and Society: Compendium of Scottish Ethnology : An Introduction to Scottish Ethnology. Edinburgh: John Donald Publishers Ltd., Vol. 1.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed)
The Jedburgh Ba Game
West, G., 2013
Research output: Non-textual form › Composition
The Noble Instrument: The World Pipe Band Championships
West, G., Nov 2013, Scottish Life, 18, 4, p. 12-13 2 p.
Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
The Noble Instrument: End of an Era
West, G., Jan 2013, Scottish Life, 18, 1, p. 12-13 2 p.
Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
The Noble Instrument: The Lowland Bagpipe Revival
West, G., Sep 2013, Scottish Life, 18, 3, p. 12-13 2 p.
Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
Voicing Scotland
West, G., May 2013, (Unpublished)
Research output: Non-textual form › Performance
2012

Scottish Military Music
West, G., 2012, A Military History of Scotland. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, p. 648-668 20 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed)
The Noble Instrument: Donald MacPherson
West, G., Sep 2012, Scottish Life, 17, 3, p. 12-13 2 p.
Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
The Noble Instrument: The Northern Meeting
West, G., Dec 2012, Scottish Life, 17, 4, p. 12-13 2 p.
Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
The Noble Instrument: Gordon Duncan
West, G., Apr 2012, Scottish Life, 17, 1, p. 12-13 2 p.
Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
The Noble Instrument: John Burgess
West, G., Jul 2012, Scottish Life, 17, 2, p. 12-13 2 p.
Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
Voicing Scotland: Folk, Culture, Nation
West, G., 2012, Edinburgh: Luath Press. 186 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Book
2011

Piping and the Folk Revival
West, G., Nov 2011, Tis Sixty Years Since: The 1951 Edinburgh People's Festival Ceilidh and the Scottish Folk Revival. Bort, E. (ed.). Ochtertyre: Grace Note
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
School of Scottish Studies 60th Anniversary Concert
West, G., Jan 2011, (Unpublished)
Research output: Non-textual form › Performance
The Noble Instrument: Queen Victoria and the Atholl Highlanders
West, G., Dec 2011, Scottish Life, 16, 4, p. 12-13 2 p.
Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
2010

A Rough Guide to Scottish Folk: Volume 2
West, G. & Stewart, W., 2010
Research output: Non-textual form › Digital or Visual Products
Hamish Henderson and the Piping Tradition of the North-East
West, G., Aug 2010, Borne on the Carrying Stream: The Legacy of Hamish Henderson. Ochtertyre: Grace Note, p. 103-113 10 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Pibroch: The Company's Lament
West, G. & Downie, K., 2010
Research output: Non-textual form › Exhibition
2009

Gordon Cottage
West, G., 2009
Research output: Non-textual form › Composition
Hinterlands
West, G. & Stewart, W., 2009
Research output: Non-textual form › Digital or Visual Products
2007

An Historical Ethnography of Rural Perthshire, 1750-1950: Farm, Family and Neighbourhood
West, G., 2007, Lampeter: The Edwin Mellen Press. 311 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Book
2006

Custom
West, G., 2006, Scottish Life and Society: Domestic Life. Tuckwell Press Ltd, Vol. 6. p. 562-580 18 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
Music
West, G., 2006, Scottish Life and Society: Domestic Life. Storrier, S. (ed.). Tuckwell Press Ltd, Vol. 6. p. 120-133 13 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
2005

Sir Walter Scott
West, G., 2005, Enzyklopädie des Märchens: Handwörterbuch zur historischen und vergleichenden Erzählforschung. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Vol. 12. p. 461-465 5 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary
2004
Royal Scottish Pipers' Society Recital
West, G., 2004
Research output: Non-textual form › Digital or Visual Products
The Piper and the Maker
West, G., 2004
Research output: Non-textual form › Digital or Visual Products
2003

Lands and Lyrics: the Dynamics of Music and Song in Rural Society
West, G., 2003, In: Review of Scottish Culture. 15, p. 57-66 9 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Learning Locality: Inter-generational Narratives of Place and Belonging in a Scottish Local Education Project.
West, G., 2003, In: The International Journal of Learning. 10, p. 3229-3241 12 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2002

Cleveland Heights
West, G., 2002
Research output: Non-textual form › Composition
Douglasfield
West, G., 2002
Research output: Non-textual form › Composition
Saligo Bay
West, G., 2002
Research output: Non-textual form › Composition
The Coupit Yowe
West, G., 2002
Research output: Non-textual form › Composition

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