Our second post on the SGSAH Material Culture programme, 'The Stuff of Research', comes from Alexandra Chiriac. Alexandra is a second year PhD candidate at the University of St Andrews, funded through the SGSAH AHRC Doctoral Training Partnership. She is researching the impact of modernism on stage design and interior design in Romania in the 1920s … Continue reading The Stuff of Research: Putting material culture in practice
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The Stuff of Research: Being disruptive in the museum
Our post today comes from Rhona Ramsay, a museum professional with a background in community engagement and learning. Her PhD research builds on projects which brought Gypsy/Travellers into museums to engage with examples of their cultural heritage. The aims of her research are to uncover the presence of Gypsy/Traveller objects and agency within Scottish museums, to examine … Continue reading The Stuff of Research: Being disruptive in the museum
SGSAH Update
Hello! John here from the SGSAH office taking over the blog for today to give you a quick update on what is going on at the Scottish Graduate School for Arts & Humanities. The start of the year is a busy time for SGSAH so we thought it best to pop into the blog and … Continue reading SGSAH Update
The PhD Squad
When I applied for this role I was asked to write a short blog post about PhD training provision. To be quite honest with you, I was at first a bit stumped by the challenge of writing something genuinely interesting and innovative about this subject. This is not to say that I have not valued the formal training I … Continue reading The PhD Squad
The Spanish Civil War, Living History and Pan’s Labyrinth
This week’s guest post comes from Fraser Raeburn, a third-year PhD candidate at the University of Edinburgh funded by the Wolfson Foundation, researching Scottish participation in the Spanish Civil War (1936-9). Alongside his research, he helps edit the Pubs and Publications blogging project on the PhD experience, and is the co-founder of the Scottish History Network. You … Continue reading The Spanish Civil War, Living History and Pan’s Labyrinth
Introductions
Hello! I'm Lucie, and I'll be taking over from Marianne as the SGSAH blogger for the next 6 months. I'm so excited to take on this post, although Marianne is certainly a tough act to follow. She has done an amazing job, sharing honest, funny and enlightening posts on what it is like to be an arts … Continue reading Introductions
Time for a new SGSAH Blogger…
Hello from me for the final time! This is officially my last post as the SGSAH blogger #SINGLETEAREMOJI. Since I’ve been pestering various PhD students for their reflections on their internships, residencies and funded projects for the last six months, I thought I’d pester myself to share some of my own thoughts on the blogger-in-residence … Continue reading Time for a new SGSAH Blogger…
The perfect metaphor from my PhD
Yo! Apologies it's been all quiet on the Western Front (SGSAH blog) this week; I've been SO BUSY and then got sick, probably as a result of all the busy-ness. The lesson? Don't do anything, ever! Just kidding, of course it's great to stay busy. It's a fantastic distraction from the end of the world, … Continue reading The perfect metaphor from my PhD
GUEST BLOG: THE INCHCOLM PROJECT AND WORKING WITH OTHERS PT. 2
Earlier in the week we shared Part 1 of Mona Bozdog's reflections on her experience with the Inchcolm Project. Below is part 2 for your viewing pleasure! We Throw Switches, Andrew Dyce and Craig Fairweather, are a curation and production duo, based in Edinburgh, who specialise in bringing incredible video games and other wonderful digital … Continue reading GUEST BLOG: THE INCHCOLM PROJECT AND WORKING WITH OTHERS PT. 2
GUEST BLOG: The Inchcolm Project and Working with Others Pt. 1
This week's guest blog comes from Mona Bozdog, a second-year ARCS PhD candidate. As part of her PhD, which investigates the connections between video games and live performance, she designed a live performance that took as its starting point a video game, its design heuristics, aesthetics and mechanics. Mona took part in the Inchcolm Project, … Continue reading GUEST BLOG: The Inchcolm Project and Working with Others Pt. 1
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