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Crafting ecologies of existence: More than human community making in Colombian textile craftivism (2021)
Journal Article
Tacchetti, M., Quiceno Toro, N., Papadopoulos, D., & Puig de la Bellacasa, M. (2022). Crafting ecologies of existence: More than human community making in Colombian textile craftivism. Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space, 5(3), 1383-1404. https://doi.org/10.1177/25148486211030154

Based on ethnographic work with several women’s textile making collectives in Colombia, this article approaches their crafting practices as everyday doings of socio-ecological reparation, in the midst of social and environmental devastation caused by... Read More about Crafting ecologies of existence: More than human community making in Colombian textile craftivism.

Characterising the outcomes, impacts and implementation challenges of advanced clinical practice roles in the UK: A scoping review (2021)
Journal Article
Evans, C., Poku, B. A., Pearce, R., Eldridge, J., Hendrick, P., Knaggs, R., …Collier, R. (2021). Characterising the outcomes, impacts and implementation challenges of advanced clinical practice roles in the UK: A scoping review. BMJ Open, 11(8), Article e048171. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-048171

Objectives In response to demographic and health system pressures, the development of non-medical advanced clinical practice (ACP) roles is a key component of National Health Service workforce transformation policy in the UK. This review was undertak... Read More about Characterising the outcomes, impacts and implementation challenges of advanced clinical practice roles in the UK: A scoping review.

Talking about frailty: The relationship between precarity and the fourth age in older peoples' constructions of frailty (2021)
Journal Article
Cluley, V., Martin, G., Radnor, Z., & Banerjee, J. (2021). Talking about frailty: The relationship between precarity and the fourth age in older peoples' constructions of frailty. Journal of Aging Studies, 58, Article 100951. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaging.2021.100951

The clinical identification of frailty is increasingly thought to be important in countries with ageing populations. Understanding how older people labelled as frail make sense of this categorisation is therefore important. A number of recent studies... Read More about Talking about frailty: The relationship between precarity and the fourth age in older peoples' constructions of frailty.

Strength- and recovery-based approaches in forensic mental health in late modernity: Increasingly incorporating a human rights angle? (2021)
Journal Article
Tomlin, J., & Jordan, M. (2022). Strength- and recovery-based approaches in forensic mental health in late modernity: Increasingly incorporating a human rights angle?. Social Theory and Health, 9, Article 827124. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41285-021-00169-x

Forensic mental health care is situated across both criminal justice and healthcare systems and is subject to political, cultural, legal and economic shifts in these contexts. The implementation of strength- and recovery-based models of care should b... Read More about Strength- and recovery-based approaches in forensic mental health in late modernity: Increasingly incorporating a human rights angle?.

From Black to Blue Skies: Civil Society Perceptions of Air Pollution in Shanghai (2021)
Journal Article
Winter, A. K., Le, H., & Roberts, S. (2021). From Black to Blue Skies: Civil Society Perceptions of Air Pollution in Shanghai. China Quarterly, 248(1), 1059-1080. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0305741021000588

This paper explores the perception and politics of air pollution in Shanghai. We present a qualitative case study based on a literature review of relevant policies and research on civil society and air pollution, in dialogue with air quality indexes... Read More about From Black to Blue Skies: Civil Society Perceptions of Air Pollution in Shanghai.

Organizing the precarious: Autonomous work, real democracy and ecological precarity (2021)
Journal Article
Graham, J., & Papadopoulos, D. (2023). Organizing the precarious: Autonomous work, real democracy and ecological precarity. Organization, 30(4), 649-667. https://doi.org/10.1177/13505084211026874

In 2008, just as the movement of the precarious seemed to be winning one political battle after the next, the fight against precarization suddenly dwindled. The cycle of struggles of the precarious that began in 2000 had seemingly come to an end. Iro... Read More about Organizing the precarious: Autonomous work, real democracy and ecological precarity.

