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Living Activism - Critical Social Policy introduction (2024)
Journal Article
Smith, O., & Nayak, S. (2024). Living Activism - Critical Social Policy introduction. Critical Social Policy, 44(3), 509-522. https://doi.org/10.1177/02610183241255474

Critical Social Policy (CSP) proudly launches the Journal’s Living Activism Section. This co-produced introduction to the Living Activism section of CSP, includes the ongoing impact of the CSP Solidarity Fund, lessons from the 2023 CSP gathering ‘Lea... Read More about Living Activism - Critical Social Policy introduction.

Solidarity and gender in protest novels: Bessie Head’s 'The Cardinals' and Miriam Tlali’s 'Muriel at Metropolitan' (2024)
Journal Article

This article analyses the critical role of gender within racial solidarity in anti-apartheid protest writing by comparing Bessie Head’s The Cardinals and Miriam Tlali’s Muriel at Metropolitan. Both novels depict the protagonist’s experience of being... Read More about Solidarity and gender in protest novels: Bessie Head’s 'The Cardinals' and Miriam Tlali’s 'Muriel at Metropolitan'.

Creative approaches to landscape research: Using multisensory and multispecies research perspectives with marginalised groups (2024)
Journal Article

The research project discussed here used artist-led workshops to enable people from marginalised groups to explore and communicate their relationships with nature and landscapes. Aligning with multisensory and multispecies methodologies, five worksho... Read More about Creative approaches to landscape research: Using multisensory and multispecies research perspectives with marginalised groups.

Perspectives on citizen data privacy in a smart city – An empirical case study (2024)
Journal Article
Lucas, E., Simpson, S., & Lucas, E. (in press). Perspectives on citizen data privacy in a smart city – An empirical case study. Convergence, https://doi.org/10.1177/13548565241247413

Digitisation is arguably an inevitable feature of contemporary urban development, yet privacy issues arising from the mass data collection, transmission and processing it entails continue to be a poorly understood and contentious issue for people liv... Read More about Perspectives on citizen data privacy in a smart city – An empirical case study.

“Our air, our water, our Earth”: Trans-corporeality and Toxic Bodies in Twin Peaks: The Return (2024)
Journal Article

This article offers an ecocritical reading of David Lynch’s and Mark Frost’s Twin Peaks: The Return (2017). Within The Return, Lawrence Jacoby (Russ Tamblyn) claims that “our air, our water, our Earth—the very soil itself—our food, [and] our bodies [... Read More about “Our air, our water, our Earth”: Trans-corporeality and Toxic Bodies in Twin Peaks: The Return.

An Act of Love: Three Experiences of Self- Decolonization in the Academic Community of the United Kingdom (2024)
Journal Article

This narrative essay presents testimonies that uncover the fragmented identity of members of minoritized ethnic groups in the academic context of the United Kingdom. It discusses outcomes of a project which, as part of an Equality, Diversity, and Inc... Read More about An Act of Love: Three Experiences of Self- Decolonization in the Academic Community of the United Kingdom.

Exegesis and Authorial Agency through Judeo-Christian Iconography in Japanese Anime: Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995-97) as an Open Work (2024)
Journal Article

Exegesis is a common practice when discussing religious texts. It has also been employed in the analysis of cultural production to elucidate the author's intentions. Japanese animation (anime) is a transnational industry with cases such as Neon Genes... Read More about Exegesis and Authorial Agency through Judeo-Christian Iconography in Japanese Anime: Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995-97) as an Open Work.

‘“Make them roll in their graves”: South African Writing, Decolonisation, and the English Literature A-Level’ (2024)
Journal Article

This article analyses the activities and early outcomes of an ongoing co-designed and co-delivered research impact project entitled ‘Decolonising the English Literature A-Level’. It draws on examples from three case studies, classroom experiences, an... Read More about ‘“Make them roll in their graves”: South African Writing, Decolonisation, and the English Literature A-Level’.

Flipping Failure: A case study on building resilience and confidence through 'Failureship Strategies' in theory and practiceat the University of Salford (2024)
Journal Article
Whitnall, D., & Hurley, U. (2024). Flipping Failure: A case study on building resilience and confidence through 'Failureship Strategies' in theory and practiceat the University of Salford. Innovative practice in higher education, 5(3), 1-23

This paper presents the Flipping Failure project, which aims to challenge the negative perception of failure and promote its benefits for building resilience, insight, and action. The project involved students and staff who participated in failure-fo... Read More about Flipping Failure: A case study on building resilience and confidence through 'Failureship Strategies' in theory and practiceat the University of Salford.

