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Repair Acts, Care, Reuse and Maintenance Culture (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Dillon, T., & Kisseih, . A. (2018, December). Repair Acts, Care, Reuse and Maintenance Culture. Presented at re:publica '18, Accra, Ghana

Join Teresa Dillon (Professor of City Futures/Bristol) and Amanortey Kisseih (Accra/Vienna) for a conversation on how artists are producing 'urgent eco-critical stories' that reimagine repair and its associated cultures. Positioned within debates on... Read More about Repair Acts, Care, Reuse and Maintenance Culture.

Using virtual reality with autistic pupils (2018)
Other
Newbutt, N. (2018). Using virtual reality with autistic pupils. https://network.autism.org.uk/knowledge/insight-opinion/using-virtual-reality-autistic-pupils

In the guide Nigel explores the two main options for VR-HMD; HTC Vive and cardboard VR with a smartphone/device. Focussing on the cardboard VR option, he then offers some guidance on using this technology with autistic pupils and recommends some cont... Read More about Using virtual reality with autistic pupils.

The ice in voices: Understanding negative content in auditory-verbal hallucinations (2018)
Journal Article
Larøi, F., Thomas, N., Aleman, A., Fernyhough, C., Wilkinson, S., Deamer, F., & McCarthy-Jones, S. (2019). The ice in voices: Understanding negative content in auditory-verbal hallucinations. Clinical Psychology Review, 67, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2018.11.001

Negative voice-content is the best sole predictor of whether the hearer of an auditory-verbal hallucination will experience distress/impairment necessitating contact with mental health services. Yet, what causes negative voice-content and how interve... Read More about The ice in voices: Understanding negative content in auditory-verbal hallucinations.

Adapting Austen "for the new generation:" ITV's 2007 Trilogy Mansfield Park, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion (2018)
Book Chapter
Ballinger, G. (2018). Adapting Austen "for the new generation:" ITV's 2007 Trilogy Mansfield Park, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion. In L. Hopkins (Ed.), In After Austen (145-175). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95894-1_8

This essay compares the female protagonists in the British television network ITV’s 2007 film adaptations of Northanger Abbey, Mansfield Park and Persuasion to the original characters in Austen’s novels. Each film strives to create what Penny Gay cal... Read More about Adapting Austen "for the new generation:" ITV's 2007 Trilogy Mansfield Park, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion.

'Being European': UK production companies and Europe (2018)
Journal Article
Spicer, A. (2019). 'Being European': UK production companies and Europe. Studies in European Cinema, 16(1), 55-72. https://doi.org/10.1080/17411548.2018.1537107

This article discusses the relationship between UK film producers and Europe, offering a historical overview and an extended case study of an existing company, Number 9 Films. It argues that although UK film production and the attitude of policy make... Read More about 'Being European': UK production companies and Europe.

RepairActs, Penryn, 2018 (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Dillon, T., & DeSilvey, C. (2018, October). RepairActs, Penryn, 2018. Presented at RepairActs, Penryn

The final part of our 2018 workshop series focused on the craft aspects of our CECE – Critical, Essential, Craft and Economic – axes. A sites visits to Godolphin House opened the first day, with stone mason and sculptor David Paton providing an over... Read More about RepairActs, Penryn, 2018.

3D printed auxetics (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Walters, P. (2018, October). 3D printed auxetics. Presented at 4th VIPER School: Composite structures and auxetic systems, Bristol, UK

The term 3D printing refers to the fabrication of physical objects directly from 3D computer aided design data. Also known as additive layer manufacturing and rapid prototyping, 3D printing generally works by solidifying, fusing or depositing materia... Read More about 3D printed auxetics.

Monstrous dissection and surgery as performance: Gender, race and the Bride of Frankenstein (2018)
Book Chapter
Mulvey-Roberts, M. (2018). Monstrous dissection and surgery as performance: Gender, race and the Bride of Frankenstein. In C. M. Davison, & M. Mulvey-Roberts (Eds.), Global Frankenstein (53-71). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78142-6_4

For creating his creature out of dead bodies, Victor Frankenstein makes use of dissection, described by William Lawrence as a ‘dirty source of knowledge’. Victor’s historical antecedents will be related to Mary Shelley’s circle and look ahead to Gunt... Read More about Monstrous dissection and surgery as performance: Gender, race and the Bride of Frankenstein.

Making Futures Bauhaus+ (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Dillon, T. (2018, September). Making Futures Bauhaus+. Presented at 4th Istanbul Design Biennial - A School of Schools A Biennial about Design as Learning, and Learning as Design., Istanbul

Invited to contribute to Raumlabor's, Making Futures Bauhaus+, Istanbul Mobile Workshop: Engaged Education as part of the 4th Istanbul Design Biennial - A School of Schools A Biennial about Design as Learning, and Learning as Design. Making Futur... Read More about Making Futures Bauhaus+.

AHRC Design Research Showcase, London Design Festival (2018)
Exhibition / Performance
Dillon, T. AHRC Design Research Showcase, London Design Festival. [http://repairacts.net/]. 20 September 2018 - 23 September 2018. (Unpublished)

Repair Acts invited to showcase as part of AHRC Design Research Showcase, London Design Festival 2018. Repair Acts is an international and multidisciplinary network of people working on topics relating to repair, care and maintenance cultures.... Read More about AHRC Design Research Showcase, London Design Festival.

