Absent histories: working with the archival traces of live art in Scotland

Greer, S. (2021) Absent histories: working with the archival traces of live art in Scotland. In: Wolfsteiner, A., Trachsel, E., Bachmann, M. and Heinrich, A. (eds.) Live Art Data: New Strategies in Theatre Archiving. Neue Strategien der Theaterarchivierung Scotland // Niedersachsen. Universitätsverlag Hildesheim: Hildesheim, pp. 74-79. ISBN 9783964240590

Abstract

Archival materials relating to the histories of live art in Scotland can be found in collections across the UK, with the most substantial resources now located beyond Scotland’s borders. Bringing these materials into conversation demands an attentiveness to the centring of existing live art histories on practice in England as well as the particular institutional and infrastructural contexts that have shaped their existence. In considering approaches for recontextualising such archival materials, this article begins to trace a history of absence in which live art in Scotland has been repeatedly marginalised. How might research usefully work with rather than simply seek to correct that dynamic?

• Item Type: Book Sections
• Status: Published
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Greer, Dr Stephen
• Authors: Greer, S.
• Subjects: C Auxiliary Sciences of History > CD Diplomatics. Archives. Seals > CD921 Archives; N Fine Arts > N Visual arts (General) For photography, see TR; N Fine Arts > NX Arts in general; P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN2000 Dramatic representation. The Theater
• College/School: College of Arts & Humanities > School of Culture and Creative Arts > Theatre Film and TV Studies
• Publisher: Universitätsverlag Hildesheim
• ISBN: 9783964240590
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2021 Universitätsverlag Hildesheim
• First Published: First published in Live Art Data: New Strategies in Theatre Archiving. Neue Strategien der Theaterarchivierung Scotland // Niedersachsen: 74-79
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced under a Creative Commons License

Project Code	Award No	Project Name	Principal Investigator	Funder's Name	Funder Ref	Lead Dept
309754		Live Art Scotland	Stephen Greer	Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)	AH/V001728/1	Arts - Theatre studies