Talking robots: examining public engagement with emerging robotic technologies
(2008)
Presentation / Conference
Wilkinson, C., Bultitude, K., & Dawson, E. (2008, March). Talking robots: examining public engagement with emerging robotic technologies. Poster presented at British Sociological Association Annual Conference, Warwick, England
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The real world of joined up thinking, joined up working: Strathbrock Partnership Centre, West Lothian (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Moore, L. (2008, March). The real world of joined up thinking, joined up working: Strathbrock Partnership Centre, West Lothian. Paper presented at CHAIN Telehealth Networking, University of Warwick, UK
Conditions for creative social work: a cycle of discourse action research (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Curran, T. (2008, March). Conditions for creative social work: a cycle of discourse action research. Paper presented at Towards Professional Wisdom, Edinburgh University, Edinburgh, UK
Living signs: Theory and materiality in the work of Otto Neurath (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Henning, M. (2008, March). Living signs: Theory and materiality in the work of Otto Neurath. Paper presented at Engaging Objects, AmsterdamUsing the work of Otto Neurath, this paper considers theory as a material social practice. Some scholars see in Neurath’s work a ‘naïve’ belief in the possibility of the clear, unambiguous, transmission of facts untainted by their material support. Y... Read More about Living signs: Theory and materiality in the work of Otto Neurath.
SF histories (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Bould, M. (2008, March). SF histories. Presented at State of the Art: Science Fiction Histories Conference, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, AustraliaMark Bould was one of four closing plenary panel members at this conference. The closing panel sumamrised the key ideas that emerged during the course of the conference and suggestions about their implications for future research.
Writing/Genre/History: Everyone else is wrong (and so am I) (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Bould, M. (2008, March). Writing/Genre/History: Everyone else is wrong (and so am I). Presented at State of the Art: Science Fiction Histories Conference, Curtin University of Technology, PerthAn overview of the problems involved in writing a history of a genre, drawing on debates in contemporary historiography and science studies.
Tortured torsos: Anorexic subjectivity in Fight Club and The Machinist (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Bould, M., & Vint, S. (2008, March). Tortured torsos: Anorexic subjectivity in Fight Club and The Machinist. Presented at Postgraduate Masterclass, Institute of Advanced Studies, University of Western AustraliaTaking anorexia as a model of subjectivity under contemporary capital, this paper analyses the noir protagonists of Fight Club and The Machinist and their relationships to power, labour and their own bodies.
The very modern world of Fritz Lang (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Bould, M. (2008, March). The very modern world of Fritz Lang. Presented at The Very Modern World of Fritz Lang, Institute of Advanced Studies, The University of Western AustraliaTaking Lang's films as the pulp wing of the Frankfurt School, this lecture demonstrated that although not a Marxist Lang developed a critique of capitalist urban/industrial modernity very similar in some respects to that of Theodor Adorno.
An exploration of demographic, work, home and commute aspects of part-day and whole-day homeworking (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Haddad, H., & Lyons, G. (2008, March). An exploration of demographic, work, home and commute aspects of part-day and whole-day homeworking. Paper presented at Third International Specialist Meeting on ICT, Everyday Life and Urban Change, Bristol, UK
Risk factors for injuries to children aged 5-11 years from Avon, England (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Mytton, J. (2008, March). Risk factors for injuries to children aged 5-11 years from Avon, England. Poster presented at 9th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion, Merida, Mexico
Older drivers, travel and later life learning (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Musselwhite, C. (2008, March). Older drivers, travel and later life learning. Paper presented at ESRC Older People and Learning and Society Seminars, Leicester University, UK
Building on the evidence: Qualitative research on the impact of arts in mental healthcare (2008)
Presentation / Conference
O'Connor, S., Soteriou, T., Byrne, E., & Daykin, N. (2008, March). Building on the evidence: Qualitative research on the impact of arts in mental healthcare. Poster presented at UK Mental Health Research Network Conference, Royal College of Physicians, London, UK
“You learned how to love and care for people whose lives were at stake”: Nursing narratives of death and dying in tuberculosis hospitals in Britain 1930-1960 (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Kirby, S. (2008, March). “You learned how to love and care for people whose lives were at stake”: Nursing narratives of death and dying in tuberculosis hospitals in Britain 1930-1960. Paper presented at 2nd International Conference on Nursing History, Stuttgart, Germany
Representing creation in Huston's The Bible: In the Beginning (1966) (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Lawrence, M. (2008, March). Representing creation in Huston's The Bible: In the Beginning (1966). Paper presented at SCMS Conference, Philadelphia, USAAn analysis of the representation of the Creation in John Huston’s The Bible: In the Beginnning.
Join the dots: devising a supported self-help strategy to help pituitary patients integrate their medical care (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Morris, M., Jackson, S., & Ashley, K. (2008, March). Join the dots: devising a supported self-help strategy to help pituitary patients integrate their medical care. Paper presented at 8th Annual Integrated Care Conference, Gothenburg, Sweden
Type 2 diabetes and morbid obesity: A double helping of depression? (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Morris, M., Lilley, K., & Johnson, A. (2008, March). Type 2 diabetes and morbid obesity: A double helping of depression?. Poster presented at Diabetes UK Annnual Professional Conference, SECC Glasgow, Scotland
A magic wand? Emergent themes in an analysis of interview data on the expecations of morbidly obese patients with Type 2 diabetes seeking gastric banding surgery (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Morris, M., Jackson, S., Davis, A., Gunary, R., & Johnson, A. (2008, March). A magic wand? Emergent themes in an analysis of interview data on the expecations of morbidly obese patients with Type 2 diabetes seeking gastric banding surgery. Poster presented at Diabetes UK Annual Professional Conference, SECC Glasgow, Scotland
Giving the globe a sporting chance: Exploring the potentially problematic relationship between sport tourism and sustainable development (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Jordan, F. (2008, March). Giving the globe a sporting chance: Exploring the potentially problematic relationship between sport tourism and sustainable development. Presented at Sport Science Research Centre 6th International Congress in Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Kish Island, Iran
Youth tourism: Global trends (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Richards, G. (2008, March). Youth tourism: Global trends. Paper presented at European Hostel Forum Conference, Barcelona, Spain
Meeting the challenge of e-assessment in the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Rees, D. (2008, March). Meeting the challenge of e-assessment in the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences. Paper presented at The e-Assessment Question 6th Annual Conference, London, UK