The language profile of formal thought disorder (2018)
Journal Article
Çokal, D., Sevilla, G., Jones, W. S., Zimmerer, V., Deamer, F., Douglas, M., …Hinzen, W. (2018). The language profile of formal thought disorder. npj Schizophrenia, 4(1), Article 18. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41537-018-0061-9

Formal thought disorder (FTD) is clinically manifested as disorganized speech, but there have been only few investigations of its linguistic properties. We examined how disturbance of thought may relate to the referential function of language as expr... Read More about The language profile of formal thought disorder.

A 3D hybrid auxetic lattice/foam for energy dissipation and posture comfort (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Fieldhouse, R., Worman, H., Phillips, J., Pugsley, O., Murphy, G., Miller, J., …Davies-Smith, A. (2018, September). A 3D hybrid auxetic lattice/foam for energy dissipation and posture comfort. Paper presented at 9th International Conference and 14th International Workshop on Auxetics and Related Systems with “Negative” Characteristics, Sheffield, UK

The work describes the development of an hybrid three-dimensional composite made of a 3D auxetic lattice configuration and a layer of auxetic open cell PU foam for applications, ranging from general energy absorption/packaging to posture comfort and... Read More about A 3D hybrid auxetic lattice/foam for energy dissipation and posture comfort.

Towards a framework for implementation of virtual reality technologies in schools for autistic pupils (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Newbutt, N., & Cobb, S. (2018). Towards a framework for implementation of virtual reality technologies in schools for autistic pupils. In P. Standen, S. Cobb, D. Brown, P. Gamito, & K. Appiah (Eds.),

Virtual reality and associated technologies offer unique potential for learning in special educational contexts. Research studies have demonstrated applications of collaborative VR for encouraging and enabling children with autism to communicate and... Read More about Towards a framework for implementation of virtual reality technologies in schools for autistic pupils.

Analysing Political Speeches: Rhetoric, Discourse and Metaphor (2nd edition) (2018)
Book
Charteris-Black, J. (2018). Analysing Political Speeches: Rhetoric, Discourse and Metaphor (2nd edition). (2). Red Globe Press

Exploring speeches by public figures such as Emma Watson, Tony Blair, Donald Trump, Julia Gillard and Lady Gaga, this engaging textbook explains the ways in which political speeches can be analysed. It examines the role of language in speeches and ho... Read More about Analysing Political Speeches: Rhetoric, Discourse and Metaphor (2nd edition).

Factive and counterfactive interpretation of embedded clauses in aphasia and its relationship with lexical, syntactic and general cognitive capacities (2018)
Journal Article
Zimmerer, V. C., Varley, R. A., Deamer, F., & Hinzen, W. (2019). Factive and counterfactive interpretation of embedded clauses in aphasia and its relationship with lexical, syntactic and general cognitive capacities. Journal of Neurolinguistics, 49, 29-44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneuroling.2018.08.002

In factive clausal embedding ([He knows [that it is warm outside]]), the embedded clause is presupposed to be true. In non-factive embedding ([He thinks [that it is warm outside]]) there is no presupposition, and in counterfactive embedding ([It only... Read More about Factive and counterfactive interpretation of embedded clauses in aphasia and its relationship with lexical, syntactic and general cognitive capacities.

Drawing and etching place: What are the experiential and material characteristics of British contemporary practice and how do they evidence reciprocity between drawing and etching? (2018)
Thesis
Picken, W. Drawing and etching place: What are the experiential and material characteristics of British contemporary practice and how do they evidence reciprocity between drawing and etching?. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/1491181

The thesis is framed through an interpretation of creativity realised through the fine art practices of drawing and etching. The research was initiated on the unexamined presupposition that drawing is a natural starting point for the medium of etchin... Read More about Drawing and etching place: What are the experiential and material characteristics of British contemporary practice and how do they evidence reciprocity between drawing and etching?.

The Irish in Bristol, 1938-1985 (2018)
Thesis
Conway, N. C. P. The Irish in Bristol, 1938-1985. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/862743

The main focus of this thesis is the Irish population of Bristol from 1938 to 1985. Up to now, the twentieth century Bristol Irish have been largely absent from the historical and sociological discourse on both Bristol and the Irish in Britain. This... Read More about The Irish in Bristol, 1938-1985.

Gale Researcher Guide for: Britain's Languages and Regional Literatures: The Case of Hugh MacDiarmid (2018)
Book
Rogers, S. (2018). K. Stavreva (Ed.), Gale Researcher Guide for: Britain's Languages and Regional Literatures: The Case of Hugh MacDiarmid. Gale Researcher

C. M. Grieves played a crucial role in Scottish public life and, under his famous pseudonym — Hugh MacDiarmid — produced some of the world’s most important poetry of the first half of the twentieth century. MacDiarmid is best known for his innovation... Read More about Gale Researcher Guide for: Britain's Languages and Regional Literatures: The Case of Hugh MacDiarmid.