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Integration in ERP environments: rhetoric, realities and organisational possibilities (2006)
Journal Article
Light, B., & Wagner, E. (2006). Integration in ERP environments: rhetoric, realities and organisational possibilities. New Technology, Work and Employment, 21(3), 215-228. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-005X.2006.00176.x

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) packages are said to enable integration when the standard inscription is adhered to through software configuration. A social shaping perspective expands conceptualisations of ERP packages, enabling a view of them as... Read More about Integration in ERP environments: rhetoric, realities and organisational possibilities.

Coming together: Thedatingchannel.com and the future of television (2006)
Journal Article
Palmer, G. (2006). Coming together: Thedatingchannel.com and the future of television. Journal of Media Practice, 7(2), 109-121. https://doi.org/10.1386/jmpr.7.2.109/1

I begin with a very brief discussion of how the meaning of interactive television has developed over the past 20 years. I then consider the ways in which communities have usually been represented in television utilising old models of interactivity th... Read More about Coming together: Thedatingchannel.com and the future of television.

Description (2006)
Book Chapter
Hurley, U. (2006). Description. In R. Graham (Ed.), How to Write Fiction (And Think About It). Palgrave Macmillan

Design, poverty and sustainable development (2006)
Journal Article
Thomas, A. (2006). Design, poverty and sustainable development. Design Issues, 22(4), 54-65. https://doi.org/10.1162/desi.2006.22.4.54

Design in a poor context, or for the alleviation of poverty, has received little or no attention. An informal discourse analysis shows that design and poverty have not been linked, the two being seen as mutually exclusive. This paper aims to examine... Read More about Design, poverty and sustainable development.

Methods for Studying Family Visitors in Art Museums: A cross-disciplinary review of current research (2006)
Journal Article
Sterry, P., & Beaumont, E. (2006). Methods for Studying Family Visitors in Art Museums: A cross-disciplinary review of current research. Museum Management and Curatorship, 21(3), 222-239. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.musmancur.2005.11.003

This paper examines current trends in family studies research, details the methodological and topical perspectives that are emerging, and reflects on how these findings could be integrated to provide a more coherent approach to researching the leisur... Read More about Methods for Studying Family Visitors in Art Museums: A cross-disciplinary review of current research.

Heart of gold (2006)
Digital Artefact
Knudsen, E. (2006). Heart of gold. [DVD]

Set in the Akim Abuakwa region of Ghana, Heart of Gold is a poetic documentary exploring the changing relationship people in the region have with gold. Traditionally considered to possess a spirit like any other sentient being, gold has played an imp... Read More about Heart of gold.

Pinski Zoo (2006)
Other

A truly original contemporary jazz outfit from the UK. Almost impossible to categorize they swing from virtuosic jazz to gritty funk with freedom and movement, veering into leftfleld territory and returning with snappy anthem-like tunes. Unpredictabl... Read More about Pinski Zoo.

Reflections on issues of power in packaged software selection (2006)
Journal Article
Light, B., & Howcroft, D. (2006). Reflections on issues of power in packaged software selection. Information Systems Journal, 16(3), 215-235. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2575.2006.00216.x

The adoption of packaged software is becoming increasingly common in a variety of organizations and much of the packaged software literature presents this as a straightforward, linear process based on rationalistic evaluation. This paper applies the... Read More about Reflections on issues of power in packaged software selection.

User resistance strategies and the problems of blanket prescriptions: a case study of resistance success (2006)
Presentation / Conference
Griffiths, M., & Light, B. (2006, June). User resistance strategies and the problems of blanket prescriptions: a case study of resistance success. Presented at 14th European Conference on Information Systems, Gotenberg, Sweden

There is a growing body of research on resistance in IS projects, a good deal of which focuses on strategies for overcoming resistance. However, within this strand of research, it appears that there is a ‘blanket prescription’ approach that does not... Read More about User resistance strategies and the problems of blanket prescriptions: a case study of resistance success.

Sea of madness (2006)
Digital Artefact
Knudsen, E. (2006). Sea of madness. [DVD]

Identical teenage twin girls, one of whom has cancer, escape their stifling middle-class home life in search of their natural father, whom they have not seen since infancy.
Their adventure, fuelled by a unique spiritual bond and aspiration, leads t... Read More about Sea of madness.

Singing detected: Blackpool and the strange case of the missing television musical dramas (2006)
Journal Article
Mundy, J. (2006). Singing detected: Blackpool and the strange case of the missing television musical dramas. Journal of British Cinema and Television, 3(1), 59-71. https://doi.org/10.3366/JBCTV.2006.3.1.59

Acknowledging the critical acclaim that surrounds the work of Dennis Potter in televised musical dramas including Pennies From Heaven and The Singing Detective, this article argues that the 'new television language' invented by Potter has been largel... Read More about Singing detected: Blackpool and the strange case of the missing television musical dramas.