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A graphic adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s novella, ‘The Beach of Falesá’ by British artist, Simon Grennan alongside two poems also inspired by the story by Samoan/Aotearoan poet Selina Tusitala Marsh. The adaptation is the outcome of the AHRC funded research project, Remediating Stevenson: Decolonizing Robert Louis Stevenson’s Pacific fiction through graphic adaptation, arts education and community engagement. The book contains a wordless graphic adaptation; a summary of the story in modern English; ‘Uma’s Sestina’ and ‘Uma’s Vilanelle’, by Selina Tusitala Marsh; an illustrated biography of Stevenson and his relationship to the Pacific by Jack Brougham, as well as an outline of, and link to, teaching resources developed by Scotdec for use in Scottish classrooms at Curriculum for Excellence Level 4.
Copyright (c) 2025 Simon Grennan (Author); Michelle Keown, Shari Sabeti (Editor); Solomon Enos, Selina Tusitala Marsh, Caroline Sinavaiana Gabbard (Author); Jack Brougham (Illustrator) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
A graphic adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s short story, ‘The Isle of Voices’ by Hawaiian artist, Solomon Enos alongside a poem inspired by the story by Samoan poet Caroline Sinavaian Gabbard. The adaptation is the outcome of the AHRC funded research project, Remediating Stevenson: Decolonizing Robert Louis Stevenson’s Pacific fiction through graphic adaptation, arts education and community engagement. The book contains a wordless graphic adaptation; a summary of the story in modern English; ‘Echolocation’, a poem by Caroline Sinavaiana Gabbard; an illustrated biography of Stevenson and his relationship to the Pacific by Jack Brougham, as well as an outline of, and link to, teaching resources developed by Scotdec for use in Scottish classrooms at Curriculum for Excellence Level 3.
A graphic adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s short story, ‘The Bottle Imp’ by Hawaiian artist, Solomon Enos. The adaptation is the outcome of the AHRC funded research project, Remediating Stevenson: Decolonizing Robert Louis Stevenson’s Pacific fiction through graphic adaptation, arts education and community engagement. The book contains a wordless graphic adaptation, a summary of the story in modern English, an illustrated biography of Stevenson and his relationship to the Pacific by Jack Brougham, as well as an outline of, and link to, teaching resources developed by Scotdec for use in Scottish classrooms at Curriculum for Excellence Level 2.
Radical Harvest: Earth/Care/Reuse, Vol.2
Degree Show Catalogue documenting the first year of a two-year ESALA MArch (Integrated Pathway) studio, ‘Radical Harvest: Earth/Care/Reuse’. Studio Leaders: Simone Ferracina and Asad Khan. 2024-2026.
Master of Architecture Studio Catalogues, ESALA, Edinburgh College of Art
Copyright (c) 2025 Simone Ferracina, Asad Khan (Author) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
Degree Show Catalogue documenting an ESALA MArch (Modular Pathway) studio ‘Doing Enough with Less’. Studio Leaders: Kieran Hawkins and Darren Park. 2024-2025.
Copyright (c) 2025 Kieran Hawkins (Author) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
Degree Show Catalogue documenting the second year of a two-year ESALA MArch (Integrated Pathway) studio, ‘Daire’s Airc’. Studio Leaders: Iain Scott and Mark Bingham. 2023-2025.
Copyright (c) 2025 Iain Scott, Mark Bingham (Author) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
Degree Show Catalogue documenting an ESALA MArch (Modular Pathway) studio ‘Crossing Tangier’. Studio Leaders: Ana Bonet Miró and Samer Wanan. 2024-2025.
Copyright (c) 2025 Ana Bonet Miró, Samer Wanan (Author) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
Degree Show Catalogue documenting an ESALA MArch (Modular Pathway) studio ‘Moving Water: North Sea Edge’. Studio Leaders: Andrea Faed and Jack Green. 2024-2025.
Copyright (c) 2025 Andrea Faed, Jack Green (Author) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
Architecture as Support Structure: How to Construct a Post-Petroleum World, Vol.2
Degree Show Catalogue documenting an ESALA MArch (Modular Pathway) studio ‘Architecture as Support Structure: How to Construct a Post-Petroleum World’. Studio Leaders: Sepideh Karami and Naomi De Barr. 2024-2025.
