Itu Ninu (2023)
Digital Artefact
Jansen, I. (2023). Itu Ninu. [Film]

72-minute drama film in English and Mixtec (an endangered Indigenous language from Mexico). This is a practice-based research output exploring the concept of "Second-Hand" Cinema, as conceptualized by Nadia Bozak in her book The Cinematic Footprint... Read More about Itu Ninu.

Tender Dialogues @ SAR2022 (2023)
Digital Artefact
Turtola, N. (2023). Tender Dialogues @ SAR2022. [artistic research writing]

Suspending Artistic Research Writing as Meaning-Making Tender Dialogues was a 3-hour workshop which took place on 2 July 2022 activated within the frame of the 13th Society of Artistic Research Conference (Mend, Blend, Attend) held at the Bauhaus-... Read More about Tender Dialogues @ SAR2022.

Social Harm at the Border: The Case of Lampedusa (2023)
Book
Soliman, F. (in press). Social Harm at the Border: The Case of Lampedusa. London: Routledge

This book offers a zemiological approach for understanding border control practices, state power, and their social impact. Drawing on an ethnographic study on the borderisation of the Mediterranean island of Lampedusa, it explores border harms from t... Read More about Social Harm at the Border: The Case of Lampedusa.

Teaching Sound Dramaturgy (2023)
Book Chapter
Stutterheim, K. (in press). Teaching Sound Dramaturgy. In Teaching Sound for the 21st Century. Sofia: CILECT

Sound dramaturgy as part of the aesthetic design of either a film or a Virtual Reality (VR) experience is invisible but most relevant, although often overlooked. As sound person and academic, I have long been interested in the dramaturgical relevance... Read More about Teaching Sound Dramaturgy.

'ChatGPT & Me' Student Padlet Data With Reactions (2023)
Dataset
Drumm, L., Illingworth, S., Graham, C., Calabrese, P., Taylor, S., Dencer-Brown, I., & van Knippenberg, I. (2023). 'ChatGPT & Me' Student Padlet Data With Reactions. [Dataset]. https://doi.org/10.17869/enu.2023.3200728

These data are from a project which aimed to collect and analyse student attitudes to artificial intelligence (AI) and their own learning and assessment while they are studying with Edinburgh Napier University. AI tools such as ChatGPT make it easier... Read More about 'ChatGPT & Me' Student Padlet Data With Reactions.

Toilet graffiti: What can we learn from the visual languaging in the stalls? (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Victoria, M. (2023, September). Toilet graffiti: What can we learn from the visual languaging in the stalls?. Paper presented at DN29 Visiolinguistics: Panoramas of Languaging and Visuality, Online

Academic research has conceptualised toilet graffiti or latrinalia (Dundes, 1966) as a ‘symbol of a sociological subculture, juvenile delinquency, and regulatory problem’ (Halsey & Young, 2006);as a ‘communal public diary’ (Kurniawan & Anderson, 2008... Read More about Toilet graffiti: What can we learn from the visual languaging in the stalls?.

Disparities in work-integrated learning experiences for students who present as women: an international study of biases, barriers, and challenges (2023)
Journal Article
Bowen, T., Drysdale, M. T., Callaghan, S., Smith, S., Johansson, K., Smith, C., …Berg, T. (in press). Disparities in work-integrated learning experiences for students who present as women: an international study of biases, barriers, and challenges. Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning, https://doi.org/10.1108/HESWBL-05-2023-0115

Purpose This study identifies gendered disparities among women students participating in work-integrated learning and explores the effects of the disparities on their perceptions on perceived opportunities, competencies, sense of belonging, and prof... Read More about Disparities in work-integrated learning experiences for students who present as women: an international study of biases, barriers, and challenges.

‘They gave me an opportunity, and I took it’: motivations and concerns of adult apprentices (2023)
Journal Article
Smith, S., Fabian, K., Taylor-Smith, E., Barr, M., Berg, T., Bratton, A., …Zarb, M. (in press). ‘They gave me an opportunity, and I took it’: motivations and concerns of adult apprentices. Journal of Vocational Education and Training, https://doi.org/10.1080/13636820.2023.2255576

In the UK context of an ageing population, degree apprenticeships represent a new opportunity to study for a degree while working. Apprentices are full-time employees granted time to study for a degree with a significant workplace learning component.... Read More about ‘They gave me an opportunity, and I took it’: motivations and concerns of adult apprentices.

Apprentices’ perspectives of the tripartite collaboration at the heart of degree apprenticeships: a longitudinal study (2023)
Journal Article
Taylor-Smith, E., Smith, S., Fabian, K., & Bratton, A. (in press). Apprentices’ perspectives of the tripartite collaboration at the heart of degree apprenticeships: a longitudinal study. Journal of Workplace Learning, https://doi.org/10.1108/JWL-01-2023-0007

Purpose: The partnership which underpins degree apprenticeships is a tripartite collaboration between apprentices, employers, and universities. This study investigated the lived experiences and reflections of the apprentices at the centre, to inform... Read More about Apprentices’ perspectives of the tripartite collaboration at the heart of degree apprenticeships: a longitudinal study.

