Silence by Institutions: A Comparative Study of Femicide and State Responses in England and Wales and Italy
By Federica Aurora Salanitri, London Metropolitan University. Femicide represents one of the most severe forms of gendered violence. It exposes the limits of state protection, despite extensive legal frameworks addressing domestic abuse and lethal violence in both Italy and England and Wales. This dissertation adopts a qualitative, documentary-based comparative methodology to examine how legal definitions, institutional structures and professional cultures shape the state’s
Aug 6
The Engineering of Empathy: A Spatial Deconstruction of Narrative Scripting and the Commodified Gaze at Auschwitz-Birkenau
By Ljubica Kamcheva, London Metropolitan University. This dissertation interrogates how the physical, architectural and curatorial organisation of Auschwitz-Birkenau actively constructs historical memory for the postmemory generation. Utilising a social-constructivist paradigm and a rigorously structured autoethnographic methodology, the research deconstructs the site not as a static repository of atrocity, but as a manufactured epistemological battleground. By synthesising
Aug 4
How do Generation Z Individuals Perceive the Reliability of Video and Image Evidence in Criminal Justice Cases in the Age of Deepfakes?
By Lucy Mae Cox, Loughborough University. This study explores how Generation Z (Gen-Z) individuals perceive the reliability of video and image evidence within criminal justice contexts in the age of deepfakes. The rapid development of generative artificial intelligence has challenged traditional assumptions regarding the objectivity and trustworthiness of visual evidence, raising concerns about both the manipulation and misinterpretation of digital media. Adopting an explora
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