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Power, politics and the police: lessons from Marikana (2019)
Journal Article
Dixon, B. (2019). Power, politics and the police: lessons from Marikana. Journal of Modern African Studies, 57(2), 203-221. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022278X19000053

This article examines the relationship between politicians and the police in the days before the shooting by members of the South African Police Service of 34 striking mineworkers at the Marikana platinum mine in South Africa on 16 August 2012. Drawi... Read More about Power, politics and the police: lessons from Marikana.

The albatross of juvenile criminal records (2019)
Book Chapter
Carr, N. (2019). The albatross of juvenile criminal records. In S. Meijer, H. Annison, & A. O'Loughlin (Eds.), Fundamental rights and legal consequences of criminal conviction. London: Hart Publishing

Pink organising: Notes on communication, self-organisation, noise and radical social movements (2019)
Journal Article
Swann, T., & Ghelfi, A. (2019). Pink organising: Notes on communication, self-organisation, noise and radical social movements. Organization, 26(5), 696-715. https://doi.org/10.1177/1350508419855711

© The Author(s) 2019. This article explores the presence of noise in processes of communication and organisation in social movements. While the concept of noise has always had a role in discussions of communication, it is in light of the influence an... Read More about Pink organising: Notes on communication, self-organisation, noise and radical social movements.

What indicators have been used to evaluate the impact of music on the health and wellbeing of people with dementia? A review using meta-narrative methods (2019)
Journal Article
Dowson, B., McDermott, O., & Schneider, J. (2019). What indicators have been used to evaluate the impact of music on the health and wellbeing of people with dementia? A review using meta-narrative methods. Maturitas, 127, 26-34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.maturitas.2019.06.001

This review considers how research into the impact of music on people with dementia has been conducted, with a focus on the means used to measure outcomes. Although there is a rapidly growing amount of research in this relatively new area, it has evo... Read More about What indicators have been used to evaluate the impact of music on the health and wellbeing of people with dementia? A review using meta-narrative methods.

(New) Bulgarian Enlighteners and Ambassadors? The Reinvention of National Identity in Times of Crisis (2019)
Journal Article
Genova, E. (2020). (New) Bulgarian Enlighteners and Ambassadors? The Reinvention of National Identity in Times of Crisis. International Migration, 58(1), 76-89. https://doi.org/10.1111/imig.12592

Drawing on empirical data from 37 Bulgarian students and young professionals in the UK, this article explores the intersection of the discourses produced by the European crises and migrants' national identity. In Bulgaria, the crisis narrative is emb... Read More about (New) Bulgarian Enlighteners and Ambassadors? The Reinvention of National Identity in Times of Crisis.

Online Othering: An Introduction (2019)
Book Chapter
Harmer, E., & Lumsden, K. (2019). Online Othering: An Introduction. In E. Harmer, & K. Lumsden (Eds.), Online Othering: Exploring Digital Violence and Discrimination on the Web, 1-33. Palgrave Macmillan. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-12633-9_1

This chapter provides an overview of the rapidly changing social and political context which is driving a contested social media landscape and explores examples of othering and discrimination propagated and encountered by individuals online and in so... Read More about Online Othering: An Introduction.

Conduct in Dementia: Video Analysis of Arts Interventions (2019)
Journal Article
Morgner, C., Hazel, S., Schneider, J., & Victoria, T. (2019). Conduct in Dementia: Video Analysis of Arts Interventions. Sociological Research Online, 24(4), 514-540. https://doi.org/10.1177/1360780419835564

This study applies video analysis to an investigation of interactions among people with dementia in a cultural context, specifically a visual art exhibition in a gallery. The study adopts a sociologically-informed approach to explore the role of artw... Read More about Conduct in Dementia: Video Analysis of Arts Interventions.

New horizons in frailty: the contingent, the existential and the clinical (2019)
Journal Article
Pickard, S., Cluley, V., Danely, J., Laceulle, H., Leon-Salas, J., Vanhoutte, B., & Romero-Ortuno, R. (2019). New horizons in frailty: the contingent, the existential and the clinical. Age and Ageing, 48(4), 466-471. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afz032

In the past decade, frailty research has focused on refinement of biomedical tools and operationalisations, potentially introducing a reductionist approach. This article suggests that a new horizon in frailty lies in a more holistic approach to healt... Read More about New horizons in frailty: the contingent, the existential and the clinical.

