UCC Library and UCC researchers have made this item openly available. Please let us know how this has helped you. Thanks! Title Exploring ethnography and digital visualisation: a study of musical practice through the contextualisation of music related projects from the Seán Ó Riada Collection Author(s) Egan, Patrick Publication date 2019 Original citation Egan, P. 2019. Exploring ethnography and digital visualisation: a study of musical practice through the contextualisation of music related projects from the Seán Ó Riada Collection. PhD Thesis, University College Cork. Type of publication Doctoral thesis Rights © 2019, Patrick Egan. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Embargo information Not applicable Item downloaded http://hdl.handle.net/10468/9604 from Downloaded on 2020-07-02T20:41:04Z Ollscoil na hÉireann, Corcaigh National University of Ireland, Cork Exploring ethnography and digital visualisation: a study of musical practice through the contextualisation of music related projects from the Seán Ó Riada Collection. Volume 1 of 1 Thesis presented by: Patrick Egan orcid.org/0000-0002-7400-4923 for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy University College Cork Digital Arts and Humanities Head of School: Prof. Brendan Dooley Supervisors: Dr. Ian Pitt, Dr. Orla Murphy, Prof. Mel Mercier 2019 Table of Contents List of Figures …......................................................................................................................... i List of Tables ............................................................................................................................. iii Declaration ............................................................................................................................... iv Acknowledgements .................................................................................................................. v Terms and abbreviations …………………...................................................................................... vi Abstract .................................................................................................................................... vii 1 Introduction ...................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Collections ….................................................................................................................... 1 1.1.1 Special collections .................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Motivations for this study ............................................................................................... 3 1.3 Research questions ......................................................................................................... 7 1.4 Design and scope of the thesis ....................................................................................... 9 1.4.1 Purpose of this thesis ................................................................................................ 10 1.4.2 Theoretical framework ............................................................................................. 11 1.4.2.1 Qualitative approach ......................................................................................... 11 1.4.2.2 Quantitative approach ....................................................................................... 15 1.5 Aims and objectives ........................................................................................................ 16 1.6 Project timeline summary ............................................................................................... 17 1.6.1 Modifying the methodology ..................................................................................... 17 1.6.1.1 Data collection ................................................................................................... 19 1.6.1.2 Visualising data .................................................................................................. 20 1.6.1.3 Reframing research ............................................................................................ 22 1.7 Theoretical changes ........................................................................................................ 23 1.7.1 Practice theory ………................................................................................................. 24 1.8 Chapter outline ............................................................................................................... 26 I 2 Literature review ............................................................................................................... 30 2.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................... 30 2.1.1 Literature review rationale and scope ..................................................................... 31 2.1.1.1 Literature review search process....................................................................... 33 2.2 Policy and music ............................................................................................................. 35 2.2.1 The Arts Council ........................................................................................................ 35 2.2.2 Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann .................................................................................... 39 2.2.3 Gael Linn .................................................................................................................. 42 2.2.4 Radio Éireann and Radio Teilifís Éireann .................................................................. 50 2.3 Music Performance in 1952 ........................................................................................... 56 2.3.1 Broadcasting ………….................................................................................................. 58 2.3.2 Festivals .................................................................................................................... 60 2.3.3 Music and composition ............................................................................................ 61 2.3.4 Teaching music ......................................................................................................... 63 2.3.5 Musical change and 1952 onwards .......................................................................... 64 2.4 Perspectives on Seán Ó Riada’s Career …………………………………………………………………………6 5 2.5 Background of the Seán Ó Riada Collection .................................................................... 71 2.5.1 Metadata and the archiving process......................................................................... 72 2.6 Historical and political contexts ...................................................................................... 72 2.7 Discussion ........................................................................................................................ 73 3 Groundwork ……………………................................................................................................ 75 3.1 Introduction …................................................................................................................. 75 3.2 Disciplinary focus and context ........................................................................................ 78 3.3 Digital humanities in ethnomusicology .......................................................................... 79 3.4 Criticism .......................................................................................................................... 84 3.5 Methodological approach to the digital ......................................................................... 86 3.6 Background to the Seán Ó Riada Collection ................................................................... 88 3.7 Data exploration strategy ............................................................................................... 89 II 3.8 Methods and materials .................................................................................................. 91 3.9 Exploring the collection – phase 1 …............................................................................... 92 3.9.1 Listing contents ........................................................................................................ 93 3.9.2 The Letters Dataset .................................................................................................. 97 3.9.2.1 Senders ............................................................................................................ 98 3.9.2.2 Sender addresses ............................................................................................. 98 3.9.2.3 Letter dates ...................................................................................................... 101 3.9.2.4 Linked Open Data ............................................................................................ 103 3.9.2.5 Testing the Letters Dataset .............................................................................. 104 3.9.8 The Ó Riada Scores Dataset ..................................................................................... 107 3.9.9 The Projects Dataset ................................................................................................ 109 3.9.10 Engaging with SQL and API ............................................................................... 112 3.10 The iterative