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Scoping and mapping intangible cultural heritage in Scotland: final report (2008)
Journal Article
McCleery, A., McCleery, A., Gunn, L., & Hill, D. (2008). Scoping and mapping intangible cultural heritage in Scotland: final report. Museums Galleries Scotland, 1-55

The intangible cultural heritage (ICH) of Scotland requires to be accorded a status which is equal to that of the material culture of Scotland. If this is not currently the case, this in part reflects difficulties inherent in identifying the existenc... Read More about Scoping and mapping intangible cultural heritage in Scotland: final report.

You are where you have been. (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Clarke, R. A., & Wigan, M. (2008, July). You are where you have been. Presented at Seminar on 'Location Privacy'

Location is a critical aspect of both privacy and surveillance. A detailed record of locations allows all sorts of other information to be linked together, adding to information about the subject and his or her associates in the same way that a uniq... Read More about You are where you have been..

Quotidian bus journeys: City life reflections on Lothian buses (2008)
Thesis
Noble, A. F. Quotidian bus journeys: City life reflections on Lothian buses. (Thesis). Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/2396

The main objectives of this research are to investigate the interaction between the city of Edinburgh, Lothian Buses (Edinburgh’s principal public transport provider) and people using specific bus routes within the city boundaries. A single overarchi... Read More about Quotidian bus journeys: City life reflections on Lothian buses.

History read backward: memory, migration and the archive. (2007)
Book Chapter
McGrath, R. (2007). History read backward: memory, migration and the archive. In A. Grossman, & A. O'Brien (Eds.), Projecting Migration: Transcultural Documentary Practice (36-52). Wallflower Press

Drawing on recent cross-cultural debates in theories and practices of media representation and difference in the fields of cultural studies and visual anthropology, this work aims to think through, and alongside, images of migrancy. A section of the... Read More about History read backward: memory, migration and the archive..

The Sensational Katherine Cecil Thurston: An investigation into the life and publishing history of a ‘New Woman’ author (2007)
Thesis
An investigation into the life and publishing history of a ‘New Woman’ author. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/2808

This thesis investigates the publishing history of a significant New Woman author of the Edwardian period, Katherine Cecil Thurston (1875-1911). Until now Thurston’s literary career has been the subject of little academic investigation. It is the aim... Read More about The Sensational Katherine Cecil Thurston: An investigation into the life and publishing history of a ‘New Woman’ author.

Job guarantees, employability training and partnerships in the retail sector (2005)
Journal Article
McQuaid, R. W., Lindsay, C., & Greig, M. (2005). Job guarantees, employability training and partnerships in the retail sector. Local Economy, 20, 67-78. https://doi.org/10.1080/0269094042000313601

This paper discusses the potential value of local, partnership-based employability training and job guarantee programmes, focusing on one example—the 'Alloa Initiative'. The Initiative involved an employability training and job guarantee scheme devel... Read More about Job guarantees, employability training and partnerships in the retail sector.

The economic impact of a sporting event: a regional approach. (2004)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Greig, M., & McQuaid, R. W. (2004, August). The economic impact of a sporting event: a regional approach. Presented at European Regional Science Association Conference

This paper aims to estimate the economic impact of a large one-day international sporting event on both a regional and a city economy. In addition, it seeks to investigate the regional origins of visitors to the event, and investigates the relationsh... Read More about The economic impact of a sporting event: a regional approach..

Avoiding the ‘McJobs’: Unemployed Job Seekers and Attitudes to Service Work (2004)
Journal Article
Lindsay, C., & McQuaid, R. W. (2004). Avoiding the ‘McJobs’: Unemployed Job Seekers and Attitudes to Service Work. Work, Employment and Society, 18(2), 297-319. https://doi.org/10.1177/09500172004042771

Service employment plays an increasingly important role in the UK economy. However, it has been suggested that some forms of service work are unattractive for many unemployed job seekers, and particularly those formerly employed in ‘traditional’ sect... Read More about Avoiding the ‘McJobs’: Unemployed Job Seekers and Attitudes to Service Work.