by dougiek | May 3, 2018 | Bronze Casting, Humanities
This was the electable module I chose as part of the Humanities strand. I had no idea what it might involve, however, I picked it because the identity aspect appealed to me. At the first seminar the group were given a couple of poems to read, one was There was a Boy...
by dougiek | Mar 10, 2018 | Bronze Casting, Slavery
It’s been a while since I posted an update and quite a lot has happened in the intervening time. The first semester is over and I have progressed into semester 2 where quite a bit of humanities work needs to be done, The art side is progressing well, albeit a...
by dougiek | Dec 3, 2017 | Slavery, Stewarts
I’ve been researching two stories for the course that will hopefully make it into prints for the degree show in September. The first is about a male slave, Oronoce, who was arrested in Perthshire in 1749 for the heinous crime of wearing tartan, or tartan Livery...
by dougiek | Oct 15, 2017 | Media, Racism
It’s always been my intention to let the project take its own direction. Obviously historical slavery & its connections to Scotland is the starting point, however, I had an idea that it could develop into a look at modern slavery, however, after considering...
by dougiek | Oct 14, 2017 | Media, Slavery
The video below is from the FB page of BBC Scotland News. The subject matter, Glasgow & its connections to the slave trade, has also been the subject of an article in the Scotsman. I’m seriously disappointed with a lot of the comments on both articles. It...
