Lori Watson
@loriwatson.bsky.social
Musician & Researcher @ Scottish Studies UoEdinburgh | trad/folk arts performance & creativity | artistic research, ethno(musico)logy || loriwatson.net | tradmus.com
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A walk from start to finish through Fause, Fause, an interactive songscape set below Buachaille Etive Mòr (as close as I could get, anyway). Built in #unity3d and #wwise. Many thanks to amazing singer/fiddler @loriwatson.bsky.social. @edincollegeofart.bsky.social #computermusic vimeo.com/1202166634
Fause, Fause (feat. Lori Watson)
A walkthrough of Fause, Fause an interactive audiovisual composition that brings together different strands of creative computing, sound design and composition. The work combines elements of game audi...
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June 17, 2026 at 5:45 PM
A walk from start to finish through Fause, Fause, an interactive songscape set below Buachaille Etive Mòr (as close as I could get, anyway). Built in #unity3d and #wwise. Many thanks to amazing singer/fiddler @loriwatson.bsky.social. @edincollegeofart.bsky.social #computermusic vimeo.com/1202166634
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It might be all sunshine just now, but come Friday there's a big grey cloud en route. PERFECT timing to join us at @traversetheatre.bsky.social for an evening with the mighty Triptic! Ft. music from Armenia to São Paulo & many richly melodic stops along the way.
www.soundhouse.org.uk/events/triptic
www.soundhouse.org.uk/events/triptic
May 25, 2026 at 10:39 AM
It might be all sunshine just now, but come Friday there's a big grey cloud en route. PERFECT timing to join us at @traversetheatre.bsky.social for an evening with the mighty Triptic! Ft. music from Armenia to São Paulo & many richly melodic stops along the way.
www.soundhouse.org.uk/events/triptic
www.soundhouse.org.uk/events/triptic
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Years of hard work are behind us, but it was worth it and here is the result. Working with Associate Professor Marko Jouste (Giellagas Institute) has been truly wonderful and the opportunity to study the fascinating dance culture of the Skolt Sámi is a great honor. www.bloomsbury.com/us/skolt-saa...
Skolt Saami Dance
This is the first book in English exploring the quadrille as danced among the Skolt Saami, one of the indigenous Saami peoples in Northern Europe.The Skolt quad…
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February 8, 2026 at 9:07 AM
Years of hard work are behind us, but it was worth it and here is the result. Working with Associate Professor Marko Jouste (Giellagas Institute) has been truly wonderful and the opportunity to study the fascinating dance culture of the Skolt Sámi is a great honor. www.bloomsbury.com/us/skolt-saa...
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📣 We're #hiring: #DigitalArchivist
Libraries don’t just preserve the past, they safeguard the digital present; the NLI is delighted to be accepting applications for a Digital Archivist. 🖥️
⭐ Info & apply: https://www.nli.ie/about-us/working-national-library-ireland
📆 #Apply by: 13 Feb at 3pm
Libraries don’t just preserve the past, they safeguard the digital present; the NLI is delighted to be accepting applications for a Digital Archivist. 🖥️
⭐ Info & apply: https://www.nli.ie/about-us/working-national-library-ireland
📆 #Apply by: 13 Feb at 3pm
February 8, 2026 at 9:50 AM
📣 We're #hiring: #DigitalArchivist
Libraries don’t just preserve the past, they safeguard the digital present; the NLI is delighted to be accepting applications for a Digital Archivist. 🖥️
⭐ Info & apply: https://www.nli.ie/about-us/working-national-library-ireland
📆 #Apply by: 13 Feb at 3pm
Libraries don’t just preserve the past, they safeguard the digital present; the NLI is delighted to be accepting applications for a Digital Archivist. 🖥️
⭐ Info & apply: https://www.nli.ie/about-us/working-national-library-ireland
📆 #Apply by: 13 Feb at 3pm
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Universities in Scotland are set to benefit from a real-terms funding uplift in the Scottish National Party’s final budget before voters head to the polls in Holyrood elections. Helen Packer reports #academicsky #edusky
https://ow.ly/PRxS50XWySR
https://ow.ly/PRxS50XWySR
Scottish budget promises £55 million extra for universities
SNP announces ‘real terms’ funding uplift pre-election but universities say extra money not enough to combat financial challenges
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January 14, 2026 at 9:19 AM
Universities in Scotland are set to benefit from a real-terms funding uplift in the Scottish National Party’s final budget before voters head to the polls in Holyrood elections. Helen Packer reports #academicsky #edusky
https://ow.ly/PRxS50XWySR
https://ow.ly/PRxS50XWySR
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New Post: WEEKEND READING: What if, in trying to ‘fix’ universities, we are quietly unmaking them? www.hepi.ac.uk/2026/01/10/w...
January 10, 2026 at 7:02 AM
New Post: WEEKEND READING: What if, in trying to ‘fix’ universities, we are quietly unmaking them? www.hepi.ac.uk/2026/01/10/w...
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What does neuroscience suggest about how students learn best? Mussab Aswad explores how brain-aligned, experiential learning builds deeper understanding and real-world capability: https://ow.ly/cgqc50XSkq8 #HigherEd #AcademicSky #EduSky
How does the brain learn? And why don’t we teach that way?
