All Outputs (60)

The Velvet Sky – in memory of Stephen Duckhouse (2019)
Thesis
Battista, C. (in press). The Velvet Sky – in memory of Stephen Duckhouse. (Thesis). University of Salford

Comprising a gently fictionalised biography of my ancestor, Stephen Duckhouse, and a critical reflection this thesis combines critical and creative processes from archive and field research, family stories and creative writing. It aims to engage tech... Read More about The Velvet Sky – in memory of Stephen Duckhouse.

“The embodiment of pure thought”? Digital fabrication, disability and new possibilities for auto/biography (2018)
Journal Article
disability and new possibilities for auto/biography. Auto/Biography Studies, 33(2), 285-300. https://doi.org/10.1080/08989575.2018.1445509

This essay draws on findings from a UK Arts and Humanities Research Council project: “In the Making” (AH/M006026/1) to argue that the digital turn in art therapy – particularly 3D printing – makes possible new forms of disability agency, engaging pos... Read More about “The embodiment of pure thought”? Digital fabrication, disability and new possibilities for auto/biography.

Strategies for connecting low income communities to the creative economy through play : two case studies in Northern England (2018)
Journal Article
Symons, J., & Hurley, U. (2018). Strategies for connecting low income communities to the creative economy through play : two case studies in Northern England. Creative Industries Journal, 11(2), 121-136. https://doi.org/10.1080/17510694.2018.1453770

This ground-breaking research defines a new approach for engaging low income and disenfranchised communities in the creative economy. The authors propose that demystifying creativity and reframing it as an adaptive productive process can lead to a... Read More about Strategies for connecting low income communities to the creative economy through play : two case studies in Northern England.

The architectures of translation : a magic carpet-ride through space and time (or, the awkward story of how we dis/placed Krisztina Tóth’s short fiction from Hungarian to English) (2018)
Journal Article
Hurley, U., & Naray-Davey, S. (2018). The architectures of translation : a magic carpet-ride through space and time (or, the awkward story of how we dis/placed Krisztina Tóth’s short fiction from Hungarian to English). Cogent Arts and Humanities, 5(1), 1426183. https://doi.org/10.1080/23311983.2018.1426183

This interdisciplinary paper unfolds an account of a collaborative translation project, which draws on Ellen Eve Frank’s concept of “literary architecture” to propose a process of “architectural translation”. Our proposal is illustrated by a detailed... Read More about The architectures of translation : a magic carpet-ride through space and time (or, the awkward story of how we dis/placed Krisztina Tóth’s short fiction from Hungarian to English).

Custom-Breaker : writing the life of Elizabeth Cary (2017)
Book Chapter
Hurley, U. (2017). Custom-Breaker : writing the life of Elizabeth Cary. In Experiments in Life-Writing (249-272). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55414-3

This chapter offers a practice-based account of a biography-in-progress. When attempts to write a conventional literary biography of Renaissance playwright Elizabeth Cary (1584–1639) foundered, I developed an experimental form in order to accommodate... Read More about Custom-Breaker : writing the life of Elizabeth Cary.

Custom-Breaker : writing the life of Elizabeth Cary (2017)
Book Chapter
Hurley, U. (2017). Custom-Breaker : writing the life of Elizabeth Cary. In L. Boldrini, & J. Novak (Eds.), Experiments in Life-Writing : Intersections of Auto/Biography and Fiction (249-272). Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55414-3_11

This chapter offers a practice-based account of a biography-in-process. It unfolds a narrative of 'accidental experiment', as attempts to write a conventional literary biography of Cary (1584 – 1639) foundered. That is to say, the project did not set... Read More about Custom-Breaker : writing the life of Elizabeth Cary.

"Description" (2017)
Book Chapter
Hurley, U. (2017). "Description". In R. Graham (Ed.), How to Write A Short Story (And Think About It). Palgrave Macmillan

Writers have been creating virtual realities since before computers were even dreamed of. Good fiction conjures an alternative world, gives you a window into someone else’s life, takes you somewhere other. Above all, it’s convincing. Effective descri... Read More about "Description".

Empowering disabled people with digital fabrication : insights from the In the Making Project - submission to All Party Parliamentary Group on Disability (2016)
Other
Project - submission to All Party Parliamentary Group on Disability

In this report, based on the findings of the AHRC-funded In the Making project, we offer evidence that digital fabrication can support the government in closing the disability employment gap in the following ways: • Digital fabrication technol... Read More about Empowering disabled people with digital fabrication : insights from the In the Making Project - submission to All Party Parliamentary Group on Disability.

Making community : the wider role of makerspaces in public life (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Taylor, N., Hurley, U., & Connolly, P. (2016). Making community : the wider role of makerspaces in public life. In Proceedings of CHI 2016 (Human-Computer Interaction conference) (1415-1425). https://doi.org/10.1145/2858036.2858073

Makerspaces—public workshops where makers can share tools and knowledge—are a growing resource for amateurs and professionals alike. While the role of makerspaces in innovation and peer learning is widely discussed, we attempt to look at the wider ro... Read More about Making community : the wider role of makerspaces in public life.

