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Dr Juliette Desportes recently completed her PhD at the University of Glasgow. Her thesis focused on the socio-economic transformation and management of the forfeited and annexed estates (174684). Juliette lives and works in the Outer Hebrides, where she also operates as a freelance heritage consultant.

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