Several data were created for the project "A Text Analytic Approach to Rural and Urban Legal... more Several data were created for the project "A Text Analytic Approach to Rural and Urban Legal Histories". The data are the output of the project described in the paper "Text Analysis of Aberdeen Burgh Records 1530-1531". The data represent annotations on the transcribed text of a selection of Aberdeen Burgh Records from 1530-1531. The annotations are various, covering non-legal (e.g. named entities) and legal (e.g. crimes and legal actions) terminology and relations as found in the text. The data was created using the General Architecture for Text Engineering (GATE) tool (along with some custom scripts), using manual and automated means. The data can be explored as well using the GATE tool or other compatible text analytic tools. The purposes of making the data available is to: present the output of the project; demonstrate the effectiveness of the toolchain; serve as a proof of concept for text analytic approaches to legal, historical materials; make the data ava...
This short essay sets the context for the special section on communities, courts and Scottish tow... more This short essay sets the context for the special section on communities, courts and Scottish towns. Scottish burgh records generally, and Aberdeen's UNESCO recognized collection in particular, are considered in light of their legal character. The changing features of pre-modern political society between the fifteenth century and the early nineteenth century are introduced as a shared problem for investigation, and an ancien régime framework is examined as a comparative tool in this field. A vital concern of these articles is with the construction and sometimes contested use of vocabularies of law and authority, privileges and liberties, and ideas of urban ‘community’. Courts at the municipal level, and in the world beyond the burgh, are appreciated as legal and governmental fora. The ambition of this special section is to prompt European comparisons, and encourage greater dialogue with and consideration of Scottish urban records in future research.
Journal of Community Archaeology & Heritage, 2021
Co-production of community heritage research is in the ascendant. Coproduction aims to break down... more Co-production of community heritage research is in the ascendant. Coproduction aims to break down barriers between 'experts' and the 'public' to co-create knowledge about the past. Few projects have sought to critically evaluate the complexities of co-producing research, particularly long-term ones, composed of multiple activities, which draw on differently situated groups. This paper presents a reflective analysis by the universitybased participants of a long-standing community heritage project focusing on the ruins of a locally celebrated crofting community in Northeast Scotland. The use of archaeological and archival techniques, the creation of an exhibition, a kitchen garden, promenade drama, a heritage app, and publications, provide both opportunities and challenges for co-production. The meaning of co-production was shaped by the nature of research activities, resulting in significantly varied levels of participation; its embedding, therefore, requires managing expectations. Effective relationships for co-creating knowledge are an outgrowth of building trust, which take time, patience, and commitment.
Several data were created for the project "A Text Analytic Approach to Rural and Urban Legal... more Several data were created for the project "A Text Analytic Approach to Rural and Urban Legal Histories". The data are the output of the project described in the paper "Text Analysis of Aberdeen Burgh Records 1530-1531". The data represent annotations on the transcribed text of a selection of Aberdeen Burgh Records from 1530-1531. The annotations are various, covering non-legal (e.g. named entities) and legal (e.g. crimes and legal actions) terminology and relations as found in the text. The data was created using the General Architecture for Text Engineering (GATE) tool (along with some custom scripts), using manual and automated means. The data can be explored as well using the GATE tool or other compatible text analytic tools. The purposes of making the data available is to: present the output of the project; demonstrate the effectiveness of the toolchain; serve as a proof of concept for text analytic approaches to legal, historical materials; make the data ava...
This short essay sets the context for the special section on communities, courts and Scottish tow... more This short essay sets the context for the special section on communities, courts and Scottish towns. Scottish burgh records generally, and Aberdeen's UNESCO recognized collection in particular, are considered in light of their legal character. The changing features of pre-modern political society between the fifteenth century and the early nineteenth century are introduced as a shared problem for investigation, and an ancien régime framework is examined as a comparative tool in this field. A vital concern of these articles is with the construction and sometimes contested use of vocabularies of law and authority, privileges and liberties, and ideas of urban ‘community’. Courts at the municipal level, and in the world beyond the burgh, are appreciated as legal and governmental fora. The ambition of this special section is to prompt European comparisons, and encourage greater dialogue with and consideration of Scottish urban records in future research.
Journal of Community Archaeology & Heritage, 2021
Co-production of community heritage research is in the ascendant. Coproduction aims to break down... more Co-production of community heritage research is in the ascendant. Coproduction aims to break down barriers between 'experts' and the 'public' to co-create knowledge about the past. Few projects have sought to critically evaluate the complexities of co-producing research, particularly long-term ones, composed of multiple activities, which draw on differently situated groups. This paper presents a reflective analysis by the universitybased participants of a long-standing community heritage project focusing on the ruins of a locally celebrated crofting community in Northeast Scotland. The use of archaeological and archival techniques, the creation of an exhibition, a kitchen garden, promenade drama, a heritage app, and publications, provide both opportunities and challenges for co-production. The meaning of co-production was shaped by the nature of research activities, resulting in significantly varied levels of participation; its embedding, therefore, requires managing expectations. Effective relationships for co-creating knowledge are an outgrowth of building trust, which take time, patience, and commitment.
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