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2. Before the Paris Fire: Projecting the Cinematograph in London from 1889-4th May 1997, Part IV of the London County Council and the Cinematograph: TONY FLETCHER, 2022, London, London History Publications, pp. 180, £15 (paper).
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Haven, Lisa stein
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COUNTY councils , *BIBLIOGRAPHY , *CAPITALIST societies , *CINEMATOGRAPHY ,HISTORY of London, England - Abstract
"Before the Paris Fire: Projecting the Cinematograph in London from 1889-4th May 1997" is the fourth volume in the London County Council and the Cinematograph series, although it is chronologically earlier than the other three volumes. The book provides a comprehensive guide to cinematic venues in London during this time period, with images of venues, artifacts, and important figures. The author, Tony Fletcher, presents the information without critique or analysis, allowing readers to use it for their own research. The book is organized into two parts, with appendices that include a filmography and a bibliography. It covers not only the UK but also developments in France, Germany, and the United States. The second part focuses on specific venues and their cinematograph exhibitions, while also discussing the developments in cinematography at the time. The book offers a case study of entrepreneurship in a capitalist society. While a venue index might be helpful, the raw nature of the contents allows readers to explore various topics in depth. [Extracted from the article]
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- 2023
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3. The Routledge Companion to Global Indigenous History: Edited by Ann McGrath and Lynette Russell. London: Routledge, 2021. Pp. 798. A$431 cloth, A$91 paper.
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NORMAN, HEIDI
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WORLD history , *INDIGENOUS peoples , *TEXTILES , *COLLECTIVE memory - Abstract
"The Routledge Companion to Global Indigenous History" is a comprehensive volume edited by Ann McGrath and Lynette Russell that explores the complexities and diversity of Indigenous history across the globe. The book is organized into six themes, including global perspectives, migrations and mobilities, colonial encounters, removals and diasporas, memory and identity, and future approaches to Indigenous histories. The chapters cover a wide range of topics and regions, highlighting the shared experiences and struggles of Indigenous peoples while also recognizing their unique histories and aspirations. The collection aims to address the omission of Indigenous history from mainstream global accounts and offers valuable insights for the field of history. [Extracted from the article]
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- 2023
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4. Finding a way to the child: selected clinical papers 1983-2021, Margaret Rustin: edited by Kate Stratton and Simon Cregeen, London, Routledge, 2023, 254 pp., (pb), £29.99 (pb), ISBN 978-1032351568.
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Hurley, Anne
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FAMILY support , *YOUNG adults , *FAMILY structure , *GOVERNMENT policy , *CHILD psychotherapy , *ADOLESCENT psychotherapy - Published
- 2023
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5. Extremism: A Philosophical Analysis: by Quassim Cassam, London, Routledge, 2021, 254 pp., $142.36 (cloth); $24.95 (paper); $18.99 (Kindle).
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Craiutu, Aurelian
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RADICALISM , *CONSPIRACY theories , *PRIVATE property , *POLITICAL science , *RECOMMENDER systems - Abstract
Cassam stresses the need for a detailed intellectual and emotional engagement with the ideology and narratives of extremists by giving them reasons, relative to their own extremist ideologies, to change their views (202). As Cassam notes (29), questions such as what extremism is, what is an extremist mindset, or what defines a common extremist style cannot be answered solely by armchair reflection. Extremism has been a constant presence and threat to the stability of the world in the last few decades. [Extracted from the article]
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- 2023
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6. Histories of Fascism and Anti-Fascism in Australia: Edited by Evan Smith, Jayne Persian and Vashti Jane Fox. London: Routledge, 2023. Pp. 282. A$47.99 paper.
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La Rooij, Marinus
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ANTI-fascist movements , *FASCISM , *RIGHT-wing extremism , *POLITICAL violence , *ATROCITIES , *RIGHT-wing extremists - Abstract
The book "Histories of Fascism and Anti-Fascism in Australia" edited by Evan Smith, Jayne Persian, and Vashti Jane Fox sheds light on the often overlooked topic of Australian right-wing radicalism. The book explores the historical context and various individuals, groups, and movements within the radical right in Australia. It also examines the relationship between the political mainstream and the radical right, as well as the opposition faced by anti-fascists. While the book has some imbalances and omissions, it offers important observations that can contribute to future research and debate on the subject. The book also addresses the tension between scholarship and activism, and the question of whether the Australian radical right is endogenous or influenced by international factors. Overall, the book provides valuable insights and should be read to stimulate further discussion and research. [Extracted from the article]
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- 2024
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7. A History of Crime in Australia: Australian Underworlds: By Nancy Cushing. London: Routledge, 2023. Pp. 234. A$55.99 paper.
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Ingram, Caroline
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HISTORY of crime , *LEGAL history , *CRIMINAL justice system , *ACTUAL innocence ,AUSTRALIAN history - Abstract
"A History of Crime in Australia: Australian Underworlds" by Nancy Cushing is an introductory text for students of crime history and criminology. The book explores the impact of English law on transported convicts and First Nations peoples in Australia, and how their own systems of law were disregarded by colonists. It is organized into twelve chapters, each focusing on a specific aspect of crime history in Australia. The book includes essays by historians in each chapter, providing examples of scholarly writing. While the book primarily focuses on the legal history of New South Wales and Victoria, it offers thought-provoking case studies and is accessible to both students and general readers interested in crime history. [Extracted from the article]
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- 2024
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8. Cinema Memories: A People's History of Cinema-Going in 1960s Britain: MELVYN STOKES, MATTHEW JONES and EMMA PETT (eds.), 2022, London, British Film Institute, pp. xii + 237, illus., £25 (paper).
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English, Angela
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NINETEEN sixties , *COLLECTIVE memory , *MEMORY , *MOTION picture audiences - Abstract
Thus each chapter addresses a different aspect of cinema going memories. The intention of this project was to extend knowledge of cinema history with an emphasis on how films were received and the social experience of cinema going. The six chapters clearly set out different aspects of the 1960s cinema going experience- social experiences, sex and cinema going, the experience of watching American films and British films, European films, and postcolonial audiences. [Extracted from the article]
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- 2023
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9. Parent Infant Psychotherapy for Sleep Problems: Through the Night: by Dilys Daws with Sarah Sutton, London: Routledge, 2020, 2124 pp., RRP £19.99 paper back and eBook, ISBN 978-03-67187-82-8.
