To develop a unique, innovative interactive application for use as an a educational tool to prepare individuals to become sustainable housing tenants. End users - young people moving towards adulthood and vulnerable people living in social housing. Target market - social landlords and education.

A typical Roman Catholic parish church built in Britain in the mid-1970s looked radically different from any church buildings which had been built twenty years earlier. The two decades between 1955 and 1975 witnessed substantial changes within the Roman Catholic Church in the fields of theology and liturgy, with decisive effects on church architecture. It was also a period of transition in architecture more generally, from traditional and historical styles to modern design, a shift which profoundly affected the appearances of church buildings, even those by architecture firms which continued to operate throughout the period. This was also a period of massive urban transformations, as housing estates and New Towns were built to accommodate people moved out of city centres and into new communities. To follow these population movements the Roman Catholic Church undertook a vast building campaign of new churches, often seen as hubs of community and expressions of identity. \n\nThis project aims to examine all these factors by looking in detail at a selection of the many churches of the period. Of the hundreds built, few were published in any significant way at the time, and even fewer have been published since, so there is a current lack of available knowledge of this body of architecture. Many churches are architecturally innovative and historically interesting, but in danger of being demolished or altered as ideas about church architecture and the liturgy change again. This project will therefore raise awareness of this rich architectural and religious heritage, while analysing and interpreting the buildings according to their historical context.\n\nThe research involves surveys of selected case study buildings, predominantly in the centres and suburbs of major cities in England, Scotland and Wales. Historical investigation using periodicals and archives will aim to discover more about the architectural, institutional and social frameworks within which churches were produced. A research assistant will create survey drawings of some of the most significant buildings for publication, and collect other illustrative material. The principal investigator will write a book which deals with the subject thematically, drawing on a wide range of buildings, but studying the smaller number of selected case studies in greater depth. The book will be well illustrated to ensure that it can be used as a source of information by people in different academic and non-academic areas. Some of the images will also be included in a professionally-designed exhibition intended to take the research to the various communities in architecture and the Church who share an interest in this history. Articles in non-academic journals, including architecture and church magazines, will also be written to disseminate the research as widely as possible.

This research will draw on conceptions of style in queer feminist and Black performance studies to examine whether working-class women's dress in late 1970s and early 1980s Glasgow performed a subversive historical function. This approach will challenge the notable absence of women's subcultural style in British academic discourse by broadening the terms by which such subcultures are read and understood. Considering a range of archival sources, the personal histories and cultures registered on subjects 'dress will be interpreted as forms of unofficial citation, allowing individuals to construct a past and present self at the margins of official British history.

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The issue of museum artefacts being decontextualised has been recognised however collection display approaches still often result in ethnographic artefacts being stripped of their socially constructed forms of meaning and significance. This includes, for example, communicating the importance of these objects, who used them and where they fit within the wider cultural landscape of practice, belief and ritual. This research will explore methods for, and impact of, using immersive technologies and storytelling to reanimate and recontextualise these objects, communicating their intangible aspects and creating affective experiences which translate cultural knowledge and promote cultural engagement and understanding for future audiences.