Copyright (c) 2025 Sepideh Karami, Naomi De Barr (Author) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
BridgING is an assemblage of work produced by students from the MA Interior, Architectural & Spatial Design programme at Edinburgh College of Art. This work has been developed through a year-long engagement with Edinburgh’s George IV Bridge, and produced a wide range of creative, critical and imaginative research outcomes and design responses. Through these activities, the student cohort has tested and probed the thresholds and definitions of the interior, to propose original projects that can shape and contribute to the stories of Edinburgh’s rich and vibrant urban context.
Copyright (c) 2025 Dave Loder (Author) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
Mujeres Tz’utujiles: Recetas para la Recuperación en Chuk Muk
This recipe book emerges from the collective work of the "Recipes for Recovery" project (2023-2025), a transformative feminist and decolonial action-research proposal that is part of the "Ixchel" project. As part of "Recipes for Recovery", we committed to documenting the agri-food traditions within the work of Tz'utujil Maya women who make possible the continuation of Maya ways of life in Chuk Muk after a disaster resettlement. Chuk Muk was developed to house people displaced by a landslide that partially buried the community of Panabaj in 2005. In disaster recovery processes, the inclusion of local culture is important to build and rebuild resilience among resettled communities. Rituals, social organisations, and local crops are part of this culture. With this recipe book, we want to share the way women articulate their present and their Tz'utujil culture by reappropriating the knowledge of plants and food from their mothers and grandmothers. Through work in their family gardens and kitchens, Tz'utujil women have planted the seeds of their own recovery process. These recipes have helped women build important connections between their lives before and their lives now, creating a continuity of Tz'utujil ways of life that endures.
Copyright (c) 2025 Ixqii’ Ajtz’utjilaa’, Diego Antonio Reanda Sapalú, Ana Julia Cabrera Pacheco (Author) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
D.T.N. Williamson: Edinburgh’s Pioneer of Hi-Fi Sound Reproduction and Flexible Manufacturing
D.T.N. Williamson was one of the most creative engineers of the second part of the 20th Century. Yet his early life was full of life-threatening illness, failure, and rejection. He overcame all these setbacks. In his 20s, he designed an amplifier that enabled high-fidelity sound to be obtained from gramophones in vogue at that time, of a quality that was far higher than had ever previously been achieved. He devised a “lightweight” pickup for the gramophone needle. Then, he pioneered the use of computers for machining, enabling components to be made to precision, far higher than was available from conventional methods. In parallel, he developed a novel measurement system that was needed for such components. On those foundations, he went on to develop an entirely computer-controlled process for batch manufacture, that became known as “SYSTEM 24”. The Science Research Council appointed Williamson Chairman of its Manufacturing Technology Committee. He fostered the establishment of the “Teaching Company Scheme”, one of the most successful examples of UK industry-university cooperation. He promoted “Grinding Technology” and “Die and Mould” research programmes in which academics in UK universities worked with industrial partners to overcome problems faced by manufacturing industry. Those achievements were recognised by Williamson being elected a Fellow of the Royal Society; and both Heriot-Watt and Edinburgh Universities awarded him honorary degrees of Doctor of Science. This book portrays the fascinating life and work of D.T.N. Williamson.
die and mould manufacture and surface finishing
Copyright (c) 2025 Joe McGeough (Author) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
Heritage in the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021–2030) and Beyond
This Blue Paper makes the case for putting Ocean Heritage at the heart of ocean science and sustainable development. Often overlooked in ocean governance, Ocean Heritage—both tangible (like shipwrecks) and intangible (like traditional knowledge)—holds vital insights for shaping effective, inclusive, and climate-resilient marine policy. Produced by the Cultural Heritage Framework Programme (CHFP), the only Ocean Decade programme focused on heritage, the paper shows how cultural perspectives strengthen all 10 Ocean Decade Challenges. Drawing on over 20 global initiatives, it offers practical recommendations to embed heritage in science, planning, and policy. At the Decade’s midpoint, this is a bold call to treat culture not as an accessory—but as a right and a requirement for truly sustainable oceans.
