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Embodiment in gardening : hybridized poetics (2019)
Book Chapter
Kendall, J. (2019). Embodiment in gardening : hybridized poetics. In N. Milthorpe (Ed.), The Poetics and Politics of Gardening in Hard Times (115-135). Lexington Books

A Poetics of Embodied Gardening In 2012 I undertook a series of gardening writing residencies. These comprised a period of volunteering with Todmorden's Incredible Edible Farm, a stand alone, not for profit company that teaches small scale commerci... Read More about Embodiment in gardening : hybridized poetics.

Volunteer teachers working together : a refugee support group case study (2019)
Book Chapter
Etherington, M. (2019). Volunteer teachers working together : a refugee support group case study. In F. Mishan (Ed.), ESOL Provision in Ireland and the UK: Challenges and Opportunities. Peter Lang. https://doi.org/10.3726/b13398

This case study describes an English language conversation class taking place at a refugee support group based in a large town in the north west of England. The refugee group is well established, running for over fifteen years, having been set up to... Read More about Volunteer teachers working together : a refugee support group case study.

Designing and using digital games as historical learning contexts for primary school classrooms (2019)
Book Chapter
Hiriart, J. (2019). Designing and using digital games as historical learning contexts for primary school classrooms. In A. Von Lunen, K. Lewis, B. Litherland, & P. Cullum (Eds.), Historia Ludens : The Playing Historian (37-53). London, United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis Ltd

In the last decades, digital games based on historical themes or settings have become an important form of historical engagement. In many ways, this new way to connect with the past presents unique characteristics, different from previous forms of hi... Read More about Designing and using digital games as historical learning contexts for primary school classrooms.

The radical left since 1989 : decline, transformation, and revival (2019)
Book Chapter
Bull, M. (2019). The radical left since 1989 : decline, transformation, and revival. In E. Braat, & P. Corduwener (Eds.), 1989 and the West : Western Europe since the end of the Cold War (247-265). London: Routledge

This chapter assesses the trajectory and fortunes of the radical left in the period since 1989 as a means of providing a perspective on the significance of the 1989 events for this political area. After contextualising the importance of the 1989 revo... Read More about The radical left since 1989 : decline, transformation, and revival.

Reflexivity, doubt and social tensions in collaborative research as positive research impact (2019)
Book Chapter
McDonagh, A. (2019). Reflexivity, doubt and social tensions in collaborative research as positive research impact. In K. Fenby-Hulse, E. Heywood, & K. Walker (Eds.), Research Impact and the Early Career Researcher: Lived Experiences, New Perspectives (35-40). London: Routledge

In this chapter, the author highlights some of the early anxieties related to his role as a researcher and his anticipation of what was to come in his research project. He addresses some of the impact the research project has had on himself through t... Read More about Reflexivity, doubt and social tensions in collaborative research as positive research impact.

Encounters with art history (2019)
Book Chapter
Correia, A., Castagnini, L., Mistry, P., & Robles, E. (2019). Encounters with art history. In The place is here : the work of black artists in 1980s Britain ; edited by Nick Aikens and Elizabeth Robles (43-48). Sternberg Press

A discussion between Alice Correia, Laura Castagnini, Priyesh Mistry and Elizabeth Robles considering the role of Art History in the work of Black and Asian British artists during the 1980s. Artists discussed include Rasheed Araeen, Donald Rodney, Ve... Read More about Encounters with art history.

“For which we haven’t yet a satisfactory name” : the birth of Linguistically Innovative Poetry and the practice of a collective poetics in Robert Sheppard’s Pages and Floating Capital (2019)
Book Chapter
Thurston, S. (2019). “For which we haven’t yet a satisfactory name” : the birth of Linguistically Innovative Poetry and the practice of a collective poetics in Robert Sheppard’s Pages and Floating Capital. In C. Madden, & J. Byrne (Eds.), The Robert Sheppard Companion (36-59). Bristol: Shearsman Books

A detailed account of early editorial pieces by Robert Sheppard (b. 1955) - a major figure in Linguistically Innovative Poetry - in his magazine Pages - laying the theoretical groundwork for a new movement in poetry. The piece also consider Sheppard'... Read More about “For which we haven’t yet a satisfactory name” : the birth of Linguistically Innovative Poetry and the practice of a collective poetics in Robert Sheppard’s Pages and Floating Capital.

Imperial ecologies and extinction in H.G. Wells’s island stories (2019)
Book Chapter
Munslow Ong, J. (2019). Imperial ecologies and extinction in H.G. Wells’s island stories. In L. Mazzeno, & R. Morrison (Eds.), Victorian Environmental Nightmares (185-206). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan

This chapter analyses how two of H.G. Wells’s island stories, “Aepyornis Island” from The Stolen Bacillus (1894), and The Island of Doctor Moreau (1896), expose the extirpative consequences of human, animal and plant colonization in the context of th... Read More about Imperial ecologies and extinction in H.G. Wells’s island stories.