Breadth, depth and height : early findings on engaging disabled people with digital fabrication (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Taylor, N., Connolly, P., Hurley, U., & Macleod-Iredale, J. (2016, May). Breadth, depth and height : early findings on engaging disabled people with digital fabrication. Presented at CHI 2016 Workshop: Fabrication & HCI: Hobbyist Making, Industrial Production, and Beyond, Salzburg

In this paper we describe early findings from a series of digital fabrication workshops run with disabled people as part of the In the Making project. These workshops aimed to engage more disabled people with digital fabrication and explore how the... Read More about Breadth, depth and height : early findings on engaging disabled people with digital fabrication.

Heartwood, a story (2016)
Book
Hurley, U. (2016). Heartwood, a story. Liverpool: The Argotist Online

This novella length text is the first volume in the Heartwood trilogy. It stages a praxical enquiry in which the creative texts perform a triple function: as original literature, as documents of process, and as critical enquiry. In so doing the texts... Read More about Heartwood, a story.

Fail again, fail better : the case for formative assessment in first year undergraduate creative practice-based modules (2014)
Journal Article
Naray-Davey, S., & Hurley, U. (2014). Fail again, fail better : the case for formative assessment in first year undergraduate creative practice-based modules. International Journal of Arts Education, 8(3), https://doi.org/10.18848/2326-9944/CGP/v08i03/57760

This article identifies an intrinsic paradox in creative practice-based degree programmes that use outcome-led curricula and summative assessment in their first year undergraduate practical modules. Offering a personal reflection by two teachers-pra... Read More about Fail again, fail better : the case for formative assessment in first year undergraduate creative practice-based modules.

Durable goods, issue 83 (2013)
Other
Hurley, U. (2013). Durable goods, issue 83. U.S.A

Poetry microzine. Contains three commissioned poems: 'After A Long Walk Above Hebden Bridge', 'Farewell' and Sunrise Sunset' presented with commissioned art work.

'The Delicate One - With Sugar' (2012)
Other
Hurley, U. (2012). 'The Delicate One - With Sugar'

A collection of visual poems, produced in response to Jo Langton's 'Poetea' project and published on the Zimzalla website.

Standing on deep shale : the problem of originality (2012)
Book Chapter
Hurley, U. (2012). Standing on deep shale : the problem of originality. In P. Perry (Ed.), Beyond the Workshop (85-104). Kingston upon Thames: Kingston University Press

Writers are often plagued by the apparent impossibility of saying something new, finding a unique voice; how to add something worthwhile to the almost infinite body of pre-existing literature? We stand at the edge of a vast uncharted sea – the unform... Read More about Standing on deep shale : the problem of originality.

Walking in the world of ruins : explorations in the processes and products of autobiographical fiction (2011)
Journal Article
Hurley, U. (2011). Walking in the world of ruins : explorations in the processes and products of autobiographical fiction. International Journal of the Arts in Society, 5(6), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.18848/1833-1866/CGP/v05i06/35941

I continue his [Sebald's] walks in the world of ruins, of what is dead. I continue his contact with a stimulating tendency of the contemporary novel, a tendency that opens new ground in between essay, fiction and autobiography... So writes Enr... Read More about Walking in the world of ruins : explorations in the processes and products of autobiographical fiction.

Truths and their telling : a novel with complementary discourses (2011)
Thesis
Hurley, U. Truths and their telling : a novel with complementary discourses. (Thesis). Manchester Metropolitan University

Comprising a novel and complementary discourses, this thesis blurs the traditional distinctions between critical theory and creative practice, and contributes new insights into the practice, craft, and theory of the contemporary novel. It stages a pr... Read More about Truths and their telling : a novel with complementary discourses.

'Upper Derwent Water' (2011)
Exhibition / Performance
Hurley, U. (2009). 'Upper Derwent Water'. [Poetry chapbook]. 1 May 2011. (Unpublished)

An experimental audio-visual treatment of a poem, performed as part of the 'Word Musicians' show at the Chorlton Festival.

Look back in wonder : how the endings of short stories can be their most powerful and effective distinguishing features (2011)
Journal Article
Hurley, U. (2011). Look back in wonder : how the endings of short stories can be their most powerful and effective distinguishing features. Short Fiction in Theory and Practice, 1(1), 25-35. https://doi.org/10.1386/fict.1.1.25_1

Drawing on her experiences as a writer and teacher of short fiction, the author offers an interrogation of the defining qualities of short stories, with a particular focus on how the ending of a narrative can be one of the most useful ways of teasing... Read More about Look back in wonder : how the endings of short stories can be their most powerful and effective distinguishing features.

All the love in the world (2011)
Book Chapter
Hurley, U. (2011). All the love in the world. In Balancing Act and Other Poems. Abercynon: Leaf Books

This poem was commended in the Leaf Books poetry competition 2011, and published in the winners' anthology, entitled Balancing Act and Other Poems.