Copyright (c) 2025 Georgia Holly, Jon Henderson, Arturo Rey da Silva, Annie Edwards, Hannah Cocks, Athena Trakadas (Authors) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0
This is the booklet that accompanies the Empowered Journeys exhibition, a co-curated display of artworks and text created by Alexandra Perry, Elizabeth Lydiate, Frankie Vale, Katherine Baker, Mary Geraghty, Penny Wright, and Sarah Browne, people with lived expertise of breast cancer surgery. The booklet also contains a foreword by research fellow Jimmy Turner. The exhibition, and therefore the materials contained within this booklet, are the culmination of a year-long curatorial research project as part of a wider doctoral project being undertaken by Frankie Vale at the University of Glasgow. The project uses participatory approaches to respond to a crisis in representation for the post-surgery body; the current state of representation is wrapped up in detached medical imagery, or concepts of heroism and martyrdom. Although these forms of representation have their place, and are inspiring and aspirational for some, for others they do not feel representative, and can have negative effects. Empowered Journeys speaks to the importance of representation to feel seen, heard, and to feel less alone in your experiences. This guide showcases the artworks that were created when the question of representation was put to a group of women who have been through breast cancer surgery and highlights the themes that thread between the works to build a different understanding of representation, one that is rooted in the lived experience of the women who collaborated on the project. The University of Edinburgh has been instrumental in providing moments of collaboration and dissemination for this research project, helping Frankie to refine ideas and concepts that have then translated into Empowered Journeys itself.
Copyright (c) 2025 Frankie Vale, Elizabeth Lydiate, Alexandra Perry, Mary Geraghty, Sarah Browne, Katherine Baker, Penny Wright, Jimmy Turner (Author) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0
Mujeres dejando huellas: relatos de liderazgo y riesgo alrededor del Volcán de Fuego
Spanish Este libro recopila las historias de vida, las lecciones aprendidas, los logros y las luchas de 14 mujeres líderes que sobrevivieron a la erupción del Volcán de Fuego, Guatemala, el 3 de junio de 2018. Muestra cómo la erupción marcó sus trayectorias de liderazgo y narra estas historias a través de sus propias voces. Es el resultado de un proceso de investigación participativa, mediante el cual las catorce mujeres líderes compartieron sus conocimientos y experiencias. Este libro es uno de los productos del proyecto “Ixchel: hacia una comprensión de los elementos físicos, culturales y socioeconómicos de los factores de riesgo para el fortalecimiento de la resiliencia en la cordillera guatemalteca’ financiado por el Consejo de Investigación del Reino Unido (UKRI GCRF). English This book captures the life stories, lessons learned, achievements, and struggles of 14 women leaders who survived the 3rd of June 2018 eruption of Volcan de Fuego, Guatemala. It shows how the eruption marked their trajectories of leadership and tells these stories through their own voices. It is the result of a participatory research process, through which the fourteen women leaders shared their knowledge and experiences. The book is an output of the project ‘Ixchel: building understanding of the physical, cultural and socio-economic drivers of risk in the Guatemalan cordillera’ (2020-2025), funded by the United Kingdom Research Council (UKRI GCRF).
Copyright (c) 2025 Cristina Sala Valdés, Carolina Rabe Godoy, Teresa Armijos Burneo; Lily Argueta, Rebeca Arriola, Carmen Azurdia, Norma Beltrán, Johana Castellanos, María Chávez, Mayra Dubón, Otilia García, Mayra Gómez, Florecita Grajeda, Jessica Melgar, Adela Morales, Janeth de Paz, Saraí Pérez https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
Rk'aslimaal K'chilaaj. Conservar las áreas verdes a través de las prácticas milenarias en Panabaj, Santiago Atitlan
Spanish Este libro conmemora la historia y las vivencias de Panabaj, una comunidad indígena Maya Tz'utujil de Guatemala, que sobrevivió a una guerra y un desastre, convirtiendo sus heridas en conocimiento. A pesar de la discriminación y las limitaciones para acceder a servicios básicos, el pueblo de Panabaj ha luchado por sus derechos y su dignidad. Inspirado en las enseñanzas y prácticas de sus ancestros, reconociendo el desastre y la guerra, el libro muestra que Panabaj tiene vida y seguirá siendo el hogar de las generaciones presentes y futuras. Además, explica que es un lugar de vida para quienes buscan conectar con la tierra y preservar su cultura. Este libro es uno de los productos del proyecto “Ixchel: hacia una comprensión de los elementos físicos, culturales y socioeconómicos de los factores de riesgo para el fortalecimiento de la resiliencia en la cordillera guatemalteca’ financiado por el Consejo de Investigación del Reino Unido (UKRI GCRF). English This book commemorates the history and lived experiences of Panabaj, an indigenous Maya Tz’utujil community from Guatemala, that has survived a civil war and a disaster and has turned wounds into knowledge. Despite facing discrimination and limitations in accessing basic services, the people of Panabaj have fought for their rights and their dignity. Inspired by the teachings and practices of their ancestors, while recognising the disaster and war, the book shows that Panabaj has life and will continue to be the home for present and future generations. It shows that it is a place of life for those who seek to connect with the land and preserve their culture. The book is an output of the project ‘Ixchel: building understanding of the physical, cultural and socio-economic drivers of risk in the Guatemalan cordillera’ (2020-2025), funded by the United Kingdom Research and Innovation Councils (UKRI GCRF).
