Japan's Plant-based Leathers
Exploring Japan's history of making 'leather' from paper, and how this became an object of modernity within the domestic interiors of Victorian Britain.
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Material Culture, Modern, Europe, Asia, Applied Arts, Technologies, Interior Space, Natural Objects
Hidden Japanese Men’s Dress
Looking under the plain outer layers of Japanese men's dress to study the spectacular and symbolic imagery that lines beneath.
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Material Culture, Early-Modern, Modern, Asia, Textiles, Applied Arts, Decolonisation, Lived Experience, Prints
Spine of the City: HK Tram
Exploring the entanglement of agendas and influences of the HK Tram system on Hong Kong city's urban-social development under the British Colonial rule.
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Material Culture, Modern, Asia, Media, Built Environment, Decolonisation, Untold / Marginal Narratives, Methods of Documentation
Fashion, Photography, And Constructed Identities
An in-depth analysis of colonial photography through the lens of fashion and race.
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Material Culture, Modern, Asia, Media, Textiles, Decolonisation, Knowledge Production, Literature
Precision and Print
This research looks at maps in close detail to reveal their subjective nature.
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Material Culture, Early-Modern, Europe, Asia, Applied Arts, Technologies, Methods of Documentation, Knowledge Production