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Gentrification, displacement and the arts: Untangling the relationship between arts industries and place change (2016)
Journal Article
Grodach, C., Foster, N., & Murdoch, J. (2018). Gentrification, displacement and the arts: Untangling the relationship between arts industries and place change. Urban Studies, 55(4), 807-825. https://doi.org/10.1177/0042098016680169

© 2016, © Urban Studies Journal Limited 2016. The arts have long played a role in debates around gentrification and displacement, yet their roles and impacts as change agents are not clear-cut. According to the standard account, artists facilitate ge... Read More about Gentrification, displacement and the arts: Untangling the relationship between arts industries and place change.

Neighborhood diversity, economic health, and the role of the arts (2016)
Journal Article
Foster, N., Grodach, C., & Murdoch, J. (2016). Neighborhood diversity, economic health, and the role of the arts. Journal of Urban Affairs, 38(5), 623-642. https://doi.org/10.1111/juaf.12278

Copyright © 2016 Urban Affairs Association Policymakers pursue a range of strategies aimed at diversifying neighborhoods despite research indicating the complicated and potentially damaging results of these efforts. One increasingly common approach i... Read More about Neighborhood diversity, economic health, and the role of the arts.

Renewing acquaintance with James Britton (2016)
Journal Article
Hodgson, J. (2016). Renewing acquaintance with James Britton

John Hodgson reports on LATE’s celebration of the work of one of NATE’s founding figures, James Britton, and explains the crucial importance of his work for contemporary English teaching.

Investigating the predictive validity of IELTS for a teacher education program in UAE (2016)
Thesis
Khemakhem, S. (in press). Investigating the predictive validity of IELTS for a teacher education program in UAE. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/914712

This research study investigates the predictive validity of IELTS test scores as a graduation requirement for a Teacher Education Program in the UAE. The argument is that the use of the IELTS cut-off score (band 6) as a predictor of post-graduation p... Read More about Investigating the predictive validity of IELTS for a teacher education program in UAE.

The translation of children's literature: Ideology and cultural adaptations. Captain Underpants as a case study (2016)
Thesis
Asiain, T. The translation of children's literature: Ideology and cultural adaptations. Captain Underpants as a case study. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/907767

The aim of this research is to explore cultural differences in the children’s publishing industry in the USA and Spain and the impact these have on translation, and to develop a case study of the translation of Dav Pilkey’s Captain Underpants series... Read More about The translation of children's literature: Ideology and cultural adaptations. Captain Underpants as a case study.

'Local site and historical depth': Briggflatts, A Drunk Man, and British Modernist poetics of place (2016)
Journal Article
Rogers, S. (2016). 'Local site and historical depth': Briggflatts, A Drunk Man, and British Modernist poetics of place. English, 65(251), 332-362. https://doi.org/10.1093/english/efw049

© The Author 2016. This article aims to present new understandings of how place, identity, and text are configured in British modernist poetry, particularly in the extended poem. Focusing chiefly on Basil Bunting's Briggflatts (1966), the discussion... Read More about 'Local site and historical depth': Briggflatts, A Drunk Man, and British Modernist poetics of place.

‘That Tricky Subject’: The Integration of Contextual Studies in pre-Degree Art and Design Education (2016)
Journal Article
Rintoul, J., & James, D. (2017). ‘That Tricky Subject’: The Integration of Contextual Studies in pre-Degree Art and Design Education. International Journal of Art and Design Education, 36(2), 215-225. https://doi.org/10.1111/jade.12077

© 2016 The Authors. iJADE © 2016 NSEAD/John Wiley & Sons Ltd Contextual studies (CS), ‘theory’, ‘visual culture’ or ‘art history’ (amongst other labels) refer to a regular and often compulsory feature in art and design education. However, this take... Read More about ‘That Tricky Subject’: The Integration of Contextual Studies in pre-Degree Art and Design Education.

Brief report: A pilot study of the use of a virtual reality headset in autism populations (2016)
Journal Article
Newbutt, N., Sung, C., Kuo, H. J., Leahy, M. J., Lin, C. C., & Tong, B. (2016). Brief report: A pilot study of the use of a virtual reality headset in autism populations. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 46(9), 3166-3176. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-016-2830-5

The application of virtual reality technologies (VRTs) for users with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has been studied for decades. However, a gap remains in our understanding surrounding VRT head-mounted displays (HMDs). As newly designed HMDs have b... Read More about Brief report: A pilot study of the use of a virtual reality headset in autism populations.

A category "Easy to Liquidate": The League of Nations, Russian refugee children in the 1920s and the history of humanitarianism (2016)
Book Chapter
White, E. (2016). A category "Easy to Liquidate": The League of Nations, Russian refugee children in the 1920s and the history of humanitarianism. In M. Rodriguez Garcia, D. Rodogno, & L. Kozma (Eds.), The League of Nations' Work on Social Issues: Visions, Endeavours and Experiments (201-214). Geneva: United Nations Publications

This chapter examines the work of the High Commission for Russian Refugees of the League of Nations. It analyses their approach to solving the issue of child refugees and places this in debates around the historical development of human rights and hu... Read More about A category "Easy to Liquidate": The League of Nations, Russian refugee children in the 1920s and the history of humanitarianism.

