Edinburgh College of Art thesis and dissertation collection
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1968 in West Berlin: space, place and identity
(The University of Edinburgh, 2019-07-04)Due to the current politicisation of public spaces and the “reclaiming of the commons”, there has been renewed interest in historical protest movements instigated by the Left and particularly in relation to the idea of ... -
From theatre to labyrinth: in pursuit of critical engagement with archaeological heritage
(The University of Edinburgh, 2017-07-04)In western cultural institutions, meaningful interaction with remains of the past is predominantly discussed as engagement with heritage. The complex metaphor helps us conceptualise the abstract notion of interaction as ... -
S L / \ S H embodiment, liminality, and epistemology in relief printmaking through the linocut process
(The University of Edinburgh, 2018-11-27)It is the aim of this practice-led PhD to explore the processes that attend to the production of a linocut relief print through a framework whose key concepts are liminality and embodiment. In this pursuit the thesis ... -
Envisaging alternatives: representations of women in Kurt Schwitters’ collages
(The University of Edinburgh, 2018-11-27)In the existing literature on Kurt Schwitters, many excellent discoveries about process, materiality, and his life have been made. The careful reconstruction of these narratives by scholars such as Werner Schmalenbach, ... -
Negative space of things: a practice-based research approach to understand the role of objects in the Internet of Things
(The University of Edinburgh, 2018-11-27)This is a practice-based research thesis situated in the research context of the ‘Internet of Things’, and critiques contemporary theoretical discourse related to the 21st century turn of connecting everyday objects to ... -
Confluences: folk wisdom in contemporary music
(The University of Edinburgh, 2018-11-28)This thesis explores ways of adopting elements of Calabrian folk music in compositions of contemporary music beyond the mere adoption of melodies and instruments. Through this work, I aim to create a practice for ... -
Contemporary memorial landscape: how to convey meaning through design. A study based on cases from London and Palestine
(The University of Edinburgh, 2017-07-04)Minimalism in contemporary memorial design has been criticised for being meaningless and inappropriate in creating powerful monuments (Long, 2007). However, abstraction in modern art and landscape design can appeal to ... -
National phonography: field recording and sound archiving in Postwar Britain
(The University of Edinburgh, 2016-06-25)Vast numbers of historical field recordings are currently being digitised and disseminated online; but what are these field recordings—and how do they resonate today? This thesis addresses these questions by listening ... -
Roads designed for pleasure: British influences on the American Motor Parkway
(The University of Edinburgh, 2016-06-25)By 1800 the idea of pleasure driving, traveling through the landscape in a vehicle to appreciate nature and scenery, became not only popular, but also practical. What began in Britain as a ... -
Precarious lives, practices and spaces: an investigation into homelessness and alternative uses of public space
(The University of Edinburgh, 2018-11-27)The aim of this doctoral thesis is to investigate the practices of rough sleeping and inhabiting public space, with a focus on the modern city of Rome. By inhabiting public spaces, people who are homeless expose their ... -
Iludens! A concept opera
(The University of Edinburgh, 2018-11-27)Iludens! – a concept-opera comprises conceptual essay and music portfolio. The conceptual essay explores musical, dramatic, and ritualistic aspects that qualify play as a structuring factor in culture. It aims at producing ... -
Reid concerts at the University of Edinburgh: the first 100 years, 1841–1941
(The University of Edinburgh, 2018-11-27)Reid Concerts began in 1841 and were defined by Donald Francis Tovey as those concerts presented by the University of Edinburgh under the auspices of the Professors of Music, based on the guidance laid down in the will ... -
Evaluating a multi criteria model for hazard and risk assessment in urban design
(The University of Edinburgh, 2001)The aim of this research is to test a decisional aid model - the Analytic Hierarchy Procedure (AHP) - in risk assessment for development of an urban area. -
Adolescents as future housing consumers: a study of housing aspirations
(The University of Edinburgh, 1981)The research looks first at the process of urban growth, in an attempt to establish a residential framework. By then relating urban growth and the housing market to the physical situation enables one to determine the ... -
A conjoint study towards transformative landscape architectural education in Brazil
(The University of Edinburgh, 2002)The training of landscape architects in Brazil reproduces routinely the legend of Burle Marx as a self -made professional. That, however, need not be the case. The central motivation for this work is the immature state ... -
Composition Portfolio: compositional explorations of music-parametric interactions
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Imported second-hand clothes in South Korea: an examination of Guje clothing as an autonomous consumer practice
(The University of Edinburgh, 2009)This thesis considers issues of individual's `style competence' within global order. Guje (imported second -hand garments) fashion in South Korea is an ideal case study from which to examine consumer autonomy in the ... -
Geometry in early muslim architecture
(The University of Edinburgh, 1994)Proportional systems in the Muslim decorative arts are often manifest and easier to detect than those which may underlie their architectural forms. In order to study the plans of early Muslim architecture and gain ... -
The development and application of the use of encased voids within the body of glass artefacts as a means of drawing and expression
(The University of Edinburgh, 2001)This practice -led thesis is based on a study of the use of encased voids or bubbles in glass. The study is grounded in practice and draws out through antecedents in philosophy, psychology and epistemology, a methodology ... -
Comprehensive approach to housing legislation: with reference to housing in Libya
(The University of Edinburgh, 2005)Demographic pressures have led to a remarkable expansion and physical growth of most cities of developing countries, and Libya is one of them. The tension created by the need to meet pressing housing demand whilst also ...
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