News Release: The Glasgow School of Art to collaborate with the University of Lapland

 

Academics at the GSA Highlands & Islands campus are to collaborate with colleagues in the University of Lapland with support from the Scottish Government’s Arctic Connections Fund it has been announced.

 

The Scottish Government has released details of the second round of grants from the Arctic Connections Fund, (launched in March 2022), which aims to help Scottish organisations and communities collaborate with partners in the Arctic and promotes exchange of expertise on shared issues.

 

The GSA has secured a maximum grant of £10,000 for Sheilin-bough: exploring the intangible cultural heritage of food in the north through inter-cultural storytelling. The project will bring the institution together with the University of Lapland to collaborate through shared expertise in creative and participatory practices.

 

“This collaboration aims to engage participants in their respective landscapes through making, cooking, and storytelling and to develop inter-cultural understanding of the key issues facing inhabitants in the Arctic and the north: sustainable food futures, and environmental and social justice,” says Dr Gina Wall, Programme Director GSA Highlands & Islands. “We aim to build a collaborative platform on which to establish an international network of place-based practitioners with an interest in the intangible cultural heritage of food, from cultivation and preparation to communal consumption.”

 

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For further information contact:

Lesley Booth

0779 941 4474 / press@gsa.ac.uk