CitySpaceMindSpace: How to read Los Angeles: Banham and McLuhan in the light of Cognitive Neuro-scientific theories of comprehension (2016)
Book Chapter
Flaxton, T. (2016). CitySpaceMindSpace: How to read Los Angeles: Banham and McLuhan in the light of Cognitive Neuro-scientific theories of comprehension. In G. Amayo Caldwell, C. Smith, & E. Clift (Eds.), Digital Futures and the City of Today: New Technologies and Physical Spaces. Bristol, UK: Intellect

In the 1970’s, Rayner Banham (with Marshall McLuhan), set the tone for understanding CyberCity/MindSpace with Banham’s book, Los Angeles: the Architecture of Four Ecologies, which was an examination of the LA cityscape which used the idea of the movi... Read More about CitySpaceMindSpace: How to read Los Angeles: Banham and McLuhan in the light of Cognitive Neuro-scientific theories of comprehension.

The practice of cultural ecology: network connectivity in the creative economy (2016)
Journal Article
Dovey, J., Moreton, S., Sparke, S., & Sharpe, B. (2016). The practice of cultural ecology: network connectivity in the creative economy. Cultural Trends, 25(2), 87-103. https://doi.org/10.1080/09548963.2016.1170922

© 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. ABSTRACT: This paper reflects on approaches to collaborative knowledge exchange projects between UK universities and the creative economy. It develops a preliminary account of cultural e... Read More about The practice of cultural ecology: network connectivity in the creative economy.

Wargaming (as) literature (2016)
Book Chapter
MacCallum-Stewart, E. (2016). Wargaming (as) literature. In P. Harrigan, & M. Kirschenbaum (Eds.), Zones of Control, Perspectives on Wargaming (555-572). Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press

As Kirschenbaum argues, board wargames have a lot to teach about the ways that narrative is created in games and “help us to understand the role of process and procedure in stories and games” (Kirschenbaum 2009: 369). In addition, they have a rich hi... Read More about Wargaming (as) literature.

The Importance of Neighborhood Context in Arts-Led Development: Community Anchor or Creative Class Magnet? (2016)
Journal Article
Murdoch, J., Grodach, C., & Foster, N. (2016). The Importance of Neighborhood Context in Arts-Led Development: Community Anchor or Creative Class Magnet?. Journal of Planning Education and Research, 36(1), 32-48. https://doi.org/10.1177/0739456X15599040

© 2015, © The Author(s) 2015. This article contributes to the creative city–community development arts policy debate by examining the association of arts organizations to various neighborhood contexts in New York City. Results from multivariate regre... Read More about The Importance of Neighborhood Context in Arts-Led Development: Community Anchor or Creative Class Magnet?.

The female Gothic body (2016)
Book Chapter
Mulvey-Roberts, M. (2016). The female Gothic body. In S. Zlosnik, & A. Horner (Eds.), Women and the Gothic: An Edinburgh Companion. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press

This analysis explores the evolution of the female Gothic body through literature, history and myth in relation to the Gothic tradition.

Thomas Hardy’s tragic vision: Writing towards proto-modernist modes of fiction (2016)
Thesis
Prentice, N. (in press). Thomas Hardy’s tragic vision: Writing towards proto-modernist modes of fiction. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/914817

This thesis offers a narratorial and textual examination of the tragic in Hardy’s fiction and uncovers how his tragic vision of a changing world led him into proto-modernist forms of writing. By first positing Hardy within his milieu and exploring th... Read More about Thomas Hardy’s tragic vision: Writing towards proto-modernist modes of fiction.

Art, aesthetics and supplementarity: Re-evaluating the distinctions between the work of art and supporting material (2016)
Thesis
Walton, J. S. Art, aesthetics and supplementarity: Re-evaluating the distinctions between the work of art and supporting material. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/914340

This thesis analyses the importance of supplementary material for art history and philosophy by addressing its shifting and problematic relationship to the ‘work of art’. Through the use of philosophical and critical theories, including Heidegger, Be... Read More about Art, aesthetics and supplementarity: Re-evaluating the distinctions between the work of art and supporting material.

An Imperialist at bay: Leo Amery at the India Office, 1940 - 1945 (2016)
Thesis
Whittington, D. An Imperialist at bay: Leo Amery at the India Office, 1940 - 1945. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/914353

Pressure for Indian independence had been building up throughout the early decades of the twentieth century, initially through the efforts of the Indian National Congress, but also later, when matters were complicated by an increasingly vocal Muslim... Read More about An Imperialist at bay: Leo Amery at the India Office, 1940 - 1945.

Social recognition provision patterns in professional Q&A forums in Healthcare and Construction (2016)
Journal Article
Pata, K., Santos, P., & Burchert, J. (2016). Social recognition provision patterns in professional Q&A forums in Healthcare and Construction. Computers in Human Behavior, 55(A), 571-583. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2015.06.046

© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. For some decades, professional Q&A forums have been used as a mainstream way of sharing practices between novices and experts. Several forums have had time to develop their own communities and habits, which m... Read More about Social recognition provision patterns in professional Q&A forums in Healthcare and Construction.

Predicting IELTS ratings using vocabulary measures (2016)
Thesis
Demetriou, T. Predicting IELTS ratings using vocabulary measures. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/918329

This thesis addresses the relationship between vocabulary measures and IELTS ratings. The research questions focus on the relationship between measures of lexical richness and teacher ratings. The specific question the thesis seeks to address is: Whi... Read More about Predicting IELTS ratings using vocabulary measures.

Aesthetica Art Prize 2016 (2016)
Digital Artefact
Chamberlain, I. (2016). Aesthetica Art Prize 2016

I was long listed for Aesthetica Art Prize 2016. There is also a publication 'Future Now', My work is on page 128-129. Future Now Aesthetica Art Prize Anthology 2016 A celebration of innovation and originality, the Aesthetica Art Prize ant... Read More about Aesthetica Art Prize 2016.