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4. Border crossings : in/exclusion and higher education in art and design

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Dean, Fiona

Subjects
700.711411, Art Study and teaching (Higher) Great Britain
Abstract

This study explores ideas of inclusion and exclusion - in/exclusion - within art and education contexts, more specifically how they shift and alter within the processes of selection to one Scottish institution of Higher Education in Art and Design. The empirical focus of selection is told through detailed narratives that follow the thinking and responses of a diversity of selectors to the visual and written submissions of wide ranging applicants. These discussions make visible the ways in which candidates are deliberated into and out of the institution and are layered further by a broader quantitative look, exploring how this detail plays out more widely in the chances of in/exclusion across all applicants. This research has implications for a number of areas, including policy and practice on social in/exclusion, particularly as it relates to the arts and Higher Education. However, it is not solely an access or admissions study; it tries to extend understanding and approaches to in/exclusion by questioning what people are being included into as well as the ways of in/excluding. It gets inside and lays open a process of decision-making that has not previously been explored in this kind of depth and is made visible here through an often troubling, personal, methodological and theoretical assemblage of stories and crossings. My own shifts as a learner, artist and educator en/unfold with selection narratives and rich visual images that confront and question issues of representation, difference and risk as they surface within the research. It is this very detail of insight, getting inside those areas that are often unspoken and unseen that makes this investigation so unusual, adding new layers of questioning and understanding to the many approaches that exist in thinking and acting on in/exclusion. If there was any sense that in/exclusion to Higher Education in the Arts and Design might be determined or resolved simply by altering indicators and numbers in terms of social class, education or the spatiality of where an individual lives, then this study offers a different kind of view. It reveals a more complex process of looking and decision-making, in which selectors often try to see beyond the surface of the visual and written in search of the individual. It shows the shifting balance in what is looked for in a process that is fraught with chance, ethics, trust and emotional dilemmas. In doing so, it makes the case for a more reflexive and ontological engagement in approaches to in/exclusion. Nothing is certain. In/exclusion becomes an assemblage of elements that displace across selectors, taking new forms and combinations that are rooted in qualities that applicants bring with them as well as what selectors bring into the process. How these fold together can lead to very different outcomes.

Published
2004

9. Large, old pools of carbon and microbial communities are present deep in soils under a temperate planted forest.

Author

Byers, Alexa, Garrett, Loretta, Armstrong, Charlotte, Dean, Fiona, and Wakelin, Steve

Subjects
MICROBIAL communities, TEMPERATE forests, SOIL microbiology, CLIMATE change mitigation, CARBON sequestration, RIBOSOMAL RNA
Abstract

Forest soils are fundamental in regulating the global carbon (C) cycle; their capacity to accumulate large stores of C means they are vital in mitigating the effects of climate change. Understanding the processes that regulate forest soil organic C (SOC) dynamics and stabilisation is important to maximise the capacity and longevity of C sequestration. Compared to surface soil layers, little is known about the SOC dynamics in subsoil layers, sensu those below 30 cm depth. This knowledge gap creates large uncertainties when estimating the global distribution and vulnerability of SOC reserves to climate change. This study aimed to dive deep into the subsoils of Puruki Experimental Forest (New Zealand) and characterise the incremental changes in SOC dynamics and the soil microbiome down to 1 metre soil depth. ITS and 16S rRNA sequencing and quantitative real-time PCR were used to measure changes in soil microbial diversity, composition, and abundance. Stable (δ13C) and radioactive (14C) C analyses were performed to assess depth-driven changes in SOC stability and age. We conservatively estimate more than 35 % of total C stocks are present in subsoil layers below 30 cm. Although C age steadily increased with depth, reaching a mean radiocarbon age of 1571 yBP (years before present) in the deepest soil layers, the stability of SOC varied between different subsoil depth increments. Declines in soil carbon were associated with lower microbial diversity, abundance, and significant shifts in community membership. These research findings highlight the importance of quantifying subsoil C stocks for accurate systems-level global and local C budgets and modeling. Furthermore, performing a broad range of analytical measures (i.e. 13C & 14C natural abundance, and microbiome analysis) is vital to assess the vulnerability of subsoil C to climate change. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2022
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10. Visual impairment, severe visual impairment, and blindness in children in Britain (BCVIS2): a national observational study

