Editors ’ Note
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Welcome to the eleventh issue of Under Construction . In this issue we have yet another fascinating range of articles to share with you , all original work produced by our postgraduates at Keele University . As editors , we have enjoyed the opportunity to read such an eclectic and stimulating range of pieces .
Louise Jones ’ article ‘ Conflict Images ’ analyses whether still or moving images make more of a difference to our understanding of war and conflict , focusing in particular on three case studies : Ukraine , Syrian refugees and Bolan Market . It argues whilst still and moving images hold a ‘ privileged status ’ in the reporting on war and conflicts , images alone are still not enough to address ambiguities , or , provide a greater difference in overall understandings of war and conflicts .
Nicholas Sheldon ’ s historiographical account in ‘ Pherecydes : The First Philosopher ?’ asserts that Pherecydes was the first philosopher , instead of Thales , as commonly suggested in previous works on the history of philosophy . Meanwhile , In ‘ Coffee-house Culture : 1770-1795 ’ Edward Hardiman examines the culture generated both by and within eighteenth-century coffee-houses , showing how the coffee-house developed from a place of seditious , often political , activity , into a space of polite sociability .
Through an analysis of The Town and Country Magazine ' s column ' The Coffee-house ", this article encourages us to consider often-overlooked aspects of coffee-house culture and its wider connection to sociability and polite society in the period .
Finally , Scarlett Hunt ’ s ‘ Post-graduation wellbeing and the impact of social media ’ aims to qualitatively explore how graduating from university can negatively impact students ’ mental wellbeing , whilst also considering how social media usage can contribute towards this . The piece argues that , stemming from the effects upon mental wellbeing its sociological fieldwork provisionally identifies and documents , students would benefit from further support relating to career choice , plans for after graduation , and follow-up consultations to check-in with graduates .