Banging the Drum for Samoan Cultural Heritage
By recording the musical knowledge found across Samoa’s islands, researchers hope to celebrate the heritage they find while retaining its diversity.
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Biocultural Heritage and Community Voice in Amazonia
St Andrews researchers including Dr Althea Davies collaborate with indigenous groups and institutions around the world to fully articulate the significance of their traditions.
Preserving Maritime Cultural Heritage through Music
Now a PhD student at the University of St Andrews, Claudia Lubao’s music has set a precedent in bringing cultural heritage to new audiences
Engaging new audiences through digital restoration
Collaborations between university academics and external institutions have brought locations that were thought lost back into view and engaged new audiences in the digital humanities.
Building capacity for low-level environmental radioactivity measurements
Environmental radiation can teach us a lot about the world and its history, and the University now has the capacity to measure it self-sufficiently.
The Mystery of the Durrington Pits
Researchers from the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences are part of the team that discovered a massive Neolithic structure near Stonehenge, thought to be the largest prehistoric structure ever found in…
Curious Travellers: rebuilding the past through citizen science
By crowdsourcing images of destroyed heritage, Professor Richard Bates offers a glimpse into a world as it used to be.
Women in Drama: Recreating Theatre for the 21st Century
While theatre is full to bursting with ‘everyman’ roles, the ‘everywoman’ has been notable mostly by her absence. In the School of English, Professor Zinnie Harris addresses these fatal flaws in theatrical tradition by…
Dive In to the New Wardlaw Exhibit and Help Save Our Oceans
'Dive In! Protecting Our Ocean' The University of St Andrews’ Wardlaw Museum recently announced Dive In! Protecting Our Ocean, its new exhibition, digital content and events programme highlights the wonders of the…
The Music in Virginia Woolf’s writing
Professor Emma Sutton reveals the full significance of Virginia Woolf's declaration that ‘I always think of my books as music before I write them’.