Ethnology, Folklore, and Ethnomusicology are disciplines built on the study of culture in context.
Ethnologists, folklorists, and ethnomusicologists use ethnographic fieldwork to consider how identity is shaped, maintained, transmitted, and adapted. We analyse the social, political, economic, and psychological forces that construct our humanity in its widest sense—from narrating everyday life to customs and oral traditions, from beliefs to musical and artistic production, from foodways to interactions with the environment.
We investigate how the practices and traditions of a community, region, or country relate to contemporary issues of identity and community, and how these ideas are enacted in everyday life.
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September 2025
University of Aberdeen
Directorate of External Relations,
King's College,
Aberdeen,
Aberdeen, City Of,
AB24 3FX, SCOTLAND, Scotland
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The University of Aberdeen is ranked in the top 15 universities in the UK by the Guardian and Times and Sunday Times Good University Guides 2025.