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Othering the elderly: Autoethnography as counteractive methodological strategy (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Franklin, A. (2017, October). Othering the elderly: Autoethnography as counteractive methodological strategy. Paper presented at Aging and Society, International Interdisciplinary Conference, Gdańsk, Poland

This paper will first establish that 'the elderly' are habitually othered in the texts that endeavour to describe 'them' and their 'needs'. It will then argue that an intersectional conceptualising of identity construction aids a researcher who is en... Read More about Othering the elderly: Autoethnography as counteractive methodological strategy.

Age-appropriate dress? (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Franklin, A. (2017, October). Age-appropriate dress?. Paper presented at Aging and Society, International Interdisciplinary Conference, Gdańsk, Poland

This paper aims to contribute to the developing body of literature spanning dress, fashion and sociological theory which is concerned with unpicking the way in which the category of ‘old age’ is enacted within a symbolic economy of difference. More s... Read More about Age-appropriate dress?.

Spirit of ‘68.The ‘next’ role of the art/design school? (2017)
Journal Article
Turney, J., & Franklin, A. (2017). Spirit of ‘68.The ‘next’ role of the art/design school?. Design Journal, 20(sup1), S4714-S4720. https://doi.org/10.1080/14606925.2017.1352970

From the current political and cultural landscape, the workshop sought to develop discussions surrounding the potential for art and design education to instigate and make socio-political comment and change. The rationale for the study coincides with... Read More about Spirit of ‘68.The ‘next’ role of the art/design school?.

Widening participation: Rethinking the role of the HEI (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Thomson, S., & Franklin, A. (2017, July). Widening participation: Rethinking the role of the HEI. Paper presented at HEA Annual Conference 2017 Generation TEF: Teaching in the spotlight, Manchester, UK

This presentation will outline some of the key findings of the ‘Entry Level Employment in Bristol’s Creative Industries Sectors’ [ELEBCIS] research project; a study commissioned by Bristol City Council’s [BCC] Economy Team and funded by BCC, the Univ... Read More about Widening participation: Rethinking the role of the HEI.

Bristol Parkhive: An interdisciplinary approach to employability for arts, humanities and education students in a supercomplex world (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Franklin, A., & Thomson, S. (2017, July). Bristol Parkhive: An interdisciplinary approach to employability for arts, humanities and education students in a supercomplex world. Paper presented at HEA Annual Conference 2017 Generation TEF: Teaching in the spotlight, Manchester, UK

This paper will present the Bristol Parkhive project as a model for sustainable and mutually beneficial collaboration between universities, local governments and local community organisations. Bristol Parkhive is an innovative collaborative project d... Read More about Bristol Parkhive: An interdisciplinary approach to employability for arts, humanities and education students in a supercomplex world.

Spirit of ’68: The ‘next’ role of the art/design school? (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Turney, J., & Franklin, A. (2017, April). Spirit of ’68: The ‘next’ role of the art/design school?. Presented at 12th European Academy of Design Conference [EAD12]: Design for Next..., Rome, Italy

The Warwick Commission Report (2015)[i] concluded that the arts in the UK were in crisis and, regardless of political rhetoric[ii], continual cuts in government subsidy[iii] plus cuts in arts subjects in schools had created a two-tiered predominantly... Read More about Spirit of ’68: The ‘next’ role of the art/design school?.