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Critical appraisal of the practice of urban conservation
(The University of Edinburgh, 1970)This M.Sc. thesis presented at Edinburgh University is an attempt to analyse a particular branch of planning, conservation planning, as defined by Part 1 of the Civic Amenities Act, 1967. For reasons of ease of designation, ... -
Queer art of autofabulation: giving a radical account of oneself after HIV/AIDS
(The University of Edinburgh, 2023-08-08)“The Queer Art of Autofabulation: Giving a Radical Account of Oneself After HIV/AIDS” traces the development of autobiographical practices as strategies of resistance in art, writing and theory from the 1980s onwards. It ... -
World-making and un-doing: looking at minor cultural forms through moving image practice
(The University of Edinburgh, 2023-07-25)World-making and Un-doing: Looking at minor cultural forms through moving image practice, examines how contemporary artistic practice - particularly artists’ moving image - can function as a unique and productive site ... -
Nationalism and architecture in postcolonial Bangladesh, 1947-1971
(The University of Edinburgh, 2023-07-25)Buildings built between 1947 and 1971 played an important role to seek national identity during the postcolonial period of Bangladesh when the country was known as East Pakistan and was unified with West Pakistan. In a ... -
Joseph Gillott and the rise of the collector-dealer
(The University of Edinburgh, 2023-07-24)Middle-class art collectors like Joseph Gillott (1799–1872) were part of a new and significant trend in the art market in Great Britain that began to take shape and increase during the middle part of the nineteenth ... -
Architectural colour and power: a case study of the Summer Palace, Beijing (1750-1912)
(The University of Edinburgh, 2023-07-20)Although for the Chinese authorities, colour, and in particular architectural colour, has always been a crucial way to exercise influence, classify hierarchies, and maintain national and international order, the significant ... -
‘Making Floppy Floppy': Peter Halley's Postmodernist Abstraction (1980-1987):
(The University of Edinburgh, 2023-07-17)Having completed studies at Yale and The University of New Orleans, in 1980 American artist Peter Halley returned to his hometown in New York City, took a studio in the East Village, and began to paint. Within six years ... -
Tapestry-making in Renaissance Florence (1545-1600)
(The University of Edinburgh, 2023-07-10)The thesis aims to offer a new perspective on tapestry production in sixteenth-century Florence from its establishment in 1545 to the end of the sixteenth century (1600). So far, scholarly literature has mainly investigated ... -
Impact of dementia care environments: exploring the perceived daily life experiences of people with dementia in their dementia care environments and their immediate outdoor settings
(The University of Edinburgh, 2023-06-29)“Priorities for action will vary and countries will need to tailor actions to their specific contexts, but improving the fit between older people and their environments is universally achievable.” (World Health Organisation, ... -
'A hidden art form' the value of sound in UK television idents (1982-2022)
(The University of Edinburgh, 2023-06-23)Television idents are hidden in plain sight. Their creativity is often undervalued by industry practitioners and viewers alike, designated a ‘hidden art form’ by creative executive Charlie Mawer (2020). The sound worlds ... -
Implementation of city models in China: how residents use different green/blue space
(The University of Edinburgh, 2023-06-20)Similar to most countries in the world, the rapid process of urbanisation in China has resulted in various environmental crises, like city flooding, ecological diversity reduction, air pollution, water pollution, etc. ... -
Value of biodiversity in Chinese urban parks from a social perspective
(The University of Edinburgh, 2023-06-20)While ornamental and recreational functions were traditionally the focus of urban parks in China, biodiversity conservation/enhancement has been increasingly seen as a prioritised goal. This promotes the use of the ... -
Landscape preference and everyday use of urban green space in the age of social media: a case study of Beijing
(The University of Edinburgh, 2023-06-19)Burgeoning social media sites characterize a highly connected cyberspace, whereby personal expressions can be easily created in rich forms – image, text, video – and are visible to a broad range of audiences. Substantial ... -
MP3 compression artefacts as creative material
(The University of Edinburgh, 2023-06-14)This creative research project is concerned with exploring the production and properties of MP3 data compression artefacts and effects, categorising them in a taxonomy, and arranging those artefacts for the creation of ... -
Inflection - returning agency and architectural principles on geometry for nonstandard productions in mechanical engineering: scientific body development of streamline surfaces of a technical elegance for simulation and advanced manufacturing applications
(The University of Edinburgh, 2023-06-12)This thesis moves towards a foundation, which explores an industrial means to exploit Baroque dynamic systems for curve and surface modelling for nonstandard envelope productions. This recalls Cache’s Projectiles (2011), ... -
Quality, ambition and strategy: collecting French art for the Musée de Lyon (1900 - 1914)
(The University of Edinburgh, 2023-05-23)This dissertation covers the history of municipal collecting in Lyon during the years 1900 – 1914. Chapter One deals with the tenure of Édouard Aynard (1837 – 1913), the prominent Lyonnais statesman and Président of the ... -
Life and work of James Jepson Binns
(The University of Edinburgh, 2015-11-25)This thesis is the first study of the life and work of Leeds organ builder James Jepson Binns (1854-1929). It is not the intention to provide a full technological evaluation of Binns' work, but rather to provide a ... -
Temporary homes: an investigation into the architectures of forced migration in post-2015 Athens
(The University of Edinburgh, 2023-04-19)This thesis investigates the ways in which the complexities of living are manifested in the making and presence of multi-scalar ʻtemporary homesʼ in the context of forced migration with focus on post-2015 Athens, Greece. ... -
Food-growing in Scottish schools: an analysis of the present position and indicators for the future
(The University of Edinburgh, 2023-04-12)A healthy diet is vital for growth and development and poor diet in childhood can affect academic achievement and can create long-term health problems such as obesity, coronary disease, stroke and cancer (Poulton et al, ... -
Circles, an experimental approach to film music composition through sonification of moving images
(The University of Edinburgh, 2023-03-14)In this paper an experimental approach to film music composition through sonification is discussed. Sonification [7], the practice of transforming moving images into sounds, is not a new concept. There are several attempts ...
