University of Glasgow

Graduate Student, Archaeology

Phd Candidate

Thesis Title: (Provisional) Evocations of Modern Scottish Highland and Island Landscapes

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The proposal of the research is to create an interpretive evocation of the lived experience of inhabiting the physical and cultural landscape of Modern period Highland Scotland  (c. 18th-19th centuries). This will be achieved by applying several different, varied techniques to data about landscapes of the relevant period.

I will explore the use of techniques such as narrative, poetry, photography and soundscape in understanding and interpreting landscapes. The structure, language, and overall aesthetic of the thesis will also aim to be part of the interpretive process and to convey ideas about the past. The critical use and evaluation of these techniques will be an aim of this piece of research as well as creating an interpretation of the landscapes themselves.

The proposed final result of my research will be to create a text which presents the reader with several emotive and human evocations of landscapes. These evocations will be thematic in nature, such as an understanding of landscape based on seasonality, travel, or soundscape, and will be exemplified by case studies of relevant landscapes. The aim is to explore the use of these different approaches to landscape to create an effective interpretation of Modern Scottish landscapes and to aid in the understanding of landscapes of this period in the future.

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