Patterns of exploitation: Trends and modus operandi in human trafficking in Finland, Latvia, Estonia, Poland and Ukraine (2023)
Report
Pekkarinen, A., & Jokinen, A. (2023). Patterns of exploitation: Trends and modus operandi in human trafficking in Finland, Latvia, Estonia, Poland and Ukraine. Helsinki: European Union’s Internal Security Fund – Police

This report is based on data on the modus operandi and routes of traffickers and other actors involved in trafficking, and on trends in trafficking. The data have been collected in the three partner countries, Estonia, Finland and Latvia, as well as... Read More about Patterns of exploitation: Trends and modus operandi in human trafficking in Finland, Latvia, Estonia, Poland and Ukraine.

Paradigms: Recent artwork by Catherine Young, Hazel Brady, Jayne McIntyre, Louise Todd (2023)
Exhibition / Performance
Todd, L. Paradigms: Recent artwork by Catherine Young, Hazel Brady, Jayne McIntyre, Louise Todd. [Paintings]. Exhibited at Whitespace, Edinburgh. 29 July 2023 - 2 August 2023. (Unpublished)

Film Dramaturgy: A Practice and a Tool for Researchers (2023)
Book Chapter
Stutterheim, K. (2023). Film Dramaturgy: A Practice and a Tool for Researchers. In R. Davies, P. Russo, & C. Tieber (Eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of Screenwriting Studies (689-708). Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-20769-3_36

This chapter gives an overview of dramaturgy as practice and discipline. Dramaturgy has its origins in Antiquity and established itself as a theoretical and analytical approach to understand and support narrative-performative arts in the eighteenth c... Read More about Film Dramaturgy: A Practice and a Tool for Researchers.

#Chavcheck: Does TikTok facilitate the pornification of social class struggles? (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Logan-McFarlane, A. (2023, July). #Chavcheck: Does TikTok facilitate the pornification of social class struggles?. Paper presented at Netnocon 2023, University of Salford, Manchester, UK

In 2020, the ‘chav’ trope resurfaced globally on TikTok. The trend featured individuals performing ““chav checks”, heavy makeup tutorials, and showing off the UK’s “chavviest places” with the sound check “Hey yo, chav check” employed to mock “puffa j... Read More about #Chavcheck: Does TikTok facilitate the pornification of social class struggles?.

Gender and Sexuality Performances Among LGBT+ Equality Dancers: Photo-Elicitation as a Method of Inquiry (2023)
Journal Article
Wong, Y. N. (2023). Gender and Sexuality Performances Among LGBT+ Equality Dancers: Photo-Elicitation as a Method of Inquiry. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 22, https://doi.org/10.1177/16094069231182015

In its classical form, ballroom dancing constitutes heterosexual dance couples enacting conservative forms of masculinity and femininity. A normative focus, both in scholarship and in practice, on the classical form in competitive ballroom dancing (a... Read More about Gender and Sexuality Performances Among LGBT+ Equality Dancers: Photo-Elicitation as a Method of Inquiry.

“Are we criminals?” – everyday racialisation in temporary asylum accommodation (2023)
Journal Article
Guma, T., Blake, Y., Maclean, G., MacLeod, K., Makutsa, R., & Sharapov, K. (in press). “Are we criminals?” – everyday racialisation in temporary asylum accommodation. Ethnic and Racial Studies, https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2023.2238052

This paper critically examines the placement of people seeking asylum in temporary accommodation during the Covid-19 pandemic. It is based on a 14-month collaborative ethnography conducted between 2020 and 2022 with asylum seeking individuals in Glas... Read More about “Are we criminals?” – everyday racialisation in temporary asylum accommodation.

The Last Dream: Tarkovsky and The Sacrifice (2023)
Digital Artefact
(2023). The Last Dream: Tarkovsky and The Sacrifice. [Video]

A documentary film about the last years of the Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky (1932-86), in which he defected to the West (1984), and made his final film, The Sacrifice (1986) in Sweden. During this time, Tarkovsky was also campaigning to get his... Read More about The Last Dream: Tarkovsky and The Sacrifice.

The Impossible Dream? Achieving Public Value in Tourism (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Anastasiadou, C., & McMillan, J. (2023, July). The Impossible Dream? Achieving Public Value in Tourism. Paper presented at Surrey 2023 Conference: Bringing hospitality, tourism, transport and events back for good, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK

Exploring what Student Engagement means for Biology Educators: What can Gamification Research tell us? (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Garden, C. L. P. (2023, July). Exploring what Student Engagement means for Biology Educators: What can Gamification Research tell us?. Presented at Society for Experimental Biology Centenary Conference, Edinburgh

The way we teach experimental biology continues to change as we recover, and learn lessons, from the COVID-19 pandemic. We often discuss student engagement as part of this process, but what does this mean in practice? How can we tell if students are... Read More about Exploring what Student Engagement means for Biology Educators: What can Gamification Research tell us?.

Food festivals and the role of storytelling in promoting sustainable tourism (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Orea-Giner, A., Fusté-Forné, F., & Todd, L. (2023, July). Food festivals and the role of storytelling in promoting sustainable tourism. Presented at 10th Advances in Hospitality and Tourism Marketing and Management (AHTMM) Conference, Rome, Italy

Editorial: Games May Host the First Rightful AI Citizens (2023)
Journal Article
Mitchell, K. (2023). Editorial: Games May Host the First Rightful AI Citizens. Games: Research and Practice, 1(2), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1145/3606834

GAMES creatively take place in imaginative worlds informed by, but often not limited by, real-world challenges, and this advantageously provides an accelerated environment for innovation, where concepts and ideas can be explored unencumbered by physi... Read More about Editorial: Games May Host the First Rightful AI Citizens.