WEEK 16, 05/03/18

This week’s session was a short presentation of our incomplete projects, with peer discussion and criticism of the presented work.

As I have found finding particular scholarship on my question hard, I have exchanged this search for more general scholarship that is still applicable and relevant to the discussion. With this in mind, in prepration for the presentation I finalized my bilbliogrpahy with additions of library books on the housing development and gentry of Modern London, such as Weightman’s ‘The Making of Modern London’. To highlight the status of residents, I am using BBC film archives and musuem artefacts.

This presentation also was my first time showcasing my essay struture, which enabled a great opportunity to help improve showcasing more relevant information. It also helped to remould my question, especially after a tip was offered to narrow down my question with a clear approach. After this critique of my presentation, I decided to change my question to one concerning an archelogical approach, which also concerns the status of the residents in and surrounding Parkstead House: ‘To what extent has the architecture of Roehampton’s Parkstead House and its surrounding area changed under the influence of Georgian London compared to modern London?’