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“Be the change” — how Cheltenham Science Festival used a central theme to centre social change within the festival (2022)
Journal Article
Kerr, G., Whittle, E., & Navin, M. (2022). “Be the change” — how Cheltenham Science Festival used a central theme to centre social change within the festival. Journal of Science Communication, 21(06), Article R07

‘Be the change’ (BTC) was the theme for Cheltenham Science Festival. BTC set out to empower audiences as individuals and as a collective to enact positive change across a wide range of global issues linked to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. We... Read More about “Be the change” — how Cheltenham Science Festival used a central theme to centre social change within the festival.

Tourism, the tourist experience and postmodernity: theory, application and research (2021)
Book Chapter
Wight, C. (2021). Tourism, the tourist experience and postmodernity: theory, application and research. In R. Sharpley (Ed.), Routledge Handbook of the Tourist Experience (9-23). London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003219866-3

This chapter introduces the concept of postmodernity as it relates to the tourism industry, and to tourism research. The aim is to offer students and academics interested in postmodern thinking for research and other purposes a synthesis of key theme... Read More about Tourism, the tourist experience and postmodernity: theory, application and research.

Impacts of COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown on the Livelihoods of Male Commercial Boda-Boda Motorists in Uganda (2022)
Book Chapter
Kebirungi, H., & Mwenyango, H. (2022). Impacts of COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown on the Livelihoods of Male Commercial Boda-Boda Motorists in Uganda. In M. Laituri, R. B. Richardson, & J. Kim (Eds.), The Geographies of COVID-19: Geospatial Stories of a Global Pandemic (195-207). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-11775-6_16

We examined the impacts of the COVID-19 lockdown on the livelihoods of commercial male Boda-Boda motorists in Uganda. The objectives of the study were to (1) characterize social services within the working environment of Boda-Boda motorists and (2) e... Read More about Impacts of COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown on the Livelihoods of Male Commercial Boda-Boda Motorists in Uganda.

Lessons from the Past for the Future (2022)
Book Chapter
Victoria, M. (2022). Lessons from the Past for the Future. In M. Victoria (Ed.), Methodological Issues and Challenges in Researching Transculturally. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Contested National Tragedies: An Ethical Dimension (2009)
Book Chapter
Wight, C. (2009). Contested National Tragedies: An Ethical Dimension. In R. Sharpley, & P. R. Stone (Eds.), The Darker Side of Travel: The Theory and Practice of Dark Tourism (129-144). Channel View Publications. https://doi.org/10.21832/9781845411169-008

This chapter explores some of the intrinsically western ethical complexities associated with the production and consumption of dark tourism attractions, focusing specifi cally on contested narratives of national tragedy and dis-graced mo... Read More about Contested National Tragedies: An Ethical Dimension.

Owner-Manager Perspectives on Environmental Management in Micro and Small Tourism Enterprises in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand (2009)
Book Chapter
Rainford, S., & Wight, C. (2009). Owner-Manager Perspectives on Environmental Management in Micro and Small Tourism Enterprises in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. In D. Leslie (Ed.), Tourism Enterprises and Sustainable Development: International Perspectives on Responses to the Sustainability Agenda (157-175). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203873588

The issue of sustainable tourism continues to dominate industry and public forums such as conferences, textbooks, and corporate policy statements, yet there are still relatively few examples of established sustainable tourism initiatives the world ov... Read More about Owner-Manager Perspectives on Environmental Management in Micro and Small Tourism Enterprises in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand.

Reengineering “Authenticity”: Tourism Encounters with Cuisine in Rural Great Britain (2008)
Book Chapter
Wight, C. (2008). Reengineering “Authenticity”: Tourism Encounters with Cuisine in Rural Great Britain. In L. C. Rubin (Ed.), Food for thought: essays on eating and culture (153-165). Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company

Food and eating are firmly established components within the burgeoning mix of new ‘ethical’, culturally-concerned tourism experiences in the West. Perhaps as much as 25 per cent of total UK tourist expenditure is accounted for by food purchases (Hud... Read More about Reengineering “Authenticity”: Tourism Encounters with Cuisine in Rural Great Britain.

Identifying best practice in national tourism organisations: Lessons for the United Kingdom (2013)
Journal Article
Wight, A. C. (2013). Identifying best practice in national tourism organisations: Lessons for the United Kingdom. Journal of Vacation Marketing, 19(2), 133-148. https://doi.org/10.1177/1356766712463717

The UK Leisure and Tourism sector is uniquely fragmented at government and industry levels and comprises a wide and diverse range of products and services. Tourist boards and strategic authorities are important for the thousands of small enterprises... Read More about Identifying best practice in national tourism organisations: Lessons for the United Kingdom.

Sound Dramaturgy for Poetic Documentaries (2023)
Journal Article
Stutterheim, K. (2023). Sound Dramaturgy for Poetic Documentaries. International Journal of Film and Media Arts, 8(3), 59-73. https://doi.org/10.24140/ijfma.v8.n3.04

Sound dramaturgy as part of the aesthetic design of documentary films is invisible but most relevant, although often overlooked. The chapter gives a short introduction to dramaturgy and the importance of sound dramaturgy as most impactful for documen... Read More about Sound Dramaturgy for Poetic Documentaries.