Copyright (c) 2025 Domingo Chiviliu Alvarado, Domingo Abel Chiviliu Quinon, Elías Chiviliu Quinon, Diego Antonio Reanda Sapalú, Alex Bartolomé Petzey Quiejú; Cristina Sala Valdés, Teresa Armijos Burneo https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
Sistematización de las comunidades de El Palmar, Quetzaltenango: 1999-2024
This book accounts for the historical, geographical, economical and sociocultural information on El Palmar, Quetzaltenango. El Palmar is a Guatemalan municipality destroyed by the eruptions of Santiaguito Volcano in 1983, which was subsequently resettled to a new location. The book describes the local history, traditions and changes of all the communities that compose the territory throughout different timelines. It also shows the culture of the Maya K’iche’, Mam and Q’anjob’al population that reside in the Guatemalan region of the “bocacosta”, of which there are few studies, and provides insight on the development gaps that require local government intervention to improve the people’s quality of life.
Copyright (c) 2025 Wosvelí Mazariegos Itzep https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
Geoffrey Dutton (1924–2010) was a distinguished biomolecular scientist who was simultaneously also a poet, mountaineer, wild water swimmer, and the creator, caretaker and chronicler of a Highland garden in Perthshire, Scotland. Dutton saw no conflict between science and poetry, and eight acres of a steep and rugged hillside provided him with an experimental ground to explore this and other complex interrelationships in his search for the new. For fifty years, Dutton maintained what he called a ‘marginal garden’ – a marginal site guided with marginal effort to maximum marginal effect. His lifelong ecological dialogue with the garden was ahead of its time and is today largely forgotten, despite Dutton’s multiple publications in both prose and verse. Amid the garden’s slow transition back into the wild margin, this publication is a celebration – of a special place, a singular body of work and an insatiably curious individual.
Copyright (c) 2025 Barbara Prezelj; Alec Finlay, Billy Lucas, Kirsty Jones; George Logan (Photographer); Domen Finžgar (Cover Designer); Geoffrey Dutton https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
Rising from the Depths: Utilising Marine Cultural Heritage to Create Social, Cultural and Economic Benefits in Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique and Madagascar
The Rising from the Depths Network aimed to identify ways in which the submerged and coastal Marine Cultural Heritage (MCH) of Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, and Madagascar could stimulate ethical, inclusive, and sustainable economic growth in the region. The work sought to benefit not only social cohesion and poverty reduction within individual states but also to enhance the value, equity, and impact of development in the marine zone. Funded by the UK Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) through the Arts and Humanities Research Council’s Network Plus Scheme from 2017 to 2022, the Network co-created a research agenda, organized a series of in-country workshops and events, and supported 27 challenge-led projects across Kenya, Tanzania, Madagascar, and Mozambique. This book presents the results and ongoing impact of these projects and outlines the main insights garnered from the work that has taken place to date. Rising from the Depths represents a first attempt to look at the MCH of East Africa in a coordinated and multidisciplinary way, uniting the various existing capacities in the region and giving agency to local communities in the elaboration of research agendas, project design, and resource management.
