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This URSS project guided by Professor Mark Philp, is the transcription and digitisation of this 1779 travel diary that Catherine Hutton wrote at the age of 23, in which she describes her experience of staying and interacting with various extended…

In India, marriage is more of a social as well as political
phenomenon rather than a legal one. In a truly traditional manner, a marriage is “the coming together” of two families, which is why societal perceptions are of great importance. The onus…

In Los Angles, there was an exceptionally close interaction between cinema and the built environment. In their form and function, the largest movie
studios resembled and were often described as, cities in themselves, being part and not part of their…

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This project sought to address the research gap about forestation, whereby little was known about how forestation impacted plant species biodiversity. Through the case study of the Heart of England Forest, this project assessed the impact of woodland…

By 1960, Freudian psychoanalysis was commonplace across Europe. Central to this were the
concepts of the id, ego, and superego – forces pertinent at both an individual and societal
level. In an unhealthy subject, according to Freud, these three…

This research project investigates how an environmentally-friendly approach to designing, constructing and disposing theatre sets can be achieved. The aim was to gain an understanding of how sustainable approaches are being practically implemented in…