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
Eyewitness Memory and Deception in Violent Crimes: How do psychological approaches help in reducing wrongful convictions?
By Olivia Taylor, Leeds Beckett University. This research analysed how psychological interventions and evidence can reduce wrongful convictions in violent crime cases, while focusing on eyewitness memory and methods of detecting deception. Wrongful convictions are a consistent problem throughout the criminal justice system, which often comes from unreliable eyewitness testimonies and investigative biases. Violent crimes often rely on witness accounts of events when physical
Jul 16