Copyright (c) 2024 Jon Henderson https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0
Book 7 in the City|Speculations Series, documenting design-research work, observations on pedagogy and reflections on the city produced through a series of architectural design studio programmes (MArch, MSc AAD) entitled PARA-Situation: Mumbai, completed between 2013-2015. Studio Leader: Dorian Wiszniewski.
Copyright (c) 2016 Dorian Wiszniewski https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
PARA-Situation [X 2/2]. The [LOVING] Metropolitan Landscape: Architecture, Landscape and the Ecosophic Object
Book 6 in the City|Speculations Series, documenting design-research work, observations on pedagogy and reflections on the city produced through a series of architectural design studio programmes (MArch, MSc AUD) entitled PARA-Situation Olbia: The [LOVING] Metropolitan Landscape, completed in the 2011-2013 academic session. Studio Leader: Dorian Wiszniewski.
Copyright (c) 2013 Dorian Wiszniewski https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
PARA-Situation [X 1/2]. The [LOVING] Metropolitan Landscape: Architecture, Landscape and the Ecosophic Object
Book 5 in the City|Speculations Series, documenting design-research work, observations on pedagogy and reflections on the city produced through a series of architectural design studio programmes (MArch, MSc AUD) entitled PARA-Situation Olbia: The [LOVING] Metropolitan Landscape, completed in the 2011-2013 academic session. Studio Leader: Dorian Wiszniewski.
Copyright (c) 2012 Dorian Wiszniewski https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
Book 4 in the City|Speculations Series, documenting design-research work, observations on pedagogy and reflections on the city produced through a series of architectural design studio programmes (MArch, MSc AAD) entitled Marseille: Irrigations, completed between 2009-2011. Studio Leader: Suzanne Ewing.
Copyright (c) 2012 Suzanne Ewing https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
Florence: Curating the City, Representation and Seriality
Book 3 in the City|Speculations Series, documenting design-research work, observations on pedagogy and reflections on the city produced through a series of architectural design studio programmes (MArch, MSc AAD) entitled Florence: Curating the City, Representation and Seriality, completed between 2007-2009. Studio Leader: Dorian Wiszniewski.
Copyright (c) 2010 Dorian Wiszniewski https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
Warszawa: Projects for the Post-Socialist City
Book 2 in the City|Speculations Series, documenting design-research work, observations on pedagogy and reflections on the city produced through a Master of Architecture studio programme entitled Warszawa: Projects for the Post-Socialist City, completed between 2007-2009. Studio Leader: Mark Dorrian.
Copyright (c) 2009 Mark Dorrian https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
Book 1 in the City|Speculations Series, documenting design-research work, observations on pedagogy and reflections on the city produced through a series of architectural design studio programmes (MArch, MSc AAD) entitled Salt City Cádiz: Field + Work, completed between 2006-2008. Studio Leader: Suzanne Ewing.
Copyright (c) 2008 Suzanne Ewing https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
Degree Show Catalogue documenting the first year of a two-year ESALA MArch (Integrated Pathway) studio ‘PARA-Situation [Calcutta/Kolkata]’. Studio Leader: Dorian Wiszniewski. 2017-2019.
Copyright (c) 2018 Dorian Wiszniewski https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
Transforming Tuscan Towns: Re-Imagining Communities for a Rural Ageing Population
Degree Show Catalogue documenting an ESALA MArch (Modular Pathway) studio ‘Transforming Tuscan Towns: Re-Imagining Communities for a Rural Ageing Population’. Studio Leaders: Iain Scott and Mark Bingham. 2017-2018.
Copyright (c) 2018 Iain Scott, Mark Bingham https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
Degree Show Catalogue documenting an ESALA MArch (Modular Pathway) studio ‘Hotel Paris’. Studio Leaders: Giorgio Ponzo, Sophia Banou, and Cristina Nan. 2017-2018.
Copyright (c) 2018 Giorgio Ponzo, Sophia Banou, Cristina Nan https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
The Revanchist City and the Urbanisation of Suburbia
Degree Show Catalogue documenting an ESALA MArch (Modular Pathway) studio ‘The Revanchist City and the Urbanisation of Suburbia’. Studio Leaders: Tahl Kaminer and Alex MacLaren. 2017-2018.
Copyright (c) 2018 Tahl Kaminer, Alex MacLaren https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0