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Mobility cultures (2013)
Book Chapter
BEYAZIT, E. (2013). Mobility cultures. In Moving Towards Low Carbon Mobility. Edward Elgar Publishing

An analysis of the potential to utilize virtual worlds to enhance edutainment and improve the wellbeing of the ageing population (2013)
Book Chapter
Smith, A., & Chilcott, M. (2013). An analysis of the potential to utilize virtual worlds to enhance edutainment and improve the wellbeing of the ageing population. . Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-37042-7_4

The contribution of this paper identifies the importance of developing and designing tailored virtual places which older members of society can utilize easily and safely within this context; with a focused application of addressing social isolation,... Read More about An analysis of the potential to utilize virtual worlds to enhance edutainment and improve the wellbeing of the ageing population.

A Strategic Framework for Rainwater Harvesting (2013)
Book Chapter
Ward, S., Barr, S., Memon, F. A., & Butler, D. (2013). A Strategic Framework for Rainwater Harvesting. Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118456613.ch12

© 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Rainwater harvesting (RWH) systems facilitate the collection, filtration and storage of runoff, usually from roof catchments. The stored rainwater is then either gravity-fed or pumped to supply non-potable points of u... Read More about A Strategic Framework for Rainwater Harvesting.

Simulation games (2013)
Book Chapter
Giddings, S. (2013). Simulation games. In B. Perron, & M. J. Wolf (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Video Game Studies (259-266). New York: Routledge

This chapter outlines the conventions and pleasures of simulation games as a category, and explores the complicated and contested term simulation. This concept goes to the heart of what computer games and video games are, and the ways in which they a... Read More about Simulation games.

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.

Database narrative, spatial montage, and the cultural transmission of memory: An anthropological perspective (2013)
Book Chapter
Aston, J. (2013). Database narrative, spatial montage, and the cultural transmission of memory: An anthropological perspective. In D. Harrison (Ed.), Digital Media and Technologies for Virtual Artistic Spaces (150-158). Hershey PA: Information Science Reference (an imprint of IGI Global). https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-2961-5.ch011

This chapter discusses ways in which the database narrative techniques of virtual media can be used to explore the relationship between real-world oral storytelling and embodied performance in the cultural transmission of memory. It is based on an on... Read More about Database narrative, spatial montage, and the cultural transmission of memory: An anthropological perspective.

Kierkegaard and vulnerability (2013)
Book Chapter
Assiter, A. (2013). Kierkegaard and vulnerability. In A. Grear, & M. Fineman (Eds.), Vulnerability: Reflections on a New Ethical Foundation for Law and Politics (29-40). Ashgate

Recognition beyond the state (2013)
Book Chapter
Thompson, S. (2013). Recognition beyond the state. In S. Thompson, & T. Burns (Eds.), Global Justice and the Politics of Recognition (88-107). London: Palgrave Macmillan

An architectural gleaning (2013)
Book Chapter
Carless, T. (2013). An architectural gleaning. In G. Cairns (Ed.), Reinventing Architecture and Interiors: A Socio-Political View on Building Adaptation (157-175). Oxfordshire: Libri Publishing

Carless takes on the notion of ‘gleaning’, the activity of searching through debris to find things that can be re-used and incorporated into anything new – in her case, primarily architectural renovations. … She does this by basing her ideas on Agne... Read More about An architectural gleaning.

The emerging adult: Facilitating transition from child to adult services (2013)
Book Chapter
Williamson, H., & Barke, J. (2013). The emerging adult: Facilitating transition from child to adult services. In A. R. Thompson, E. Jenkinson, N. Rumsey, R. J. Newell, & A. Clarke (Eds.), CBT for Appearance Anxiety: Psychosocial Interventions for Anxiety due to Visible Difference (166-175). Wiley Blackwell

Pain and fatigue (2013)
Book Chapter
McCabe, C., Haigh, R., Cohen, H., & Hewlett, S. (2013). Pain and fatigue. In R. Watts, P. Conaghan, C. Denton, H. Foster, J. Isaacs, & U. Muller-Ladner (Eds.), Oxford Textbook of Rheumatology (93-99). Oxford: Oxford University Press

Tolkien and worldbuilding (2013)
Book Chapter
Butler, C. (2013). Tolkien and worldbuilding. In P. Hunt (Ed.), J.R.R. Tolkien. Palgrave Macmillan