Avoiding repair, maintaining face: Responding to hard-to-interpret talk from people living with dementia in the acute hospital (2021)
Journal Article
Pilnick, A., O'Brien, R., Beeke, S., Goldberg, S., & Harwood, R. (2021). Avoiding repair, maintaining face: Responding to hard-to-interpret talk from people living with dementia in the acute hospital. Social Science and Medicine, 282, Article 114156. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114156

People living with dementia (PLWD) are almost always admitted to the acute hospital for reasons unrelated to their dementia, finding themselves in the unfamiliar environment of a Health Care of Older Persons acute ward. The effect of this environment... Read More about Avoiding repair, maintaining face: Responding to hard-to-interpret talk from people living with dementia in the acute hospital.

Gender, violence and cultures of silence: young women and paramilitary violence (2021)
Journal Article
McAlister, S., Neill, G., Carr, N., & Dwyer, C. (2021). Gender, violence and cultures of silence: young women and paramilitary violence. Journal of Youth Studies, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/13676261.2021.1942807

Despite a growth in analysis of women and conflict, this has tended to overlook the specific experiences of young women. Likewise, in research on youth, conflict and peace, the term ‘youth’ is often short-hand for young men. Young women’s experiences... Read More about Gender, violence and cultures of silence: young women and paramilitary violence.

Abolishing The Police (2021)
Book
DUFF, K., ROSSDALE, C., SHAHVISI, A., KEMP, T., AMIS, P., WOODMAN, C., …THOMPSON, V. E. (2021). K. DUFF (Ed.). Abolishing The Police. Dog Section Press

“This is the first time we are seeing… a conversation about defunding, and some people having a conversation about abolishing the police and prison state. This must be what it felt like when people were talking about abolishing slavery.” – Patrisse C... Read More about Abolishing The Police.

“Considered Language” in Public Service: Changing Discourses and Their Implementation in Practice (2021)
Book Chapter
Cluley, V., & Radnor, Z. (2021). “Considered Language” in Public Service: Changing Discourses and Their Implementation in Practice. In Public Service: Changing Discourses and Their Implementation in Practice (259-276). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29980-4_82

Buzzwords and acronyms are ubiquitous throughout public service provision worldwide. Additionally, such terms are subject to frequent change, and public servants are expected to use the most up-to-date language in their work in order to reflect curre... Read More about “Considered Language” in Public Service: Changing Discourses and Their Implementation in Practice.

Far from Clean: Labour Exploitation in the UK’s Hand Car Wash Sector (2021)
Book Chapter
Jardine, A., Trautrims, A., & Gardner, A. (2021). Far from Clean: Labour Exploitation in the UK’s Hand Car Wash Sector. In S. Gold, M. G. Arnold, J. N. Muthuri, & X. Rueda (Eds.), Base of the Pyramid Markets in Affluent Countries: Innovation and challenges to sustainability. Taylor & Francis (Routledge)

Hand car washing, the process of washing a vehicle by hand, is a relatively new business activity in the United Kingdom (UK). Prior to 2004, hand car washes (HCWs) were virtually non-existent (Clark & Colling, 2018). However, it is estimated that bet... Read More about Far from Clean: Labour Exploitation in the UK’s Hand Car Wash Sector.

Exploring the feasibility of an individual cognitive stimulation therapy application and related technology for use by people with dementia and carers in Indonesia: A mixed-method study (2021)
Journal Article
Rai, H. K., Prasetya, V. G. H., Sani, T. P., Theresia, I., Tumbelaka, P., Turana, Y., …Orrell, M. (2021). Exploring the feasibility of an individual cognitive stimulation therapy application and related technology for use by people with dementia and carers in Indonesia: A mixed-method study. Dementia, https://doi.org/10.1177/14713012211018003

Background Cognitive stimulation therapy (CST) is a psychosocial intervention for people with dementia and can benefit cognition and quality of life. A touch-screen individualised CST (iCST) application has been developed to improve on accessibility... Read More about Exploring the feasibility of an individual cognitive stimulation therapy application and related technology for use by people with dementia and carers in Indonesia: A mixed-method study.