Neuroscience shows traditional teaching is not enough. Instead, an experiential approach can return learning to its natural order
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January 11, 2026 at 10:30 AM
What does neuroscience suggest about how students learn best? Mussab Aswad explores how brain-aligned, experiential learning builds deeper understanding and real-world capability: https://ow.ly/cgqc50XSkq8 #HigherEd #AcademicSky #EduSky
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Hooray! The British Library has just released a beta version of its rebuilt Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue: searcharchives.bl.uk
2,619 hits for 'petition' in Western Manuscripts, texts in English, in case you're curious. 🗃️
2,619 hits for 'petition' in Western Manuscripts, texts in English, in case you're curious. 🗃️
December 15, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Hooray! The British Library has just released a beta version of its rebuilt Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue: searcharchives.bl.uk
2,619 hits for 'petition' in Western Manuscripts, texts in English, in case you're curious. 🗃️
2,619 hits for 'petition' in Western Manuscripts, texts in English, in case you're curious. 🗃️
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Great turnout at the Edinburgh UCU rally at parliament to demand an end to the University of Edinburgh management reckless budget cuts and redundancies!
#StopStaffCutsatUoE @ucu.org.uk
#StopStaffCutsatUoE @ucu.org.uk
November 19, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Great turnout at the Edinburgh UCU rally at parliament to demand an end to the University of Edinburgh management reckless budget cuts and redundancies!
#StopStaffCutsatUoE @ucu.org.uk
#StopStaffCutsatUoE @ucu.org.uk
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Calling all staff and students at UoE, and all those who care about its future: join us on the picket lines!
Teach outs, picket locations, bake sale... see our FAQ
#UCU
#WearetheUniversity
#StopStaffCutsatUoE
www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk/industrial-d...
Teach outs, picket locations, bake sale... see our FAQ
#UCU
#WearetheUniversity
#StopStaffCutsatUoE
www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk/industrial-d...
Industrial Action FAQ — UCU Edinburgh
www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk
November 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Calling all staff and students at UoE, and all those who care about its future: join us on the picket lines!
Teach outs, picket locations, bake sale... see our FAQ
#UCU
#WearetheUniversity
#StopStaffCutsatUoE
www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk/industrial-d...
Teach outs, picket locations, bake sale... see our FAQ
#UCU
#WearetheUniversity
#StopStaffCutsatUoE
www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk/industrial-d...
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#StopTheCuts and divest from genocide! #StopStaffCutAtUoE
November 17, 2025 at 12:30 PM
#StopTheCuts and divest from genocide! #StopStaffCutAtUoE
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Pickets all over Edinburgh this morning! From Old College to King's Building, Edinburgh UCU staff are saying NO to job cuts!
November 17, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Pickets all over Edinburgh this morning! From Old College to King's Building, Edinburgh UCU staff are saying NO to job cuts!
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📣 Strike at University of Edinburgh 17-19 November against unjustified compulsory redundancies @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social
📌 JOIN OUR RALLY AT THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT, Wed 19 November 1 pm 🙏🏼 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rally-to-s...
ℹ️Info about the dispute 👉🏻
www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk/industrial-d...
📌 JOIN OUR RALLY AT THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT, Wed 19 November 1 pm 🙏🏼 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rally-to-s...
ℹ️Info about the dispute 👉🏻
www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk/industrial-d...
Local Industrial Dispute FAQs — UCU Edinburgh
www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk
November 14, 2025 at 4:23 PM
📣 Strike at University of Edinburgh 17-19 November against unjustified compulsory redundancies @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social
📌 JOIN OUR RALLY AT THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT, Wed 19 November 1 pm 🙏🏼 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rally-to-s...
ℹ️Info about the dispute 👉🏻
www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk/industrial-d...
📌 JOIN OUR RALLY AT THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT, Wed 19 November 1 pm 🙏🏼 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rally-to-s...
ℹ️Info about the dispute 👉🏻
www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk/industrial-d...
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Our Custodian, @sorchadallas.bsky.social has written an obituary for Elspeth King in The Guardian.
King transformed how Scotland’s museums told the stories of everyday people—https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/nov/16/elspeth-king-obituary
King transformed how Scotland’s museums told the stories of everyday people—https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/nov/16/elspeth-king-obituary
Elspeth King obituary
Museum director and curator of the People’s Palace in Glasgow who reshaped it into a living record of the city’s social history
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Our Custodian, @sorchadallas.bsky.social has written an obituary for Elspeth King in The Guardian.
King transformed how Scotland’s museums told the stories of everyday people—https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/nov/16/elspeth-king-obituary
King transformed how Scotland’s museums told the stories of everyday people—https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/nov/16/elspeth-king-obituary
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Exactly one woman has won the Booker in the past six years www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 16, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Exactly one woman has won the Booker in the past six years www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Have you read Journal of American Folklore Vol. 138, No. 549? Featuring new articles, perspectives, book reviews, and more! With work by @mathildelind.bsky.social, @gurotekopp.bsky.social, @loriwatson.bsky.social, and others.