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de Rementeria, Alexandra
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PSYCHOTHERAPY , *PARENT-infant relationships , *CHILD psychotherapy , *ELECTRONIC books , *GOVERNMENT policy , *SLEEP - Abstract
(Daws, [3]) Daws is clear that the work of receiving and containing a family's distress cannot be done in a routine way. Parent Infant Psychotherapy for Sleep Problems: Through the Night: by Dilys Daws with Sarah Sutton, London: Routledge, 2020, 2124 pp., RRP £19.99 paper back and eBook, ISBN 978-03-67187-82-8 With Sarah Sutton's expert knowledge, Dilys Daws has condensed and updated her classic "Through the Night", written in [2]. [Extracted from the article]
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- 2022
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10. Australian Radio Listeners and Television Viewers. Historical Perspectives: BRIDGET GRIFFEN-FOLEY, 2020, London, Palgrave Macmillan, pp. xiii + 167, illus., bibliography, index, $54.99 (bound and paper), $39.99 (ebook).
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Allen, Julie K.
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RADIO audiences , *BIBLIOGRAPHY , *ELECTRONIC books , *TELEVISION viewers , *RADIO programs , *MEDIA consumption , *AUSTRALIANS - Abstract
Bridget Griffen-Foley's book, "Australian Radio Listeners and Television Viewers: Historical Perspectives," explores the experiences of Australian radio and television audiences throughout the twentieth century. Through six historical case studies, Griffen-Foley examines how radio and television stations engaged their audiences through promotions and initiatives, and how listeners and viewers responded. The book draws on primary sources such as fan letters and regulatory records to provide detailed insights into the lives of Australian media consumers. While the book raises many questions, it serves as a valuable resource for future researchers interested in exploring the relationship between Australian society, media consumption, and cultural identities. [Extracted from the article]
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- 2024
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11. Understanding parent and staff perspectives on bicycle usage in nurseries and at home.
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O'Sullivan, June, Nadat, Saudaa, and Roberts, Leila
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NURSERIES (Children's rooms) , *CHILDHOOD obesity , *PHYSICAL activity , *BICYCLES , *SOCIOLINGUISTICS , *EARLY childhood education - Abstract
This paper describes how eight London nurseries examined whether better use of bicycles would strengthen children's physical activity as a step to reducing child obesity. The nurseries are part of a social enterprise which offers one-third of the 4200 nursery places to children from poor and disadvantaged families/communities where rates of child obesity are high and increasing. The research was instigated because the nurseries built a partnership with Bikeworks which provided free bikes and staff wanted to ensure they were using them effectively to benefit children. Parents were involved but also asked a specific question about interest in a bike lending scheme. The paper concluded that staff became more observant of how they could enhance their practice using bikes to support children's physical and sociolinguistic development. It heightened the importance of observation of the children but also in identifying barriers such as poor cycling surface and state of bike repairs. Parents considered bikes to be a key part of their children's nursery life especially extending physical skills but were divided evenly about the value of introducing a bike lending scheme. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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12. Environmental Blockades: Obstructive Direct Action and the History of the Environmental Movement: By Iain McIntyre. London: Routledge, 2021. Pp. 286. A$74 paper.
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Gaynor, Andrea
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BLOCKADE , *TECHNOLOGICAL innovations , *GREEN movement , *DIFFUSION of innovations , *DIRECT action , *ENVIRONMENTALISM - Abstract
McIntyre traces how the particular set of strategies and techniques he terms "obstructive direct action" emerged, diffused and were refined and developed in three national contexts - Australia, the USA, and Canada - from 1979 to 1990. Environmental Blockades: Obstructive Direct Action and the History of the Environmental Movement: By Iain McIntyre. McIntyre reveals that Australia has punched above its weight in the world of obstructive direct action, with Australian blockades proving both inspirational and instructive for later North American protesters. [Extracted from the article]
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- 2022
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13. The World Turned Inside Out: Settler Colonialism as a Political Idea: By Lorenzo Veracini. London: Verso, 2021. Pp. 309. £19.99 paper.
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Ford, Lisa
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COLONIES , *CONSERVATISM , *INTELLECTUAL history , *SOCIAL unrest - Abstract
In this new book, Veracini explores settler colonialism as "a political idea" by focusing on "push factors". Lorenzo Veracini is a world-leading theorist of settler colonialism. The World Turned Inside Out: Settler Colonialism as a Political Idea: By Lorenzo Veracini. [Extracted from the article]
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- 2022
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14. Public support for empowering police during the COVID-19 crisis: evidence from London.
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Yesberg, Julia A., Hobson, Zöe, Pósch, Krisztián, Bradford, Ben, Jackson, Jonathan, Kyprianides, Arabella, Solymosi, Reka, Dawson, Paul, Ramshaw, Nicole, and Gilbert, Emily
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COVID-19 pandemic , *PROCEDURAL justice , *PUBLIC support , *POLICE power , *TIME series analysis , *POLICE - Abstract
In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, police services around the world were granted unprecedented new powers to enforce social distancing restrictions. In this paper, we present data from a rolling representative sample survey of Londoners (n = 3,201) fielded during the height of the first wave of the pandemic (April to June 2020). We examine the scale of public support for giving police additional powers to enforce the regulations, whether support for different powers ebbed and flowed over time, and which factors predicted support for police powers. First, we use interrupted time-series analysis to model change over time. Second, we pool the data to test the predictors of support for police powers. Aside from one lockdown-specific temporal factor (the easing of restrictions), we find that even in the midst of a pandemic, legitimacy, procedural justice and affective evaluations of pandemic powers are the most important factors explaining variation in public support for police empowerment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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15. 'The wall and glory of Jerusalem': the sermons preached before the Lord Mayor and City of London during in the Commonwealth, Protectorate and early Restoration (1649-1662).
