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Smoothing the wrinkles: Hollywood, “successful aging” and the new visibility of older female stars (2013)
Book Chapter
Dolan, J. (2013). Smoothing the wrinkles: Hollywood, “successful aging” and the new visibility of older female stars. In C. Carter, L. Steiner, & L. McClaughlin (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Media and Gender (342-351). London & New York: Routledge

Following Simone de Beauvoir (1972) and Germaine Greer who similarly lamented the cultural invisibility of older women, the current proliferation of Hollywood films with older women protagonists, and the increased visibility of older female stars mig... Read More about Smoothing the wrinkles: Hollywood, “successful aging” and the new visibility of older female stars.

Isotypes and elephants: Picture language as visual writing in the work and correspondence of Otto Neurath (2013)
Book Chapter
Henning, M. (2013). Isotypes and elephants: Picture language as visual writing in the work and correspondence of Otto Neurath. In S. Harrow (Ed.), The Art of the Text (129-150). University of Wales Press

This chapter describes the Isotype method of pictorial statistics, invented in 1920s Vienna by the Vienna Circle philosopher and sociologist Otto Neurath, and compares it to Neurath’s own signature drawings of a cartoon elephant. Isotype was among th... Read More about Isotypes and elephants: Picture language as visual writing in the work and correspondence of Otto Neurath.

3-dimensional fabrication of soft energy harvesters (2013)
Book Chapter
Walters, P., McKay, T. G., Rossiter, J. M., O'Brien, B. M., & Anderson, I. A. (2013). 3-dimensional fabrication of soft energy harvesters. In Y. Bar-Cohen (Ed.), Proceedings of SPIE Volume 8687. USA: SPIE

Dielectric elastomer generators (DEG) provide an opportunity to harvest energy from low frequency sources. Because DEG are soft, deformable, high energy density generators, they can be coupled to complex structures such as the human body to harvest e... Read More about 3-dimensional fabrication of soft energy harvesters.

Colour mixing in the twenty-first century: the craft of the digital (2013)
Book Chapter
Parraman, C., Clarke, M., & Ball, P. (2013). Colour mixing in the twenty-first century: the craft of the digital. In P. Stubbs (Ed.), Colour in the Making From Old Wisdom to New Brilliance. London: Black Dog Publishing

Dr Carinna Parraman was invited to contribute a chapter to the book 'Colour in the Making', a visual history of art and design told through the materials of colour—from the discovery and use of early earth pigments through lakes to organic chemistry... Read More about Colour mixing in the twenty-first century: the craft of the digital.

Ansel Adams’s Born Free and Equal (1944): The social and ethical context (2013)
Book Chapter
Hammond, A. (2013). Ansel Adams’s Born Free and Equal (1944): The social and ethical context. In B. Gockel (Ed.), American Photography: Local and Global Contexts (131-162). University of Zurich

The project was launched in 2008 and is funded by the Dr. Carlo Fleischmann Foundation. “Geography of Photography” aims to study the photographic cultures of different countries and different continents. In the long-term this will allow the creation... Read More about Ansel Adams’s Born Free and Equal (1944): The social and ethical context.

Physical and virtual attributes of quality for consideration by the master printer (2013)
Book Chapter
consideration by the master printer. In L. Morgan (Ed.), Intersections and Counterpoints: Proceedings of Impact 7, and International Multi-Disciplinary Printmaking Conference (397-399). Australia: Monash University Publishing

For centuries the title of master printer has implied a deep technical understanding of processes and tools. Printers tend to form a very intimate relationship with their equipment, often resulting in declarations that the press has become an exten... Read More about Physical and virtual attributes of quality for consideration by the master printer.

The regulation of industrial pollution (2013)
Book Chapter
Bigg, M. (2013). The regulation of industrial pollution. In R. M. Harrison (Ed.), Pollution: Causes, Effects and Control (522-550). London: The Royal Society of Chemistry

The regulatory control of industrial emissions has undergone substantial changes and developments in the past 150 years. The most significant drivers have been the needs to protect local people and the environment. Control has also been in response... Read More about The regulation of industrial pollution.

What is personalised learning in geography? (2013)
Book Chapter
Jones, M. (2013). What is personalised learning in geography?. In M. Jones, & D. Lambert (Eds.), Debates in Geography Education (116-128). Abingdon: Routledge

This chapter discusses the contested term 'personalised learning' and how it has been interpreted in practice in schools.