The power of suggestion: examining the impact of presence or absence of shared first language in the antenatal clinic (2019)
Journal Article
Pilnick, A., & Zayts, O. (2019). The power of suggestion: examining the impact of presence or absence of shared first language in the antenatal clinic. Sociology of Health and Illness, 41(6), 1120-1137. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.12888

© 2019 Foundation for the Sociology of Health & Illness Healthcare encounters involving participants from diverse linguistic backgrounds are becoming more common due to the globalisation of health care and increasing migration levels. Research sugg... Read More about The power of suggestion: examining the impact of presence or absence of shared first language in the antenatal clinic.

Becoming-care: reframing care work as flesh work not body work (2019)
Journal Article
Cluley, V. (2020). Becoming-care: reframing care work as flesh work not body work. Culture and Organization, 26(4), 284-297. https://doi.org/10.1080/14759551.2019.1601724

This paper highlights the central role of the flesh within care relationships and how this disrupts and progresses existing understandings of care work. It is argued here that care work is a connected and fluid assemblage of diverse and changeable fa... Read More about Becoming-care: reframing care work as flesh work not body work.

Sustainable Development as Environmental Harm: Rights, Regulation and Injustice in the Canadian Oil Sands (2019)
Book
Heydon, J. (2019). Sustainable Development as Environmental Harm: Rights, Regulation and Injustice in the Canadian Oil Sands. (1). Routledge

In this in-depth analysis of First Nations opposition to the oil sands industry, James Heydon offers detailed empirical insight into Canadian oil sands regulation. The environmental consequences of the oil sands industry have been thoroughly explored... Read More about Sustainable Development as Environmental Harm: Rights, Regulation and Injustice in the Canadian Oil Sands.

Criminologies of the global south: critical reflections (2019)
Journal Article
Carrington, K., Dixon, B., Fonseca, D., Rodríguez Goyes, D., Liu, J., & Zysman, D. (2019). Criminologies of the global south: critical reflections. Critical Criminology, 27(1), 163–189. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10612-019-09450-y

This article attempts an ambitious undertaking by scholars collaborating from far flung parts of the globe to redefine the geographic and conceptual limits of critical criminology. We attempt to scope, albeit briefly, the various contributions to cri... Read More about Criminologies of the global south: critical reflections.

Music Interventions for Dementia and Depression in ELderly care (MIDDEL): protocol and statistical analysis plan for a multinational cluster-randomised trial (2019)
Journal Article
Gold, C., Eickholt, J., Assmus, J., Stige, B., Wake, J. D., Baker, F. A., …Geretsegger, M. (2019). Music Interventions for Dementia and Depression in ELderly care (MIDDEL): protocol and statistical analysis plan for a multinational cluster-randomised trial. BMJ Open, 9(3), Article e023436. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-023436

Introduction In older adults, dementia and depression are associated with individual distress and high societal costs. Music interventions such as group music therapy (GMT) and recreational choir singing (RCS) have shown promising effects, but their... Read More about Music Interventions for Dementia and Depression in ELderly care (MIDDEL): protocol and statistical analysis plan for a multinational cluster-randomised trial.

The Service Value Method for Design of Energy Access Systems in the Global South (2019)
Journal Article
Clements, A., Wheeler, S., Mohr, A., & McCulloch, M. (2019). The Service Value Method for Design of Energy Access Systems in the Global South. Proceedings of the IEEE, 107(9), 1941-1966. https://doi.org/10.1109/jproc.2019.2901215

This paper presents the Service Value Method as a novel means to gather and interpret end-user needs, aspirations, and contextual factors to improve engineering design practice of energy access systems for the Global South. The method adopts a servic... Read More about The Service Value Method for Design of Energy Access Systems in the Global South.

The subjective world of home care workers in dementia: an “order of worth” analysis (2019)
Journal Article
Travers, C., Schneider, J., Pollock, K., Wilkinson, S., Perry-Young, L., & Turner, N. (2019). The subjective world of home care workers in dementia: an “order of worth” analysis. Home Health Care Services Quarterly, 38(2), 96-109. https://doi.org/10.1080/01621424.2019.1578715

The perspective of domiciliary workers is needed to recruit a high-quality workforce and meet growing demand. An English ethnographic study yielded extensive insights. To structure analysis of the study data, we apply a method developed by politica... Read More about The subjective world of home care workers in dementia: an “order of worth” analysis.