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Vernon, Elliot
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PREACHING , *MAYORS , *PURITANS , *LOYALTY , *LEADERSHIP , *PRESBYTERIANS - Abstract
This paper examines the sermons preached before the Lord Mayor and leadership of the City of London during the Commonwealth, Protectorate and early Restoration. It explores the locations and administration of the sermon series and how the City leadership financed the preaching and printing of the sermons that were selected to be printed. The paper also analyses the themes of the 77 printed sermons, looking at the various messages of sermons for state endeavours and sermons ostensibly preached for the care of the poor. The paper focuses on the main bulk of the sermons that concentrated on the need for the familiar puritan alliance of ministry and magistracy in the care of the Church and Reformed orthodoxy. The paper concludes by looking at the message of the sermons preached during the early years of the Restoration, which stressed loyalty and obedience to the newly restored King and episcopal hierarchy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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16. The Hornsey Enclosure Act 1813: By David Frith. London: Hornsey Historical Society, 2021. ISBN 978-0-906794-57-9, Pp. 92, illus. STG £12.00 (paper).
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Bendall, Sarah
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HISTORY associations , *WASTE lands - Abstract
He suggests that the cost of enclosure was unusually high because the commissioners decided to produce a detailed map and record of the entire parish, not only of the newly enclosed land B . b This, he surmises, is because the ecclesiastical authorities were beginning to realize that they needed better control over their land. In England and Wales, farming systems changed radically from Tudor times to the nineteenth century through the enclosure of commons, wastes and land holdings that had previously been scattered through large open fields. After the enclosure award, they thus had access to an accurate map and register of property interests that had been produced at the cost of the common holders of the parish. [Extracted from the article]
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- 2022
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17. Challenging NHS Corporate Mentality: Hospital-Management and Bureaucracy in London's Pandemic.
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Irons, Rebecca
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BUREAUCRACY , *PANDEMICS , *COVID-19 pandemic , *SENIOR leadership teams , *BUREAUCRATIZATION , *ANTITRUST law - Abstract
Whilst NHS Health Service management is usually characterized by hierarchized bureaucracy and profit-driven competitiveness, the COVID-19 pandemic drastically disrupted these ways of working and allowed London-based non-clinical management to experience their roles otherwise. This paper is based on 35 interviews with senior non-clinical management at a London-based NHS Trust during 'Alpha phase' of Britain's pandemic response (May-August 2020), an oft-overlooked group in the literature. I will draw upon Graeber's theory of "total bureaucratization" to argue that though the increasing neo-liberalization of the health-services has hitherto contributed toward a corporate mentality, the pandemic gave managers a chance to experience more collaboration and freedom than usual, which ultimately led to more effective realization of decision-making and change. The pandemic has shown NHS managers that there are alternatives to neoliberal logics of competition and hierarchy, and that those alternatives actually result in happier and effectively, more capable staff. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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18. 100 Years of the Ubiquitous Traffic Lights: An All-Round Review.
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Kulkarni, Ashish R., Kumar, Narendra, and Ramachandra Rao, K.
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AUTONOMOUS vehicles , *TRAFFIC signs & signals , *TRAVEL delays & cancellations , *RESEARCH personnel , *TRAFFIC engineering - Abstract
Three-colour four-way traffic light completed 100 years in 2020. Even though the traffic light in the form of Semaphore arms has been in use in London since 1868, electric traffic lights came into existence in 1912 and the standard three-colour four-way light in 1920. Research is continuously being carried out to develop better algorithms to improve safety, reduce travel delays, and optimize road capacity. Hence a review of the evolution of traffic lights is warranted. This paper presents an all-round review using a six-prong approach. Timeline of the evolution of the literature in the last 100 years, the evolution of hardware, algorithms, traffic control schemes, standards and the pedestrian lights and count down timer are the six areas in which the review is carried out. A timeline of the different keywords related to the various algorithms in use is presented. This article delves into the thinking and meticulous approach of early researchers and practitioners of the field while dwelling on the past. They laid the rock-solid foundation of today's research. Also, future research areas like connected vehicles and automated vehicles are pointed out, and a summary of the findings is presented at the end. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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19. 'After god, we give strength to each other': young people's experiences of coping in the context of unaccompanied forced migration.
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Scott, Jacqui, Mason, Barbara, and Kelly, Aisling
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YOUNG adults , *FORCED migration , *CRITICAL currents , *RELIGIOUS experience , *REFUGEE children , *CRITICAL analysis , *MINORS , *WORLDVIEW - Abstract
Young people arriving alone in the UK due to forced migration face significant hardships including, but not limited to, their history of experiences, current and future uncertainties, and cultural differences. This paper took a critical perspective of current dominant theories of refugee youth through in-depth exploration of lived experiences of coping. Following the authors' involvement in a community youth project and consultation, five young people took part in individual interviews. The participants were living in semi-independent accommodation in or near London, and were all male, while four identified as Muslim and one as Christian. Using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA), a culturally relative understanding of coping was developed. These young people were found to be taking active roles in managing their lives in the context of extensive loss, and gaining independence through connection to others. Religious practices were important, with young people making sense of their experiences through worldviews shaped by religious beliefs. While religion was described predominantly in a positive and beneficial light, an area for further investigation is the experience of religious struggle, and how this may impact experiences and coping. Implications for support for young people both from services and in communities are suggested. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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20. Proceedings of the 2023 spring meeting of the Society of British Neurological Surgeons.
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Turner, Carole
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SURGEONS , *MEETINGS , *HOSPITALS , *CONFERENCES & conventions - Abstract
This meeting was hosted by St George's Hospital, London 13th–15th September 2023 at the Twickenham Conference and Events Centre, London. The full abstracts of the platform presentations are followed by the titles of those submissions accepted as short orals and e-posters. The order of abstracts is that of presentation. Any papers in the programme that were not presented to the society at the meeting have not been published. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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21. Bridging the gaps between demos and kratos: broad-based community organising and political institutional infrastructure in London, UK.