Informing action for United Nations SDG target 8.7 and interdependent SDGs: Examining modern slavery from space (2021)
Journal Article
Boyd, D. S., Perrat, B., Li, X., Jackson, B., Landman, T., Ling, F., …Foody, G. M. (2021). Informing action for United Nations SDG target 8.7 and interdependent SDGs: Examining modern slavery from space. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 8, Article 111. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-021-00792-z

This article provides an example of the ways in which remote sensing, Earth observation, and machine learning can be deployed to provide the most up to date quantitative portrait of the South Asian ‘Brick Belt’, with a view to understanding the exten... Read More about Informing action for United Nations SDG target 8.7 and interdependent SDGs: Examining modern slavery from space.

Music‐Based Interventions for People Living with Dementia, targeting Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms: A scoping review (2021)
Journal Article
Sousa, L., Neves, M., Moura, B., Schneider, J., & Fernandes, L. (2021). Music‐Based Interventions for People Living with Dementia, targeting Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms: A scoping review. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 36(11), 1664-1690. https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.5568

Introduction Dementia care is a major public health issue worldwide. The management of behavioral and psychological symptoms (BPSD) is one of the hardest challenges in this context. Non-pharmacological strategies, like music-based interventions (M... Read More about Music‐Based Interventions for People Living with Dementia, targeting Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms: A scoping review.

Prisoner death investigations: a means for improving safety in prisons and societies? (2021)
Journal Article
Tomczak, P., & McAllister, S. (2021). Prisoner death investigations: a means for improving safety in prisons and societies?. Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, 43(2), 212-230. https://doi.org/10.1080/09649069.2021.1917714

(Inter)national law imposes obligations to investigate prisoner deaths. These investigations create rich data which are little utilised by academia, policy or practice (inter)nationally, but provide a window to identify, organise and apply learning t... Read More about Prisoner death investigations: a means for improving safety in prisons and societies?.

Online singing groups for people with dementia: scoping review (2021)
Journal Article
Dowson, B., & Schneider, J. (2021). Online singing groups for people with dementia: scoping review. Public Health, 194, 196-201. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2021.03.002

Objectives In the face of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, people with dementia and their carers are contending with serious challenges to their health and wellbeing, due to risk of severe illness, limiting of social contact and disruption to usual activi... Read More about Online singing groups for people with dementia: scoping review.

Digital Approaches to Music-Making for People With Dementia in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Current Practice and Recommendations (2021)
Journal Article
Dowson, B., Atkinson, R., Barnes, J., Barone, C., Cutts, N., Donnebaum, E., …Schneider, J. (2021). Digital Approaches to Music-Making for People With Dementia in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Current Practice and Recommendations. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, Article 625258. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.625258

Before COVID-19, dementia singing groups and choirs flourished, providing activity, cognitive stimulation, and social support for thousands of people with dementia in the UK. Interactive music provides one of the most effective psychosocial intervent... Read More about Digital Approaches to Music-Making for People With Dementia in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Current Practice and Recommendations.

Using Situated Interviews to Engage Frail Older People in the Co-production of Improved Emergency Healthcare (2021)
Journal Article
Cluley, V., Gale, N., & Radnor, Z. (2021). Using Situated Interviews to Engage Frail Older People in the Co-production of Improved Emergency Healthcare. International Journal of Public Administration, 44(9), 767-777. https://doi.org/10.1080/01900692.2021.1912088

Including frail older people in the development and improvement of healthcare is a topical issue and co-production represents a common approach. How to practice co-production effectively, however, remains challenging, particularly when including vuln... Read More about Using Situated Interviews to Engage Frail Older People in the Co-production of Improved Emergency Healthcare.

Folding and Friction: The Internet of Things and Everyday Life (2021)
Book Chapter
Goulden, M. (2021). Folding and Friction: The Internet of Things and Everyday Life. In D. A. Rohlinger, & S. Sobieraj (Eds.), Oxford handbook of sociology and digital media. Oxford University Press (OUP). https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197510636.013.20

The internet of things (IoT)—the embedding of networked computing into the material world around us—seeks to reshape our everyday lives. To address the IoT is to address the material interface between the global digital networks of the twenty-first-c... Read More about Folding and Friction: The Internet of Things and Everyday Life.