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Working-Class Environmentalism: An Agenda for a Just and Fair Transition to Sustainability (2020)
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Bell, K. (2020). Working-Class Environmentalism: An Agenda for a Just and Fair Transition to Sustainability. Palgrave MacMillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29519-6

This book is about how to develop green transitions which benefit, include and respect working class people. The book will challenge current practice, policy and thinking by highlighting how discriminatory and undermining actions and attitudes towar... Read More about Working-Class Environmentalism: An Agenda for a Just and Fair Transition to Sustainability.

Social Research and Disability: Developing Inclusive Research Spaces for Disabled Researchers (2020)
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Burke, C., & Byrne, B. (Eds.). (2020). Social Research and Disability: Developing Inclusive Research Spaces for Disabled Researchers. London: Routledge

Social Research and Disability argues that the contemporary rules of sociological methods outlined in numerous research methods texts make a number of assumptions concerning the researcher including ambulance, sight, hearing and speech. In short, the... Read More about Social Research and Disability: Developing Inclusive Research Spaces for Disabled Researchers.

Social Theory and the Politics of Higher Education: Critical Perspectives on Institutional Research (2020)
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Murphy, M., Burke, C., Costa, C., & Raapear, R. (Eds.). (2020). Social Theory and the Politics of Higher Education: Critical Perspectives on Institutional Research. London: Bloomsbury Publishing

Social Theory and the Politics of Higher Education brings together an international group of scholars who shine a theoretical light on the politics of academic life and higher education. The book covers three key areas: 1) Institutional governance... Read More about Social Theory and the Politics of Higher Education: Critical Perspectives on Institutional Research.

Irúsan or, canting for architects (2020)
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Drofiak, N. (2020). Irúsan or, canting for architects. Zurich: gta Verlag / ETH Zurich

In 1931, architect Ivan Il’icˇ Leonidov was sent 2,800 kilometres northeast of Moscow to assist in constructing the new Soviet arctic port of Igarka. The city, though presented as an inscription of the future into the vast void of Siberia, in fact st... Read More about Irúsan or, canting for architects.

Women's Activism Behind the Screens: Trade Unions and Gender Inequality in the British Film and Television Industries (2020)
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Galt, F. (2020). Women's Activism Behind the Screens: Trade Unions and Gender Inequality in the British Film and Television Industries. Bristol: Bristol University Press

Frances C. Galt explores the role of trade unions and women’s activism in the British film and television industries in this important contribution to debates around gender inequality. The book traces the influence of the union for technicians and... Read More about Women's Activism Behind the Screens: Trade Unions and Gender Inequality in the British Film and Television Industries.

Urban Regeneration in the UK (2020)
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Tallon, A. (2020). Urban Regeneration in the UK. (3rd). London: Routledge

Third edition covering the context for regeneration, national urban policy from 1945-2020, city-level responses to urban change and key contemporary issues.

Web and Digital for Graphic Designers (2020)
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Leonard, N., Way, . A., & Santune, . F. (2020). Web and Digital for Graphic Designers. Bloomsbury Publishing

Creative web design requires knowledge from across the design and technical realms, and it can seem like a daunting task working out where to get started. In this book the authors take you through all you need to know about designing for the web a... Read More about Web and Digital for Graphic Designers.

Ambient Literature: Towards a New Poetics of Situated Writing and Reading Practices (2020)
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Abba, T., Dovey, J., & Pullinger, K. (Eds.). (2020). Ambient Literature: Towards a New Poetics of Situated Writing and Reading Practices. Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41456-6

This book considers how a combination of place-based writing and location responsive technologies produce new kinds of literary experiences. Building on the work done in the Ambient Literature Project (2016–2018), this books argues that these encount... Read More about Ambient Literature: Towards a New Poetics of Situated Writing and Reading Practices.

The Caribbean Blue Economy (2020)
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Clegg, P., Mahon, R., McConney, P., & Oxenford, H. A. (2020). The Caribbean Blue Economy. Routledge

Cities and Communities Beyond Covid-19. How Local Leadership Can Change Our Future for the Better (2020)
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Hambleton, R. (2020). Cities and Communities Beyond Covid-19. How Local Leadership Can Change Our Future for the Better. Bristol, UK: Bristol University Press

The COVID-19 virus outbreak has rocked the world and it is widely accepted that there can be no return to the pre-pandemic society of 2019. However, many suggestions for the future of society and the planet are aimed at national governments, interna... Read More about Cities and Communities Beyond Covid-19. How Local Leadership Can Change Our Future for the Better.

Emotion in the Digital Age: Technologies, Data and Psychosocial Life (2020)
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Ellis, D., & Tucker, I. (2020). Emotion in the Digital Age: Technologies, Data and Psychosocial Life. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315108322

Emotion in the Digital Age examines how emotion is understood, researched and experienced in relation to practices of digitisation and datafication said to constitute a digital age. The overarching concern of the book is with how emotion operates in,... Read More about Emotion in the Digital Age: Technologies, Data and Psychosocial Life.

Unboxing the Black Box: Reflections on Making with AI and Automation (2020)
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Crogan, P. (Ed.). (2020). Unboxing the Black Box: Reflections on Making with AI and Automation. SWCTN

A collective publication by South West Creative Technology Network Automation Fellows. This collection presents thoughts, provocations and reflections on AI and automation in the arena of creative making from some of the South West Creative Technolog... Read More about Unboxing the Black Box: Reflections on Making with AI and Automation.