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Wills, Jane
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POLITICAL community , *COMMUNITY organization - Abstract
This article explores the gap between people and rule (demos and kratos) in democratic societies by exploring the history and practice of broad-based community organising, as applied by London Citizens, United Kingdom (UK). The paper outlines the origins of this model of politics and how it has been translated from the United States to London and the UK. The paper highlights the power of mobilising the demos to put pressure on the decision-making governance structures that determine the kratos. While London Citizens does this through kratos-at-a-distance, the article goes on to explore how hyper-local, neighbourhood-scaled governance structures—'community councils'—could provide a powerful tool to further connect demos to kratos. Such councils could underpin a democratic revival that combines representation and participation at the scale at which people still live their lives. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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22. Something More than Straws and Sticks and Bits of Coloured Paper: English at Hackney Downs (formerly The Grocers' Company's School), 1876-1881.
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Hardcastle, John
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ENGLISH language education , *CHILD development , *SECONDARY education - Abstract
Herbert Courthope Bowen was a progressive spirit in English teaching during the last quarter of the nineteenth century. Ideas about the role of activity in the development of the child - ideas usually associated with progressive teaching in the 1960s and 1970s - may be found in Bowen's published papers. In connection with the time that Bowen was Head Master of a London secondary school, I explain what turned on the amount of Latin in the school curriculum, why Latin mattered so much at the time and why English teaching at Grocers' (Hackney Downs) where Bowen taught, was so controversial. Bowen published a series of remarkable papers on key themes. At the core of all these writings lies his passionate interest in the psychological development of the individual child. From Froebel Bowen gained a rich conception of the productivity of mind as well as a sense of children's individual worth and dignity. I argue the case that his writings deserve revisiting as pivotal contributions to a theory of English that has a strong psychological component. Bowen acted as a conduit for a rich legacy of largely German ideas about self-cultivation (Bildung). His emphasis on 'self-activity', 'creativity' and the 'constructive imagination' prefigures the working out of principles usually associated with progressive English Teaching in the post-war period, such as 'personal growth'. Indeed, many of the presuppositions, norms and assumptions of progressive educators were shaped by the ideas I discuss. By historicising them, and stripping them of their aura, I envisage opening up fresh possibilities for interrogation and critique. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2011
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23. Reflections on Allen and West's paper: 'Religious schools in London: school admissions, religious composition and selectivity'.
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Grace, Gerald
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RELIGIOUS institutions - Abstract
This paper is a reflection upon the research findings of Rebecca Allen and Anne West in relation to religious schools in London. While welcoming this contribution to the systematic study of faith schools (a neglected area of empirical inquiry), the paper argues that the use of 'religious schools' as a unitary category is problematic for the analysis. It also suggests that certain historical and cultural contextual knowledge is required when analysing the characteristics of different categories of religious schools. This response is intended to be helpful for future researchers into the different types of faith school. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2009
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24. The replacement of 'paper' cases by interactive online virtual patients in problem-based learning.
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Poulton, Terry, Conradi, Emily, Kavia, Sheetal, Round, Jonathan, and Hilton, Sean
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MEDICAL school curriculum , *MEDICAL education , *UNDERGRADUATE programs , *PROBLEM-based learning , *COMPUTER assisted instruction , *INTERNET in higher education ,UNDERGRADUATE education - Abstract
St George's University of London (SGUL) has a Problem-Based Learning (PBL) curriculum for its undergraduate medicine course, using traditional paper-based patient cases. To counter the limitation that paper cases are linear and do not allow students to explore the consequences of decisions, interactive online virtual patients (VPs) were developed which allowed students to consider options as the cases unfold, and allow students to explore the consequences of their actions. A PBL module was converted to VPs, and delivered to 72 students in 10 tutorial groups, with 5 groups each week receiving VPs with options and consequences, and 5 groups receiving online VPs but without options. A comprehensive evaluation was carried out, using questionnaires, and interviews.Both tutors and students believed that the ability to explore options and consequences created a more engaging experience and encouraged students to explore their learning. They regretted the loss of paper and neither group could see any value in putting cases online without the options. SGUL is now adapting its transitional year between the early campus years and the clinical attachment years. This will include the integration of all technology-based resources with face-to-face learning and create a more adaptive, personalised, competency-based style of learning. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2009
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25. Paper critique as an educational method in epidemiology.
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Alexander, Neal
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EPIDEMIOLOGY education , *MEDICAL education - Abstract
Focuses on a method in the teaching of epidemiology called paper critique at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in London, England. Objectives of the method; Inclusion of the concepts of rhetoric, myth and semiology in the development of paper critique as an educational method.
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- 2003
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26. Tukey's Paper After 40 Years.
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Mallows, Colin
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ZEROTH law of thermodynamics , *THERMODYNAMIC laws , *STATISTICS , *DATA analysis - Abstract
The paper referred to is ‘The Future of Data Analysis,’ published in 1962. Many authors have discussed it, notably Peter Huber, who in 1995 reviewed the period starting with Hotelling's 1940 article ‘The Teaching of Statistics.’ I extend the scope of Huber's remarks by considering also the period before 1940 and developments since 1995. I ask whether statistics is a science and suggest that to attract bright students to our subject, we need to show them the excitement and rewards of applied work. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2006
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27. Spaces for children's play and travel close to home: the importance of threshold spaces.
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Weir, Holly
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PUBLIC spaces , *SPACE , *BUILT environment , *FUNCTION spaces , *CHILD development , *NEIGHBORHOODS - Abstract
There is an increasing understanding of the role of the built environment on children's neighbourhood mobility and play and the importance of this for children's development. This has led to concerns over children's declining neighbourhood mobility and calls to see an increase in children's use of public space. This paper draws on findings from a research study working with 9 and 10 year olds living in inner London, England. The children participated in go-along interviews and a range of other qualitative methods, which explored how they used their neighbourhoods for getting around and play. Findings from the study demonstrate the importance of threshold spaces for children in supporting both their neighbourhood play and their wider neighbourhood travel and mobility. Threshold spaces are defined as a semi-public space that straddle the gap between the private space of the home and the wider public realm. Children's use of threshold spaces was influenced by a reduced movement function in these spaces, restricting vehicles and people passing through, and the presence of signals that it was ok to play, with girls being more sensitive to these features than boys. Threshold spaces were important as a start point for children's wider explorations of their neighbourhoods. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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28. The post-war reconstruction planning of London.