Time in intermedial theatre (2019)
Book Chapter
Scott, J. (2019). Time in intermedial theatre. In M. Crossley (Ed.), Intermedial Theatre: Principles and Practice (90-115). Red Globe Press (Macmillan International Higher Education)

The performer in intermedial theatre (2019)
Book Chapter
Scott, J., & Barton, B. (2019). The performer in intermedial theatre. In M. Crossley (Ed.), Intermedial Theatre: Principles and Practice (62-89). Red Globe Press (Macmillan International Higher Education)

Enhancing evolution : the transhuman case for gene doping (2019)
Book Chapter
Miah, A. (2019). Enhancing evolution : the transhuman case for gene doping. In J. Lightfoot, M. Hubal, & S. Roth (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Sport and Exercise Systems Genetics (463-474). Abingdon, UK: Routledge

Held in the pattern : notes on Susan MacWilliam’s Concatenations (2019)
Book Chapter
Correia, A. (2019). Held in the pattern : notes on Susan MacWilliam’s Concatenations. In R. Coulter (Ed.), Susan MacWilliam : Modern Experiments. Banbridge, Northern Ireland: F.E. McWilliam Gallery

An essay discussing artist Susan MacWilliam's video work. Essay to be published in the forthcoming monograph "Modern Experiments" published by F.E. McWilliam Gallery, Banbridge.

Not the last word on the Sixties Avant-Garde : an afterword (2019)
Book Chapter
White, G. (2019). Not the last word on the Sixties Avant-Garde : an afterword. In K. Mithcell, & N. Williams (Eds.), British Avant-Garde Fiction of the 1960s. Edinburgh University Press

The foregoing chapters of this book present a full gallery of 1960s British experimental writing from the relatively popular to the more obscure. Not only do these essays start to redress a gender imbalance in awareness of experimental writers but th... Read More about Not the last word on the Sixties Avant-Garde : an afterword.

Reflections on The Eradication of Schizophrenia in Western Lapland : a conversation between David Woods and Jon Haynes of Ridiculusmus with commentary by Richard Talbot (2019)
Book Chapter
Talbot, R. (2019). Reflections on The Eradication of Schizophrenia in Western Lapland : a conversation between David Woods and Jon Haynes of Ridiculusmus with commentary by Richard Talbot. In N. Shaughnessy, & P. Barnard (Eds.), Performing Psychologies : Imagination, Creativity and Dramas of the Mind (167-187). London: Bloomsbury

This is a collection of eight short sections of dialogue taken from a longer reflection on the creative process, of Ridiculusmus Theatre Company. The sections predominantly focus on the making and touring of The Eradication of Schizophrenia in Wester... Read More about Reflections on The Eradication of Schizophrenia in Western Lapland : a conversation between David Woods and Jon Haynes of Ridiculusmus with commentary by Richard Talbot.

Mapping the text : a practice-led analysis of the creative interfaces between typography and text (2019)
Book Chapter
Isherwood, T., & Kendall, J. (2019). Mapping the text : a practice-led analysis of the creative interfaces between typography and text. In K. Williams, S. Aymes, J. Baetens, & C. Murray (Eds.), Art and Science in Word and Image : Exploration and Discovery (265-279). Brill / Rodopi. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004361119

This essay and self-reflective case study focuses on the impact of the typeface in which written texts are set. It argues for the potentials that can be realized from foregrounding typeface in the creative process through typographic-poetic collabora... Read More about Mapping the text : a practice-led analysis of the creative interfaces between typography and text.

Northern Irish fiction (2018)
Book Chapter
Magennis, C. (2018). Northern Irish fiction. In D. O'Gorman, & R. Eaglestone (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Twenty-First Century Literary Fiction (190-198). Routledge (Taylor & Francis). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315880235-18

The period following the Good Friday Agreement has seen a marked increase in fiction, particularly collections of short stories, by women. This writing extends and develops the tradition of Northern Irish women’s writing which, since the inception of... Read More about Northern Irish fiction.

'"Monster top-knots and balloon chignons" : purity and contamination in the false hair trade (2018)
Book Chapter
Allan, J. (2018). '"Monster top-knots and balloon chignons" : purity and contamination in the false hair trade. In S. Heaton (Ed.), A Cultural History of Hair in the Age of Empire (1800-1920). London: Bloomsbury

Writing the hidden histories of the “things” that sit at the heart of thing theory, early advocates such as Elaine Freedgood (2006) and John Plotz (2009) have revealed the social and historical, personal and imperial significance of seemingly mundane... Read More about '"Monster top-knots and balloon chignons" : purity and contamination in the false hair trade.

Suffragettes and the Serjeant at Arms : how the suffragettes used performative tactics of protest in and around the Houses of Parliament (2018)
Book Chapter
Neylon, C. (2018). Suffragettes and the Serjeant at Arms : how the suffragettes used performative tactics of protest in and around the Houses of Parliament. In M. Inchley, & J. Vice (Eds.), Amending Speech: Women's voices in parliament (256-261). London: Hansard

From plays written specifically for the cause to huge processions through the streets of UK cities, the British woman suffrage movement relied on spectacle and performance as a key tactic in the fight for votes for women. However, they also employed... Read More about Suffragettes and the Serjeant at Arms : how the suffragettes used performative tactics of protest in and around the Houses of Parliament.