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Anthropology 

The Blue Lagoon

My task with this project was to become a creative anthropologist. To conduct my study I had to find a group of humans to observe, interview and record, and present my findings in a visual way. I was instructed to find a place I had never been to, a place I knew nothing about. The place I found was a man-made Lagoon in the Peak District town of Buxton. Infamously called ‘The Blue Lagoon’ by locals, at first glance, it looks stunning with water a similar colour to Mediterranean sea. However, this water is highly toxic and has a pH level similar to bleach. Yet people will not stop swimming in it. The locals have begged the council for years to remove it a it causes a lot issues for them, but they won’t as it’s privately owned. The locals then took it upon themselves to dye the water black but every time that fades, they keep coming back. After talking to the people who live next to the Lagoon, it was clear what these people wanted is for people not to visit the Lagoon. So I created a ‘travel brochure’ aimed at visitors to show them the dangers of the water to put them off entering. These would be kept near the Lagoon entrance so visitors would see it upon entry and be put off from going further.

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