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Franki Raffles Archive (2016)
Digital Artefact
Scott, A. J. (2016). Franki Raffles Archive

Franki Raffles (1955-94) was a feminist social documentary photographer.
She was based in Edinburgh but travelled widely, photographing women at work and in their everyday lives, in Scotland, and across the world.

Her tragic early death, at the... Read More about Franki Raffles Archive.

Why throw the negs out with the bath water? (2012)
Journal Article
Macdonald, I. (2012). Why throw the negs out with the bath water?. International Journal of Art and Design Education, 31, 191-214. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1476-8070.2012.01735.x

Today’s digital age holds so much promise it is easy to dismiss the previous technologies and processes that provided yesterday’s creative opportunities. Photography has been revolutionised by digital capture and transmission in the last decade. This... Read More about Why throw the negs out with the bath water?.

The changing face. (2007)
Exhibition / Performance
Davies, H., & Coates, M. The changing face. Exhibited at Berwick-Upon-Tweed, Scotland. 26 September 2007 - 26 September 2007

The Changing Face is a celebration of Berwick’s contemporary society – specifically its youth – providing an alternative to Berwick’s past and its much-celebrated heritage culture. This large-scale outdoor projected installation will be sited at the... Read More about The changing face..

Representing her self: photography of Regina Sulskyte. (2006)
Journal Article
Naruyste, A. (2006). Representing her self: photography of Regina Sulskyte. Kŭrybos erdvés, 5, 90-99

Two series of photographs by a contemporary Lithuanian artist Regina Šulskytė, My Clothes and In My Bedroom, provoke questions related to the expression of femininity and its relationship to universal existential issues. The paper approaches this bod... Read More about Representing her self: photography of Regina Sulskyte..

Analysis of swimming technique: state of the art: applications and implications. (2006)
Journal Article
Sanders, R., Psycharakis, S., McCabe, C., Naemi, R., Connaboy, C., Li, S., Scott, G., & Spence, A. (2006). Analysis of swimming technique: state of the art: applications and implications. Revista portuguesa de ciências do desporto, 6, 20(S)-24(S)

Methods of analysing motion have advanced greatly in recent years due to improvement in technology as well as application of scientific approaches. Methods of analysis may involve video based techniques from which kinematics and kinetics can be deriv... Read More about Analysis of swimming technique: state of the art: applications and implications..

Documentary Film: 'Tree Fellers' (2004)
Digital Artefact
MacPherson, R., & Bilgrami, S. (2004). Documentary Film: 'Tree Fellers'. [DVD]

Tree Fellers (24 mins) tells the story of the 900 Belizean lumberjacks who in 1942 left the tropical rainforests of British Honduras to help Britain fight fascism by felling trees in Scotland. Sam ( 93), Eric (87) and Amos (86) were among those who s... Read More about Documentary Film: 'Tree Fellers'.