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Larkham, Peter J. and Adams, David
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WORLD War II , *POSTWAR reconstruction , *WAR - Abstract
The replanning of London following the Second World War is, in many ways, a familiar story. However it has often been told in fragments, usually prioritizing the best-known plans and the involvement of Professor Patrick Abercrombie. This paper positions the replanning more widely, considering a hierarchy from region to specific locales, and the problems of fragmented planning within such a structure. It explores issues of agents, agency and authority. The sanitized and orderly vision of a new London is set against a more complex and disordered reality of reconstruction-plan production. The urgency, scale and complexity of the task, and questions of why should 'author' plans, are significant issues. The realities of postwar London have been shaped by a messy and misunderstood process. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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29. Navigating migrant infrastructure and gendered infrastructural violence: reflections from Brazilian women in London.
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McIlwaine, Cathy and Evans, Yara
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VIOLENCE against women , *BRAZILIANS , *IMMIGRANTS , *RACE , *FEMINISM - Abstract
This paper explores some of the institutional and theoretical silences within debates on infrastructural violence with reference to migrant women survivors of gendered violence. Drawing from feminist thinking around structural and symbolic oppression, it develops the notion of gendered infrastructural violence to help understand how migrant women survivors navigate statutory and non-statutory institutions when seeking support. Empirically, the paper elucidates how diverse Brazilian migrant women in London negotiate multiple forms of passive and active infrastructural violence played out in terms of xenophobia, discrimination and a hostile immigration environment. Such experiences can dissuade them from reporting due to actual and perceived fear of further violence being perpetrated against them. While infrastructural violence perpetrated by an oppressive racial state can exacerbate Brazilian migrant women's suffering of direct gendered abuse, migrant and/or feminist organisations provide invaluable support and an essential protective bulwark. Yet these experiences are mediated differently depending on women's social locations in terms of intersecting race, class, occupational and immigration status and language competencies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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30. Communal interaction and creativity as revolution: resistance to corporate landlords by regulated tenants.
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Rozena, Sharda
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GENTRIFICATION , *SLOW violence , *LANDLORD-tenant relations , *REAL estate business , *CREATIVE ability , *REAL estate management , *MAKERSPACES - Abstract
This paper will chart the multiple ways that regulated tenants in my family home of Webb Place, a tenement building in Kensington, London, experience gentrification-induced displacement. I then discuss how community and creativity play a part in their resistance and survival. Landlords and property management companies have subjected regulated tenants, in this specific context, to a long process of 'slow violence' and displacement that has included negligence and harassment intended to stress, harm, anger, and ultimately push out residents. Not only does this 'slow violence' occur behind the closed door of the building but so does resistance to it. Communal interaction and creativity have helped regulated tenants to mock power structures and repurpose space while also trying to survive the gentrification of their home. While this displacement is not unique to regulated tenants, this paper adds to much-needed theoretical work that centres on regulated tenants—indeed, in-depth analysis of gentrification and displacement among this subfield is essentially non-existent in the UK, until now. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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31. The Undesirables.
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Jackson, Melanie
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ETCHING , *PAPER sculpture , *SHIPWRECKS in art , *SHIPS in art , *SCULPTURE exhibitions - Abstract
The article offers information on the large-scale paper sculpture "The Undesirable" made up of hundreds of individual etchings. It relates that the sculpture depicts the MSC Napoli shipwreck on its journey to South Africa in 2007, which ran aground in Branscombe, South Devon. It adds that the sculpture will be part of the exhibit "Hydrarchy: Power and Resistance at Sea" at Gasworks in London, England in 2010.
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32. The characteristics of street codes and competing performances of masculinity on an inner-city housing estate.
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King, Brendan and Swain, Jon
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MASCULINITY , *PLANNED communities , *RISK-taking behavior , *BLACK Lives Matter movement , *SERVER farms (Computer network management) - Abstract
With analysis occurring during a heightened concern with the Black Lives Matter movement and knife crime in the U.K., this paper aims to delineate the characteristics of a street code, constituting a specific dominant and often hegemonic form of 'street masculinity' found on an inner-city housing estate in London called Maxwell. The fieldwork ran over nine months in 2019, involving 48 Black, Asian, and minority ethnic men aged 18–22. Using an ethnographic methodology, the principal methods of data generation were observations, interviews and informal conversations. The main theories this study draws on to understand 'street masculinity' were Connell's and Messerschmidt's dominant, hegemonic, subordinate and complicit masculinity forms. Findings centre on data from two young men who exemplify different patterns of masculinity performing the street code. Findings are presented under a series of characteristics that make up the game of the 'on-road' street masculinity and include (1) authenticity, 'swagger' and not being 'pussy'; (2) a preparedness for violence; (3) knife-carrying; (4) a presence on the digital street. Although this way of living drove a desire for respect and group status, there was also an underlying and pervasive sense of vulnerability derived from risk-taking and anticipation of danger. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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33. The Real Faces of the Royal Borough: from academic research to art exhibition.
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Rozena, Sharda and Lynn, Nevada
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GENTRIFICATION , *ART exhibitions , *HOUSING , *BOROUGHS , *COST of living , *UNIVERSITY research - Abstract
The paper introduces the exhibition, The Real Faces of the Royal Borough. This touring exhibition combines digital portraiture by artist Nevada Lynn and research on gentrification and displacement by urban geographer Sharda Rozena. By focusing on the individual lives and experiences of twelve residents from Kensington and Chelsea, we highlight the everyday impact of gentrification in this London borough, including displacement, transient community, high costs of living and unaffordable rents. The portraits help us to humanise the housing crisis and increase people's awareness of the injustices that arise from the ongoing gentrification of the Royal Borough. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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34. After riots: Toward a research agenda on the long-term effects of urban unrest.