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). 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.

Seguranca e o Metaverso (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Haynes, D. (2022, September). Seguranca e o Metaverso. Presented at Unesp and UFSC Universities, Sao Paulo State, Brazil [online]

Talk in Portuguese to colleagues at Unesp and UFSC Universities in Sao Paulo state, Brazil. The talk was delivered via an online connection and is available as a recording on YouTube. The talk outlined some of the problems of privacy and security... Read More about Seguranca e o Metaverso.

Curation: 'Ecologies of Displacement' Art Exhibition (Koel Gallery, Pakistan) (2022)
Exhibition / Performance
Bilgrami, S. (2022). Curation: 'Ecologies of Displacement' Art Exhibition (Koel Gallery, Pakistan). [Curation of art works]. Exhibited at Koel Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan. 18 January 2022 - 2 February 2022. (Unpublished)

In 2021, I brought together Summerhall, Edinburgh, and Koel Gallery, Karachi, to host an international digital artist residency. We won a 25k 'Connect and Collaborate' grant from British Council and Creative Scotland. I designed and curated the resid... Read More about Curation: 'Ecologies of Displacement' Art Exhibition (Koel Gallery, Pakistan).

‘I’m not going to leave someone to die’: carriage of naloxone by police in Scotland within a public health framework: a qualitative study of acceptability and experiences (2023)
Journal Article
Speakman, E. M., Hillen, P., Heyman, I., Murray, J., Dougall, N., Aston, E. V., & McAuley, A. (2023). ‘I’m not going to leave someone to die’: carriage of naloxone by police in Scotland within a public health framework: a qualitative study of acceptability and experiences. Harm Reduction Journal, 20, Article 20. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-023-00750-9

Background Scotland has one of the highest rates of drug-related deaths (DRDs) per capita in Europe, the majority of which involve opioids. Naloxone is a medication used to reverse opioid-related overdoses. In efforts to tackle escalating DRDs in ma... Read More about ‘I’m not going to leave someone to die’: carriage of naloxone by police in Scotland within a public health framework: a qualitative study of acceptability and experiences.

Rural modernity, rural modernism and deindustrialisation in Norman Nicholson’s poetry (2023)
Journal Article
Frayn, A. (2023). Rural modernity, rural modernism and deindustrialisation in Norman Nicholson’s poetry. English Studies, 104(3), 478-499. https://doi.org/10.1080/0013838X.2023.2180593

This article argues that the Cumbrian poet Norman Nicholson (1914–1987) is an exemplary writer about rural modernity, whose work also enables us to conceptualise a rural modernism. Nicholson lived all his life in his home town of Millom, an industria... Read More about Rural modernity, rural modernism and deindustrialisation in Norman Nicholson’s poetry.

Human Trafficking Situation in Ukraine and Stakeholder Mapping 2023: A Report Produced for the European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control (HEUNI) (2023)
Report
Hoff, S., Cherepakha, K., & Sharapov, K. (2023). Human Trafficking Situation in Ukraine and Stakeholder Mapping 2023: A Report Produced for the European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control (HEUNI). Amsterdam: European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control (HEUNI)

This report was commissioned within the context of the ELECT THB project, which aims to enhance the identification and investigation of trafficking in human beings (THB) for sexual and labour exploitation and increase collaboration between law enfor... Read More about Human Trafficking Situation in Ukraine and Stakeholder Mapping 2023: A Report Produced for the European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control (HEUNI).

Human Trafficking Situation in Poland and Stakeholder Mapping 2023: A Report Produced for the European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control (HEUNI) (2023)
Report
Hoff, S., Dawid, I., & Sharapov, K. (2023). Human Trafficking Situation in Poland and Stakeholder Mapping 2023: A Report Produced for the European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control (HEUNI). Amsterdam: European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control (HEUNI)

This report was commissioned within the context of the ELECT THB project, which aims to enhance the identification and investigation of trafficking in human beings (THB) for sexual and labour exploitation and increase collaboration between law enforc... Read More about Human Trafficking Situation in Poland and Stakeholder Mapping 2023: A Report Produced for the European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control (HEUNI).

How cross-service collaboration between ambulance, fire, and policing services can improve community safety and wellbeing: A systematic review and case study of an area experiencing significant disadvantage (2023)
Report
Dougall, N., Heyman, I., Tatnell, A., Wooff, A., & MacGillivray, S. (2023). How cross-service collaboration between ambulance, fire, and policing services can improve community safety and wellbeing: A systematic review and case study of an area experiencing significant disadvantage. SIPR

Curation: 'Ecologies of Displacement' Art Exhibition (Summerhall, Scotland) (2022)
Exhibition / Performance
Bilgrami, S. Curation: 'Ecologies of Displacement' Art Exhibition (Summerhall, Scotland). [Curation of art works]. Exhibited at Meadows and Corner Galleries, Summerhall, Edinburgh, Scotland. 29 July 2022 - 25 September 2022. (Unpublished)

In 2021, I brought together Summerhall, Edinburgh, and Koel Gallery, Karachi, to host an international digital artist residency. We won a 25k 'Connect and Collaborate' grant from British Council and Creative Scotland. I designed and curated the resid... Read More about Curation: 'Ecologies of Displacement' Art Exhibition (Summerhall, Scotland).