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Animal–staff interactions (2024)
Book Chapter
Melfi, V., Ward, S., Pawson, C., & Hosey, G. (2024). Animal–staff interactions. In Human-Animal Interactions in Zoos: Integrating Science & Practice (33-45). United Kingdom: CABI. https://doi.org/10.1079/9781800622715.0004

Research on human–animal interactions has focused predominantly on the visitor–animal domain with little attention given to staff and the impacts that these work-based interactions have on both the animals and people involved. Some staff (keepers, ve... Read More about Animal–staff interactions.

If racism vanished for a day: A billboard (2024)
Physical Artefact
Jones, V., Gorell Barnes, L., Podpadec, T., Whitehouse, S., Vafadari, J., & Pawson, C. If racism vanished for a day: A billboard. [Billboard]

The RESPECT team created a billboard based on the If Racism Vanished for a Day book. Unveiled in St Werburghs, Bristol, the billboard highlights the lived racialised experiences of children, which often go unheard. The community billboard displays... Read More about If racism vanished for a day: A billboard.

‘Where do you feel it most?’ Using body mapping to explore the lived experiences of racism with 10- and 11-year-olds (2024)
Journal Article
Gorell Barnes, L., Podpadec, T., Jones, V., Vafadari, J., Pawson, C., Whitehouse, S., & Richards, M. (in press). ‘Where do you feel it most?’ Using body mapping to explore the lived experiences of racism with 10- and 11-year-olds. British Educational Research Journal, https://doi.org/10.1002/berj.3980

This paper presents an overview of the arts-based methodology used in a research project that aimed to explore the impact of the lived experiences of racism on 10- and 11-year-old children in the United Kingdom. The research responds to the relative... Read More about ‘Where do you feel it most?’ Using body mapping to explore the lived experiences of racism with 10- and 11-year-olds.

Social psychological perspectives on islandness: Identities, vulnerabilities and precarities (2024)
Journal Article
Matheson, K., Pawson, C., & Clegg, P. (2024). Social psychological perspectives on islandness: Identities, vulnerabilities and precarities. Island Studies Journal, 19(1), https://doi.org/10.24043/001c.92155

Although there are many widely perceived attractions to living on a small island, island life is not without its challenges. The physical aspects of these are well rehearsed. The psychological ones, less so. Drawing on social psychological theories,... Read More about Social psychological perspectives on islandness: Identities, vulnerabilities and precarities.