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Ince, Anthony, Borén, Thomas, and Lindell, Ilda
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RIOTS , *URBAN sociology , *PRIVATE sector , *CIVIL society - Abstract
Urban societies are experiencing intensified social frictions which have manifested in a growing occurrence of riots. Urban riots are often treated as ephemeral outbursts which create only short-term or immediate responses by the state or residents. However, this paper aims to move beyond such present-centrism by proposing a research agenda for studying their contextually longer-term legacies. Particular consideration is given to three thematic areas: (a) policy responses, (b) temporalities and urban memory, and (c) feelings and subjectivities. Drawing upon empirical illustrations concerning riots in London (2011) and Stockholm (2013), the paper uncovers variations within and across the two cities, such as differing state and private sector interventions; reshaping of civil society; and how residents variously resist, adapt to, and promote change. The paper thus reflects upon how riots' afterlives in different urban contexts are constructed, mobilized and contested. Such variations point to the importance of the situated study of urban riots' diverse legacies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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35. Doing the right thing? value conflicts and community policing.
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O'Reilly, Carina
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COMMUNITY policing , *BLACK Lives Matter movement , *PUBLIC support , *POLICE legitimacy , *COMMUNITIES , *POLITICAL realism - Abstract
Research on police legitimacy and public confidence underlines the importance of the police demonstrating moral alignment with the communities they serve. However, less attention is given to conflict between values, either within communities or between communities and the police. This study explores value conflicts in community or neighbourhood policing from a perspective of political realism, which suggests that such conflicts are inevitable and can only be resolved in temporary and contingent ways. It does so through a case study of neighbourhood policing, seen through local ward panel meetings, in one London borough. In total, 33 semi-structured interviews with 43 participants were undertaken, and seven hours of observations. This paper identifies four value-based conflicts that emerged through the meetings, and shows how neighbourhood police officers were able to provisionally resolve them, thus supporting confidence and legitimacy. However, it also shows how austerity has put this capacity at risk, both operationally, and through a receding of confidence as an organisational priority, with potential long-term consequences for public confidence in the police. With global protests such as Black Lives Matters, and anti-lockdown demonstrations, underlining the importance of public confidence and legitimacy to police organisations across the world, this paper adds to the evidence on the capacity of community policing to support this, offers a new perspective to understand the role of values in policing, and discusses the policy implications. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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36. Collaboration and competition in cultural fields: non-core high-end cuisines in global cities.
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Lane, Christel and Opazo, M. Pilar
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EXPERTISE , *COOKING , *COOKS , *RURAL-urban relations , *WORLD culture - Abstract
This paper examines global flows of culinary cultural knowledge, expertise and practitioners from previously culturally peripheral countries/cultures to two global cities in core countries – London and New York. Our paper finds that, contrary to Bourdieu's claims, "struggle in the field" is not an invariable attribute of cultural fields. Instead, the high-end culinary field shows substantial evidence of collaboration between chefs. We explain this finding by showing the special characteristics of the culinary field in the last odd decade, and by undertaking an in-depth examination of chefs' habitus and strategies of entry and legitimation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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37. London's arts labs and the 60s avant-garde: by David Curtis, New Barnet, John Libbey Publishing, 2020, 170 pp., US$32.00 (paper), ISBN 9780861967483.
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Chapman, Adrian
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MEMOIRS , *ART centers , *WEIMAR Republic, 1918-1933 - Abstract
Appendices to Curtis' book provide a list of regional labs, plus more on the Southampton lab. In 1968, the Scottish Beat novelist Alexander Trocchi hosted an evening in London entitled "The State of the Revolt." David Curtis helped run both labs and was a pivotal figure in the second (in which Haynes took no part and which he barely discusses). [Extracted from the article]
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38. Perceptions, experiences and accommodations of Britishness; an exploration of national identity amongst young British Sikhs and Hindus in London.
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Bhambra, Manmit
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SIKHS , *NATIONAL character , *YOUNG adults , *HINDUS , *MINORITIES , *FAMILIES - Abstract
This paper is centred on exploring how young people from Sikh and Hindu backgrounds, who are British born and living in the London area understand Britishness. By utilising transcripted interviews from eighty respondents, this research uncovers and presents the core perceptions and understandings that these young people have about British national identity and the ways in which it is accommodated (or not) alongside other important sources of belonging in their lives. This paper presents the diverse ways in which these young people understand Britishness. In particular, 'thick' and 'thin' conceptualisations of Britishness and the role of family structures in shaping belonging are examined. It is suggested that any discussion of how ethnic minorities relate to national identity requires a better understanding of the diverse ways in which this form of identity is understood and accommodated. This, in turn, will encourage a more inclusive and productive debate on the role of national identity in multi-cultural Britain. This is particularly salient in a post-Brexit Britain where the themes of nationality and belonging have been brought into the socio-political fore once more, and newer immigrants are facing the challenges of feeling included and becoming British. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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39. Displacement and estate demolition: multi-scalar place attachment among relocated social housing residents in London.
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Watt, Paul
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INVOLUNTARY relocation , *DEMOLITION , *COMMUNITY relations , *NEIGHBORHOODS - Abstract
The forced relocation—displacement—of social housing residents resulting from estate regeneration involving demolition has been the subject of considerable academic and policy debate. While some scholars and policy makers regard such displacement as having harmful outcomes in relation to loss of homes and community relations, others argue that residents benefit from relocation as they move to 'better places'. This paper contributes to this debate, and to the wider 'post-displacement' research agenda, by providing an experiential perspective on residential relocation with reference to in-depth interviews with social housing residents in London who returned to new-build flats at the redeveloped mixed-tenure estates. The paper employs a multi-scalar approach to place attachment which is illustrated and analysed at three spatial scales: domestic (home/dwelling), intermediate (block of flats) and neighbourhood (estate). The home scale is the most positive albeit not unequivocal aspect of residents' post-displacement experiences, whereas place attachments at the block and neighbourhood scales are characterized by extensive and intensive disruptions and losses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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40. Resilience in the City of London: the fate of UK financial services after Brexit.
