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Geographies of Sweetness and Power in Scotland: Dr Marisa Wilson, University of Edinburgh

Geographies of Sweetness and Power in Scotland: Dr Marisa Wilson, University of Edinburgh

31.10.2022 - 31.10.2022

Greenock

Watt Institution, Kelly Street, Greenock, UK

Time:                           12:30pm

Host & venue:            Watt Institution

Booking:

FREE but place must be booked.

Please call 01475 715624

Using secondary and oral history research, Dr Wilson will demonstrate how the British imperial project to ‘improve’ Highland landscapes and people led to a series of transformations that radically altered the everyday lives, workdays and diets of sugar workers and their families in Greenock.

Geographies of Sweetness and Power in Scotland: Dr Marisa Wilson, University of Edinburgh

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