All Outputs (352)

Flash mob (2022)
Journal Article

One poem accepted by The Alchemy Spoon for a "Fixed Form" themed issue.

GO WEST! 2 Bristol's Film and Television Industries (2022)
Report

This report updates and substantially extends the 2017 report, Go West! Bristol's Film and Television Industries. It revises all the statistical information, including the number of companies. The report analyses the major changes that have occurred... Read More about GO WEST! 2 Bristol's Film and Television Industries.

The nominal group in British Sign Language: A preliminary description (2022)
Journal Article

Research investigating British Sign Language (BSL)–and sign languages more generally–from systemic functional perspectives is gradually increasing but remains nascent overall. The current paper offers a step towards a steadily growing set of function... Read More about The nominal group in British Sign Language: A preliminary description.

Between the Ears: The Emperor and the Pianola (2022)
Digital Artefact

Short description:

In this captivating Between the Ears, Professor Shawn Sobers uncovers the fascinating story of Emperor Haile Selassie I and his pianola as told through the music of the time, (based on Sobers' original research).

Long descrip... Read More about Between the Ears: The Emperor and the Pianola.

Beyond the ballot: Girls' education, women's welfare and the Bristol Suffragists (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Theoretical considerations of compassionate education practices (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Opening provocation exploring the theme of whether a compassionate led approach to education can lead the way for equality. Acknowledging that it is a shame that the question need be asked at all, looks into ways formal education spaces have become b... Read More about Theoretical considerations of compassionate education practices.

The gendered migrant experience: A study of Family Language Policy (FLP) amongst mothers and daughters in the Somali Community, Bristol (2022)
Journal Article

This article adopts a gendered take on Family Language Policy (FLP) by questioning the way that gender impacts on the issues faced by refugee woman during and after flight. For this reason, the ethnographically informed research addresses the concern... Read More about The gendered migrant experience: A study of Family Language Policy (FLP) amongst mothers and daughters in the Somali Community, Bristol.

Angela Carter’s place-making: memorialising an iconoclast? (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

It is ironic that the iconoclastic Angela Carter was "canonised" as the White Witch of English Literature following her death, which raises the question of whether this form of commemoration actually contained or limited her reception? This paper wi... Read More about Angela Carter’s place-making: memorialising an iconoclast?.

Bond and stardom (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Bond has become a modern and enduring folk hero and cultural icon, which has profound implications for the six actors who have played the role. In examining this, somewhat neglected, facet of that phenomenon – Bond and stardom – I argue that playing... Read More about Bond and stardom.

Imitations (2022)
Digital Artefact

A video essay concerning racial representations in Artificial Intelligence, delayed cinema, utilising Douglas Sirk's film Imitation of Life as Data.

The role of metaphor in police first response call-outs in cases of suspected domestic abuse (2022)
Book Chapter

This book explores different aspects of metaphoricity in legal discourse, from court proceedings and written institutionalised texts to judges’ argumentation and in spoken records, among others. It brings together linguists and law professionals from... Read More about The role of metaphor in police first response call-outs in cases of suspected domestic abuse.

Angela Carter’s questioning of ‘age-appropriate’ appearance and behaviour in wise children (2022)
Book Chapter

Fireworks: Angela Carter's incendiary imagination (2022)
Book Chapter

Angela Carter's Pyrotechnics: A Union of Contraries (2022)
Book

Representing a shift in Carter studies for the 21st century, this book critically explores her legacy and showcases the current state of Angela Carter scholarship. It gives new insights into Carter's pyrotechnic creativity and pays tribute to her inc... Read More about Angela Carter's Pyrotechnics: A Union of Contraries.

The Colston Statue: What Next? ‘We are Bristol’ History Commission - Full Report (2022)
Report

In the summer of 2021, the ‘We are Bristol’ History Commission consulted with the public about the future of the Colston statue and the Colston plinth. People had a chance to see the statue and learn about its history in a temporary display at the M... Read More about The Colston Statue: What Next? ‘We are Bristol’ History Commission - Full Report.

The Colston Statue: What next? ‘We are Bristol’ History commission - Visual short report (2022)
Report

This version of the report contains images and presents the findings of the research in an accessable format.

In the summer of 2021, the ‘We are Bristol’ History Commission consulted with the public about the future of the Colston statue and the C... Read More about The Colston Statue: What next? ‘We are Bristol’ History commission - Visual short report.

Visualising the hostile environment: Creative studies of family immigration and separation (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

In this talk, Dr Emma Agusita discusses her research work that uses creative digital methods to explore people’s experiences of encountering UK family immigration regulations that result in prolonged periods of separation from their partners and fami... Read More about Visualising the hostile environment: Creative studies of family immigration and separation.

'The answer and antidote to Cliveden': Socialism, anti-colonialism and the Chatelaines of Buscot Park (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

From Willie Green to Archie Leach: Mapping Bristol’s early cinema history (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This is a UWE Bristol Regional History Centre talk in partnership with M Shed seminar series.
From Friese-Greene’s early cinema inventions (patented in 1891) to Cary Grant’s iconic screen performances and a thriving film and TV production ecology t... Read More about From Willie Green to Archie Leach: Mapping Bristol’s early cinema history.

Review of Janine Barchas's, The Lost Books of Jane Austen (2022)
Journal Article

Book review of Barchas's latest monograph.