Edinburgh College of Art thesis and dissertation collection
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Exploring the ‘I’ in musician: investigating musical identities of professional orchestral musicians
(The University of Edinburgh, 2016-06-25)The lived experiences of professional orchestral musicians are under-‐researched by scholars in both music and psychology, who are interested in the world of the professional orchestra and the ... -
Qur'ans from the Eastern Islamic world between the 4th/10th and 6th/12th centuries
(The University of Edinburgh, 2018-07-05)This thesis identifies and studies Qur’ans produced in the eastern Islamic world between the 4th/10th and 6th/12th centuries. The period coincides with major transformations in the environment of Qur’an production: the ... -
Journeys to the ideal self: personal transformation through group encounters of rural landscape in Scotland
(The University of Edinburgh, 2018-07-05)This thesis focuses on explaining why group encounters with rural landscapes in Scotland are deemed to be positive for mental wellbeing. The relationship between greenspace and human wellbeing is a phenomenon that ... -
Biomarker discovery in coronary heart disease with ultra-Widefield retinal imaging - presence and risk
(The University of Edinburgh, 2017-07-08)Retinal imaging with a fundus camera or scanning laser ophthalmoscope (SLO) allows a fast, non-invasive view to the body’s microvasculature. Evidence suggests that features associated with retinal blood vessels (for ... -
Holding Heaven in their hands: an examination of the functions, materials, and ornament of Insular house-shaped shrines
(The University of Edinburgh, 2017-11-28)Since the nineteenth century, the provenances, functions, and defining characteristics of a group of Insular portable containers, commonly called house-, tomb-, or church-shaped shrines, have been of interest to a number ... -
Anticipations of Utopia: discovering an architecture for post-war Britain
(The University of Edinburgh, 2017-07-04)This thesis responds to a growing appreciation for the richness and ambiguity of mid-century architectural culture in Britain. Initially focussing on the enthusiasm for a science-based approach among architects and town ... -
Audiovisual object
(The University of Edinburgh, 2017-11-28)The ʻaudiovisual objectʼ is a fusion of sound object and visual object to create an identifiable perceptual phenomenon, which can be treated as a ʻbuilding blockʼ in the creation of audiovisual work based primarily on ... -
Gender, craft and canon: elite women's engagements with material culture in Britain, 1750-1830
(The University of Edinburgh, 2016-06-25)This thesis investigates elite and genteel women’s production and consumption of material objects in Britain during the period 1750-1830. Each of its four chapters identifies a central process that characterised these ... -
Role of open spaces in the future of depopulated urban environments
(The University of Edinburgh, 2016-11-24)The number of citizens living in urban areas worldwide is predicted to increase in future decades. However, this projected increase is mainly due to the magnetic power of so-called megacities. Worldwide, many intermediate ... -
Social documents: the mediation of social relations in lens-based contemporary art
(The University of Edinburgh, 2017-11-28)This thesis examines the trajectory of the ‘social document’ in contemporary art since 1989. Though art’s turn towards documentary modes has now been widely noted, this study establishes a longer, more complex engagement ... -
Reclaiming urban streets for walking in a hot and humid region: the case of Dammam city, the kingdom of Saudi Arabia
(The University of Edinburgh, 2017-11-28)Due to the current practices of street design in countries with hot and humid climates that prioritise air-conditioned cars as the favoured mode of transport, the physical and spatial characteristics of the street space ... -
Musically vague in the art, writings, and critical reception of Henri Fantin-Latour
(The University of Edinburgh, 2016-06-25)This thesis chronicles the development of Henri Fantin-Latour’s identity as a peintre-mélomane. Its purpose is to investigate how his multi-sensory impressions of music, particularly during performances of Richard Wagner’s ... -
Negotiating Deng Lijun: collective memories of popular music in Asia during the Cold War period
(The University of Edinburgh, 2016-11-24)This study uses the pop music scene as a tool to analyse contemporary cultural history in Asia, with a focus on the cold-war and post-cold war period (1960s-1990s). The primary objective is to present how Pan-Chinese ... -
Southern Gothic: antebellum ecclesiology in Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi
(The University of Edinburgh, 2013-10-02)The primary focus of the thesis is to examine and explain the architectural, religious, and anthropological occurrences that influenced the implementation of ecclesiology in Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana in the ... -
Dan Kiley and the artificial infinite
(The University of Edinburgh, 2017-11-28)Dan Kiley (American, 1912-2004) is one of the most highly regarded modernist landscape architects of the 20th century. As described in Kiley scholarship to-date, his decades-long practice exhibits a commitment to modernism ... -
Voice and uncertainty: processes of voice in artists’ nonfiction moving image
(The University of Edinburgh, 2017-11-28)Voice is an inconstant yet constantly performative material; it is our internally-housed, liminal technology. ‘Processes of voice’ is the term I develop throughout the text of this thesis to articulate materialities of ... -
Impact of the Second World War on the British piano industry
(The University of Edinburgh, 2017-11-28)The war effort of the United Kingdom and the subsequent restrictions and laws enforced by the Government during the Second World War time period had a significant impact on the British piano industry. The skilled work ... -
Revival of pastel in late nineteenth-century Britain: the transience of a modern medium
(The University of Edinburgh, 2017-11-28)In the late nineteenth century, the use of pastels underwent a revival and many young British artists adopted the medium as a new means of expression. This surge in popularity was marked by three exhibitions dedicated ... -
Towards a comprovisation practice: a portfolio of compositions and notations for improvisations
(The University of Edinburgh, 2017-11-28)This thesis explores the interplay between repeatability and contingency in a series of instrumental and electro-instrumental compositions, through a practice that involves the devising and development of unique ... -
Enhancing land use planning in Kuala Lumpur through the interaction of formal and informal spatial representations
(The University of Edinburgh, 2017-11-28)The Southeast Asian region, as any other regions in the world, has experienced significant impact of globalisation for the past few decades. This development scenario is evident in Southeast Asian mega cities such as ...
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