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Kalaitzake, Manolis
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FINANCIAL services industry , *BRITISH withdrawal from the European Union, 2016-2020 , *CAPITAL movements , *BREXIT Referendum, 2016 , *REPURCHASE agreements , *ECONOMIES of agglomeration , *INTERNATIONAL trade , *FOREIGN exchange , *CLEARING of securities - Abstract
The fate of British finance following the Brexit referendum revolves around the 'resilience or relocation' debate: will the City of London continue to thrive as the world's leading financial centre or will the bulk of its activity move to rival hubs after departure from EU trading arrangements? Despite extensive commentary, there remains no systematic analysis of this question since the Leave vote. This paper addresses that lacuna by evaluating the empirical evidence concerning jobs, investments, and share of key trading markets. Contrary to widely-held expectations, the evidence suggests that the City has been remarkably resilient. Brexit has had no significant impact on jobs and London has consolidated its position as the chief location for financial FDI, FinTech funding, and attracting new firms. Most unexpectedly, the City has increased its dominance in major infrastructure markets such as over-the-counter clearing of (euro-denominated) derivatives and foreign exchange—although it has lost out in the handling of repurchase agreements and share trading. Based upon this evidence, the paper argues that London's resilience is mainly a function of its status as a crucial 'agglomeration peak' of global finance which shelters its unique ecosystem from the typical pressures of capital flight. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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41. The effect of nutritional status on historical infectious disease morbidity: evidence from the London Foundling Hospital, 1892-1919.
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Schneider, Eric B.
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NUTRITIONAL status , *COMMUNICABLE diseases , *WHOOPING cough , *CHICKENPOX , *MEDICAL technology - Abstract
There is a complex inter-relationship between nutrition and morbidity in human health. Many diseases reduce nutritional status, but on the other hand, having low nutritional status is also known to make individuals more susceptible to certain diseases and to more serious illness. Modern evidence on these relationships, determined after the introduction of antibiotics and vaccines, may not be applicable to historical settings before these medical technologies were available. This paper uses a historical cohort study based on records from the London Foundling Hospital to determine the causal effect of nutritional status of children, proxied by weight- and height-for-age Z-scores, on the odds of contracting five infectious diseases of childhood (measles, mumps, rubella, chicken pox and whooping cough) and on sickness duration from these diseases. I identify a causal effect by exploiting the randomisation of environmental conditions as foundling children were removed from their original homes, then fostered with families in counties nearby London and later returned to the Foundling Hospital's main site in London. I find no effect of nutritional status on the odds of contracting the five diseases, but I do find a historically important and statistically significant effect of nutritional status on sickness duration for measles and mumps. These findings have three implications. First, historical incidence of these diseases was unrelated to nutritional status, meaning that poor nutritional status during famines or during the Colombian Exchange did not affect the spread of epidemics. However, undernutrition in these events may have exacerbated measles severity. Second, improving nutritional status in the past 150 years would have reduced the severity of measles and mumps infections but not affect the decline in whooping cough mortality. Finally, selective culling effects from measles would be larger than those from whooping cough since whooping cough severity was not correlated with underlying nutritional status. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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42. Item, pur escrivyng et enrollynge in Englyshe: From Latin and French to English in the medieval business records of the Grocers of London.
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Alcolado Carnicero, José Miguel
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FRENCH language , *BUSINESS English , *LANGUAGE maintenance , *BUSINESS records , *GROCERS - Abstract
This paper diachronically analyses code-switching and language maintenance and shift between Latin and French, on the one hand, and English, on the other hand, in the earliest business accounts of the Grocers' livery company during medieval London. Linguistic methods used here have been successfully applied to manuscripts of another company: the Mercers of London. The new findings, first, confirm that the earlier the account was recorded, the more present Latin and French are, whereas the later the account was kept, the more present English is; however, second, they reveal an unnoticed period of code-switching into Latin and French before English monolingualism, whose evolution stages seem to occur in reverse order. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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43. Cracking buildings, cracking capitalism: antagonism, affect, and the importance of squatting for housing justice.
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Milligan, Rowan Tallis
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CAPITALISM , *POLITICAL development , *CONSCIOUSNESS , *AFFECT (Psychology) , *HOUSING - Abstract
In this paper I argue that squatting provides a concrete and theoretical location for dismantling binaries between successful and failed resistance. Focusing on the development of a political and affective consciousness and the inherent antagonism within squatting above the temporality of an individual squat or occupation helps to recentre the 'urban political' and understand the value and power of the urban commons. I combine radical democracy and affect theory to argue for the centrality of squatting in challenging urban capitalist hegemony. Not only does squatting transform consciousness, but the physically and emotionally supportive practices that it engenders helps to return the emotive as well as the political to the urban environment. I support this claim with reference to the successful 2015 Aylesbury occupation in London, which the occupiers approached with affective solidarity and a desire to reclaim space through antagonistic urban insurrection. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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44. More Angry than Scared? A Study of Public Reactions to the Manchester Arena and London Bridge Terror Attacks of 2017.
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Roach, Jason, Cartwright, Ashley, and Pease, Ken
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GOVERNMENT policy , *ARENAS , *PUBLIC safety , *TERRORISM , *ANGER - Abstract
Although public reaction to disaster has been the subject of much research, reactions to acts of terrorism have been studied less, sustaining a common assumption that fear is the generic response. The present paper tests this assumption through a survey of reactions to the Manchester Arena bombing and London Bridge attack of 2017, and the findings suggest that an important likely additional modal citizen reaction to such events is one of anger at the perpetrators, holding important implications for public policy and security practice in the wake of such acts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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45. Housing for highly mobile transnational professionals: evolving forms of housing practices in Moscow and London.