Audit Committees and their role in Academic Audit and Risk Practices in English Higher Education Institutions (2024)
Journal Article

This paper explores contemporary practices of Audit Committees (ACs) in Higher Education Institutions (HEI) in England. The objectives are: (1) to evaluate the current transparency of public reporting by ACs; (2) to understand the roles of these Comm... Read More about Audit Committees and their role in Academic Audit and Risk Practices in English Higher Education Institutions.

Parasocial Relationships and Their Impact on the Psychological and Sociocultural Adjustment of Educational Tourists: An Autoethnography (2024)
Journal Article
Maloney Yorganci, K., & Coen, S. (in press). Parasocial Relationships and Their Impact on the Psychological and Sociocultural Adjustment of Educational Tourists: An Autoethnography. Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes, https://doi.org/10.1108/whatt-12-2023-0143

Purpose – The purpose of this article is to investigate whether relationships with media figures can impact the
psychological and sociocultural adjustment of educational tourists.

Design/methodology/approach – The article uses the qualitative met... Read More about Parasocial Relationships and Their Impact on the Psychological and Sociocultural Adjustment of Educational Tourists: An Autoethnography.

Conference Report: Poetry & Care (2024)
Journal Article
Nissel, J., Thurston, S., Fitzsimons, M., & Spence, S. (in press). Conference Report: Poetry & Care. Journal of British and Irish Innovative Poetry, 15(1), https://doi.org/10.16995/bip.11688

The following multi-authored report provides an account of the Poetry & Care conference held at the University of Plymouth, 7-8 September 2023. Many thanks to the organisers: Anthony Caleshu, Mandy Bloomfield, and Russell Evans

Shaping movement improviser’s experiences: document(ing) embodied and extended sculptural qualities within motion capture environments (2024)
Journal Article

This audio-visual essay is a methodological approach to a document of my current doctoral practice as research investigating the embodied dance improvisatory approaches within motion capture environments. The research explores the emergence of sculpt... Read More about Shaping movement improviser’s experiences: document(ing) embodied and extended sculptural qualities within motion capture environments.

Developing a strategy to scale up place-based arts initiatives that support mental health and wellbeing: A realist evaluation of ‘Arts for the Blues’ (2024)
Journal Article
Karkou, V., Omylinska-Thurston, J., Thurston, S., Clark, R., Perris, E., Kaehne, A., & Pearson, M. (2024). Developing a strategy to scale up place-based arts initiatives that support mental health and wellbeing: A realist evaluation of ‘Arts for the Blues’. PLoS ONE, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0296178

Place-based arts initiatives are regarded as rooted in local need and as having capacity to engage local assets. However, many place-based arts initiatives remain poorly funded and short-lived, receiving little attention on how to scale up and sustai... Read More about Developing a strategy to scale up place-based arts initiatives that support mental health and wellbeing: A realist evaluation of ‘Arts for the Blues’.

‘The painful aftermath’: reactions to the publication of SOE in France (2023)
Journal Article
Murphy, C. J. (in press). ‘The painful aftermath’: reactions to the publication of SOE in France. Intelligence and National Security, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1080/02684527.2023.2291873

This article considers the aftermath of the publication of SOE in France. A groundbreaking official account of a secret wartime organisation, publication was followed by complaints and legal action. It examines how Whitehall responded to the negative... Read More about ‘The painful aftermath’: reactions to the publication of SOE in France.

Social media and culture clash: Examining cultural influence on Facebook crisis communication in Botswana (2023)
Journal Article
Simon, C. (2023). Social media and culture clash: Examining cultural influence on Facebook crisis communication in Botswana. ESSACHESS - Journal for Communication Studies, 42(2), 30-42. https://doi.org/10.36615/jcsa.v42i2.2468

Multicultural crisis communication in Botswana has become complex due to the country’s various ethnicities and cultures. Facebook remains a dominant communication platform, but traditional media is also used to cover organisational exigencies. Howeve... Read More about Social media and culture clash: Examining cultural influence on Facebook crisis communication in Botswana.