Read now on @projectmuse.bsky.social: muse.jhu.edu/issue/55307
Read now on @projectmuse.bsky.social: muse.jhu.edu/issue/55307
November 3, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Have you read Journal of American Folklore Vol. 138, No. 549? Featuring new articles, perspectives, book reviews, and more! With work by @mathildelind.bsky.social, @gurotekopp.bsky.social, @loriwatson.bsky.social, and others.
Read now on @projectmuse.bsky.social: muse.jhu.edu/issue/55307
Read now on @projectmuse.bsky.social: muse.jhu.edu/issue/55307
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📣PLEASE SHARE 📣 Call for Writers! Two 8-month residencies (2026) at AGA & @aowensarchive.bsky.social exploring Neglected Voices. Supported by Creative Scotland. £12k fee, flexible structure. Apply by 4 Dec 2025 👉 [email protected], Link on website to application brief & criteria✍️
November 3, 2025 at 7:17 AM
📣PLEASE SHARE 📣 Call for Writers! Two 8-month residencies (2026) at AGA & @aowensarchive.bsky.social exploring Neglected Voices. Supported by Creative Scotland. £12k fee, flexible structure. Apply by 4 Dec 2025 👉 [email protected], Link on website to application brief & criteria✍️
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Speedrun through an interactive songscape feat. transformations of traditional Scots song Fause, Fause performed by @loriwatson.bsky.social. Now with elements that develop the AV aesthetic. Audio made with @cycling74.bsky.social MaxMSP & @audiokinetic.bsky.social Wwise @edincollegeofart.bsky.social
October 4, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Speedrun through an interactive songscape feat. transformations of traditional Scots song Fause, Fause performed by @loriwatson.bsky.social. Now with elements that develop the AV aesthetic. Audio made with @cycling74.bsky.social MaxMSP & @audiokinetic.bsky.social Wwise @edincollegeofart.bsky.social
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Edinburgh Uni AV Digitisation Technician job: "Digitising a range of AV and sound material from across the University’s heritage collections, with a focus on but not limited to, the collections of the School of Scottish Studies Archive" #digitalhumanities elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
AV Digitisation Technician
We are looking for an AV digitisation professional to join our team on a permanent basis, to undertake programmatic and on-demand digitisation of the University’s AV heritage collections.
elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com
June 24, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Edinburgh Uni AV Digitisation Technician job: "Digitising a range of AV and sound material from across the University’s heritage collections, with a focus on but not limited to, the collections of the School of Scottish Studies Archive" #digitalhumanities elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
JOB AV Tech (closes 30th June) Please share! #archives #ScottishStudies @edinburghup.bsky.social elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
AV Digitisation Technician
We are looking for an AV digitisation professional to join our team on a permanent basis, to undertake programmatic and on-demand digitisation of the University’s AV heritage collections.
elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com
June 19, 2025 at 10:18 AM
JOB AV Tech (closes 30th June) Please share! #archives #ScottishStudies @edinburghup.bsky.social elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
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Happy #MothersDay! 💐Check out a special issue of Visual Arts Research 48.2 on "motherscholars," highlighting the work of scholars and artists who are also mothers and caregivers. scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/var/issu...
May 11, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Happy #MothersDay! 💐Check out a special issue of Visual Arts Research 48.2 on "motherscholars," highlighting the work of scholars and artists who are also mothers and caregivers. scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/var/issu...
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If you think coworking might work for you but would be tempted to chat if you organize it yourself with a friend, A Meeting With Your Writing might help. Virtual. Professional. Microcoaching available to get you unstuck.
💡 academicwritingstudio.co.uk/a-meeting-wi...
💡 academicwritingstudio.co.uk/a-meeting-wi...
April 25, 2025 at 11:31 AM
If you think coworking might work for you but would be tempted to chat if you organize it yourself with a friend, A Meeting With Your Writing might help. Virtual. Professional. Microcoaching available to get you unstuck.
💡 academicwritingstudio.co.uk/a-meeting-wi...
💡 academicwritingstudio.co.uk/a-meeting-wi...
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Source material here is @loriwatson.bsky.social Fause, Fause (with thanks!) loriwatson.bandcamp.com/track/fause-...
Fause, Fause, by Lori Watson
track by Lori Watson
loriwatson.bandcamp.com
April 25, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Source material here is @loriwatson.bsky.social Fause, Fause (with thanks!) loriwatson.bandcamp.com/track/fause-...
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Close to releasing some loop-finding-folk-records interactive scenes, just a few props to add here.Thanks to the brilliant @loriwatson.bsky.social for letting me work with her songs! Uses @audiokinetic.bsky.social #Wwise for audio @edincollegeofart.bsky.social #computermusicfeed vimeo.com/1073691066
jr_QATH_DEMO
This is "jr_QATH_DEMO" by pixelmechanic on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
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April 8, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Close to releasing some loop-finding-folk-records interactive scenes, just a few props to add here.Thanks to the brilliant @loriwatson.bsky.social for letting me work with her songs! Uses @audiokinetic.bsky.social #Wwise for audio @edincollegeofart.bsky.social #computermusicfeed vimeo.com/1073691066