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Maslova, Sabina
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HOUSING , *SHARED housing , *MEGALOPOLIS , *HOUSING market , *SEMI-structured interviews , *DIASPORA ,WESTERN countries - Abstract
Most housing forms and living arrangements in contemporary cities are designed for settled populations, and housing markets poorly address the needs of mobile population groups. This paper explores the housing forms and living arrangements which emerge from the conditions of temporality and mobility and are practised by the middle-income group of high-skilled transnational professionals. The study is based on 65 semi-structured interviews with migrants from Western countries in Moscow and London. Three inter-related factors of highly mobile living are found to shape the particular housing demands of this migrant group. Firstly, the need for economic flexibility determines the preference for sharing options rather than for individual renting. Secondly, the travelling pattern of their jobs imposes time-related housing limitations, and their life-course stage may require flexibility. Thirdly, this migrant group expresses requirements for physical and functional comfort of housing, as well as access to amenities and a sense of community, despite their detached lifestyles. However, although most of these housing needs are known in the literature, they have not yet been examined in relation to the mobile living of transnational professionals, and this paper illuminates this research gap. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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46. The metamorphosis: a literary analysis of the Arab Muslim refugee's interpersonal struggles of integration in London.
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Panossian, Vicky
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ARAB refugees , *IDENTITY (Psychology) , *NATURALIZATION , *SOCIAL groups - Abstract
Contemporary literature reflects a newly emerging paradigm of the Arab Muslim refugee's identity. The current conflict in the Middle East created a surge of migrants to European nations. The resulting social phenomenon enforces a series of interpersonal and international struggles for both the refugees and their hosts. In this paper, I carry out a comparative interpretation of Kamila Shamsie's Home Fire and Mohsin Hamid's Exit West in order to demonstrate the Arab Muslim refugee's identity reinvention and metamorphosis in Britain, particularly in London. As I demonstrate in this paper, the many protagonists in both literary works allude to specific phases of the naturalization process, as social group's prejudiced and stereotypical conceptualization of the 'other' is identified. Paradoxical accounts of empathy and apathy are recorded and conflicting social roles are highlighted. The literary works suggest the genesis of new multi-national Arab Muslim identities as potential (re)solution to the interpersonal struggles of integration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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47. The 'Great Game' and Sport: Identity, Contestation and Irish–British Relations in the Olympic Movement.
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Liston, Katie and Maguire, Joseph
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OLYMPIC Games , *JURISDICTION (International law) , *NON-state actors (International relations) , *STATE government archives , *SOFT power (Social sciences) , *ARCHIVES - Abstract
This paper draws on original rigorous research conducted in an extensive range of local, national and international state archives, sporting repositories and personal papers. In focus is the 1948 London Olympic Games, the Olympic movement and a 'new' phase in Irish–British relations involving international sport. Here, for the first time, we elucidate the role of non-state sportive diplomats who, acting as cultural intermediaries, were involved in the production of ideas about the normative rules governing international jurisdiction and identity that prevented nations/states from being recognized on their own terms. The intricate details revealed here are made possible by a rigorous two-way traffic between sensitizing concepts and evidence: specifically, the quest for exciting significance by non-state actors, soft power struggles and 'patriot games' via the medium of international Olympic and athletic movements. The paper also makes two other important contributions: to sport in/and international relations and the politics of Olympic protests. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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48. Reshaped teachers' careers? New patterns and the fragmentation of the teaching profession in England.
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Mathou, Cécile, Sarazin, Marc, and Dumay, Xavier
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TEACHER training , *TEACHER development , *TEACHER educators , *LABOR market , *EMPLOYMENT of teachers , *PROFESSIONAL education - Abstract
In this paper, we examine how evolutions related to the fragmentation of labour markets, the flexibilisation of work and employment conditions, and the multiplication of teacher training models and teachers' roles in schools, are contributing to reshaping teachers' careers. Drawing on interviews with teachers and senior leaders from 8 schools in London, our analyses highlight six career patterns and their embeddedness in the changing institutional environment of labour markets for teachers. Our results help renew the dialogue between research on teachers' professional lives and on teachers' labour markets. They have wider implications for knowledge on the fragmentation of the teaching profession, beyond the London case. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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49. Making Sense of Home Among Ethnic Minority Older Adults: Experiences of Aging in Place Among the Turkish Community in London.
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Yazdanpanahi, Melisa and Woolrych, Ryan
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COMMUNITIES , *MINORITIES , *TURKS , *ADULTS , *AGING , *INTERGENERATIONAL mobility - Abstract
The importance of home in constructing notions of identity, self, and belonging is well recognized in the aging in place literature. However, much of the research has focused on mainstream population groups, rather than on the experiences of ethnic minority communities, whose lifecourse trajectories may reveal one of transience in relation to place, aging and home. Based on 48 semi-structured individual interviews and five community mapping workshops with 65 older Turkish adults living in north London, this paper aims to provide insight into how the home is negotiated and understood by older Turkish migrants. Thematic analysis of the data revealed three interrelated themes important to the narratives of older Turkish people: "Home as a reflection of identity and self", "Home as a social and cultural place" and "Transnationality, mobility and home". [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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50. The everyday lived experiences of Airbnbification in London.
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Rozena, Sharda and Lees, Loretta
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GENTRIFICATION , *COMMUNITIES , *FOCUS groups , *INTERNET surveys , *NEIGHBORHOODS , *ETHNOLOGY - Abstract
This paper examines the impact of Airbnb on the everyday lived experiences of residents in London. We focus on three spatial scales – the city, neighbourhood, and an individual building. Short-term rental platforms such as Airbnb have transformed socio-cultural urban landscapes by turning homes into informal hotels. We argue that many of the consequences of Airbnb echo and support those of gentrification; this includes indirect displacement, buy-to-let investment, and transient communities. Using mixed-methods, including geodata, online surveys, focus groups, resident diaries, and auto/ethnography, we explore the impact of Airbnb across London, in Kensington, and inside a specific building on Kensington High Street. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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