A Highland Lady in France by Elizabeth Grant

A Highland Lady in France by Elizabeth Grant

The early life of Elizabeth Grant of Rothiemurchus, recorded in her "Memoirs of a Highland Lady", has had an avid readership since the book's first publication in 1898. Less well known, but equally interesting, is this journal describing the family's experiences in France in the 1840s. Begun in 1843, the journal depicts the day-to-day life of the family, keeping up a running commentary on French society and manners, and political events in Ireland, especially relating to civil unrest focused on Daniel O'Connell. Elizabeth Grant's observations of all classes of society make this book a chronicle of her times, and a contribution to the social history of both France and Ireland.

Professor Elizabeth Grant is an architectural anthropologist, criminologist and academic with a distinguished record in the field of Indigenous architecture. From 2000-2017, Elizabeth was a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Adelaide. Elizabeth holds an adjunct Professorship at the University of Canberra and Associate Professorship at the University of Queensland and has published three books and over 70 papers. Elizabeth is a Churchill Fellow, a member of Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS), and has been honoured with the International Prison and Correctional Association (ICPA) Excellence in Research Award for her pioneering work on the design of (non)custodial environments for Indigenous peoples. She worked on numerous Indigenous projects, prepared submissions and acted as an expert witness for Government Inquiries, coronial inquests and Royal Commissions.

Dr Kelly Greenop is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Architecture at The University of Queensland. She conducts research within Aboriginal Environments Research Centre (AERC) and Architecture Theory Criticism History Research Centre (ATCH). Her research has focused on work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in urban Brisbane, using ethnographic techniques to document place experiences and attachment, and the importance of housing, place, family and country for urban Indigenous peoples. She was elected to membership of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies in 2009 and has received multiple awards for research and teaching.

Dr Albert L. Refiti is a researcher and Senior Lecturer in Pacific Architecture, Art and Space at Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand. Albert has worked in architectural practice in Auckland and London. His academic work focusses on Indigenous thought and methodologies, new ethnography and anthropology of Pacific material culture and contemporary architecture. His most recent work takes a critical look at architectural spaces that constructs communal memory in museums, diasporic communities, and neoliberal cultural institutions in the wider Pacific.

Daniel J. Glenn, AIA, AICAE is an award-winning architect specialising in culturally responsive architecture and planning for diverse cultures and Indigenous communities. He is the Principal of 7 Directions Architects/Planners, a Native-owned firm in Seattle, Washington. His work and philosophy reflect his Crow tribal heritage. He has been featured in the film, Aboriginal Architecture: Living Architecture (Bullfrog Films), and four of his projects are published in the book, New Architecture on Indigenous Lands (University of Minnesota Press 2013). He is a regularly invited speaker at national conferences, and he appeared in 2016 in Native American Green: New Directions in Tribal Housing in the Public Broadcasting Service series, Natural Heroes. He will be part of a team of North American Indigenous architects led by Douglas Cardinal representing Canada in the 2018 Venice Biennale with an entry entitled, Unceded.

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ISBN 13	9781898410904
ISBN 10	1898410909
Title	A Highland Lady in France
Author	Elizabeth Grant
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Birlinn General
Year published	2001-01-01
Number of pages	220
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.