Kathryn Herschell 2026

University of St Andrews

Crossbones: Gender and ethnography in the graveyard of the outcast dead

Centring the words of visitors to Crossbones graveyard in summer 2025, this short film explores why people choose to visit this unconsecrated burial ground, now a garden of remembrance, and their responses to the space. Using video, still images, site-recorded audio, and music, it is presented alongside a selection of tactile handmade objects to create a multi-sensory experience of place while considering the gendered narratives in the memorialisation of historically marginalised lives.

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