Kevin James Grant
MLitt, Historical Archaeology (University of Glasgow)
MA, Archaeology (University of Glasgow)
PhD Candidate
Room: 322
Gregory Building,
Lillybank Gardens,
Glasgow,
G12 8QQ
Telephone: +44 (0)141 330 3925 (dept)
Mobile: 07952313444 (personal)
Email: K.Grant.2@research.gla.ac.uk
Research title
Evocations of Modern Scottish Highland and Island Landscapes
Research abstract
The proposal of the research is to create an interpretive evocation of the lived experience of inhabiting the physical and cultural landscape of Modern period Highland Scotland (c. 18th-19th centuries). This will be achieved by applying several different, varied techniques to data about landscapes of the relevant period.
I will explore the use of techniques such as narrative, poetry, photography and soundscape in understanding and interpreting landscapes. The structure, language, and overall aesthetic of the thesis will also aim to be part of the interpretive process and to convey ideas about the past. The critical use and evaluation of these techniques will be an aim of this piece of research as well as creating an interpretation of the landscapes themselves.
The proposed final result of my research will be to create a text which presents the reader with several emotive and human evocations of landscapes. These evocations will be thematic in nature, such as an understanding of landscape based on seasonality, travel, or soundscape, and will be exemplified by case studies of relevant landscapes. The aim is to explore the use of these different approaches to landscape to create an effective interpretation of Modern Scottish landscapes and to aid in the understanding of landscapes of this period in the future.
Supervisor
Societies and Research Projects
Member, Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology
Ordinary Member, Scottish Archaeological Forum
Carlton Parkhead Project
Huntarian Outreach Programme
Graduate Teaching Assistant
The Archaeology of Scotland. (Level 1)
Archaeology in the Modern World. (Level 1)
Previous work
2010 Review: Warriors of The Word: The World of The Scottish Highlanders, by Michael Newton. The
Kelvingrove Review, Issue 5 (online).
2010 (Paper) William Roy: The Cartography of Fear. Centre for Historical archaeology Postgraduate
Conference, University of Leicester.
MLitt Thesis (2009): ‘A Community Archaeology Project That Doesn’t Know It Yet’: Applying a community perspective to the role of the Forth and Clyde canal within the regeneration of Maryhill.
MA Undergraduate Thesis (2008): ‘Talahm Dubh; Athar Glàs – Black Earth; Pale Sky: Human Landscapes of the Fairlie Moors’
Research interests
Post-Medieval and Historical Archaeology; The Archaeology of Scotland (particularly the Highlands and Islands); Colonial Archaeology; the use of narrative and poetry in archaeology; Scots and Gaelic traditional music, story, and poetry; Community Archaeology; Post-modern archaeological method and theory.