Steps have been taken to better, more straightforwardly, understand the stair or vice. Read all about it, in: “The Spiral Stair or Vice: Its Origins, Role and Meaning in Medieval Stone Castles,” Charles Ryder, doctoral thesis, University of Liverpool, 2014. Ryder writes: “This thesis addresses a neglected area of castles studies – the spiral stair. […]
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Sandcastles in academia (part 3 – building and mobilities)
Following along from the question ‘What’s the point of building a sandcastle?‘ we might perhaps go on to ask, ‘What exactly is a sandcastle?’ Authors Professor Michael Haldrup, and Professor Jonas Larsen of the Department of Environmental, Social and Spatial Change Space, Place, Mobility and Urban Studies, Roskilde University, Denmark, give explanations in their essay […]
Sandcastles in academia (part 2 – the point)
Sandcastles, in general, don’t tend to last. They are transient. Maybe even a metaphor for transience. Suggesting, perhaps, the question ‘What’s the point of building one?’ Steps towards answers are provided in a paper for the scholarly journal The Senses and Society, Volume 4, Number 2, July 2009 , pp. 195-210(16). Where author Dr. Pau Obrador-Pons PhD, […]
Sandcastles in academia (part 1 – Transience)
“A sandcastle is not fixed and given but is fluid and changing. Tunnels and towers may collapse as the sun shines; the fortifications may get undermined. The work of erosion and sedimentation may slowly alter the sandcastle or there may be sudden ruptures as the walls collapse.” So writes distinguished professor John Urry of the […]