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Teoh, Lucinda J, primary, Solebo, Ameenat Lola, additional, Rahi, Jugnoo S, additional, Abbott, Joe, additional, Abdullah, Wajda, additional, Adams, Gill, additional, Allen, Louise, additional, Anderson, Christopher, additional, Ansell, Karen, additional, Anwar, Samira, additional, Ash, Isabel, additional, Ashworth, Jane, additional, Aslam, Sher, additional, Astagi, Majunath, additional, Ball, Colin, additional, Balu, Rajesh, additional, Barrett, Victoria, additional, Bassi, Zahabiyah, additional, Bates, Adam, additional, Batra, Dushyant, additional, Bell, Sarah, additional, Belmour, Linda, additional, Benzimra, James, additional, Birrell, Ginny, additional, Biswas, Susmito, additional, Blaikie, Andrew, additional, Blundell, Michael, additional, Bolton, Kate, additional, Bos, Ewoud, additional, Bowen, Pamela, additional, Bowman, Richard, additional, Boyle, Natalie, additional, Bradbury, John, additional, Bredow, Maria, additional, Bregu, Marsel, additional, Brennan, Nicholas, additional, Brennan, Rosie, additional, Brittain, Paul, additional, Buchanan, Charles, additional, Bunce, Catey, additional, Bunting, Howard, additional, Burgess, Priscilla, additional, Burke, Cathie, additional, Bush, Alexandra Kate, additional, Butcher, Jeremy, additional, Butler, Lucilla, additional, Cane, Clare, additional, Chadwick, Cathryn, additional, Charlton, Ruth, additional, Childs, Anne-Marie, additional, Choi, Jessy, additional, Choleva, Vivi, additional, Churchill, Amanda, additional, Clarke, Michael, additional, Clayton, Peter, additional, Clifford, Luke, additional, Connor, Alan, additional, Cox, Rachel, additional, Cresswell, Lyn, additional, Dahlmann-Noor, Annegret, additional, D'Amore, Angela, additional, Dattani, Mehul, additional, Dean, Fiona, additional, Devlin, Anita, additional, Dhir, Luna, additional, Doherty, Cora, additional, Dorey, Suzanne, additional, Drimmie, Fiona, additional, Duke, Tina, additional, Dutton, Gordon, additional, Eaton, Fiona, additional, Eaton, Megan, additional, Eckersley, Danielle, additional, Edelsten, Clive, additional, Elderkin, Rachel, additional, Ennis, Julia, additional, Escardo-Paton, Julia, additional, Estephen, Ziad, additional, Etuwewe, Onajite, additional, Evans, Anthony, additional, Ezekwe, Adjoa, additional, Fairfield, Jenny, additional, Falzon, Kevin, additional, Ferguson, Allison, additional, Fleck, Brian, additional, Gainsborough, Mary, additional, Galloway, Alexandra, additional, Gerson-Sofer, Naomi, additional, Gibbon, Caspar, additional, Gibson, Patricia, additional, Goss, Kevin, additional, Graham-Evans, Katherine, additional, Gray, Judith, additional, Gregory, Anna, additional, Gulati, Arun, additional, Gurtin-Zorkun, Deniz, additional, Guy, Emma, additional, Haddad, Diab, additional, Haggerty, Helen, additional, Haigh, Paul, additional, Hale, Julia, additional, Hamada, Samer, additional, Hancox, Joanne, additional, Hanna, Kerry, additional, Harris, Sian, additional, Harrison, Christine, additional, Harvey, Phillip, additional, Headland, Sophie, additional, Heath, Dominic, additional, Heaton, Paul, additional, Henderson, Robert, additional, Hingorani, Melanie, additional, Hirst, Zoe, additional, Hogg, Claire, additional, Hogler, Wolfgang, additional, Holden, Roger, additional, Hoole, Janice, additional, Horridge, Karen, additional, Howard, Delyth, additional, Howells, Rachel, additional, Irvine, Vanessa, additional, Irving, Clare, additional, Johnson, Nicola, additional, Johnston, Ian, additional, Jollands, Alice, additional, Jones, David, additional, Joseph, Annie, additional, Joshi, Archana, additional, Kandaswamy, Pugazhvendan, additional, Kattakayam, Charles, additional, Keenan, Joseph, additional, Kelly, Anne, additional, Kersey, James, additional, Khan, Awais, additional, Khaw, Peng, additional, Kipioti, Tina, additional, Kiran, Sadia, additional, Kneen, Lesley, additional, Kotagiri, Ajay, additional, Kulshrestha, Richa, additional, Lambley, Rosemary, additional, Lavy, Tim, additional, Lawson, Joanna, additional, Lee, Vicki, additional, Leitch, Jane, additional, Lennon, Julie, additional, Lipshen, Gabi, additional, Lloyd, Chris, additional, Loftus, John, additional, Lomas, Tom, additional, Long, Vernon, additional, Mackinnon, Jane, additional, MacRae, Mary, additional, Mahmood, Usman, additional, Maino, Anna, additional, Maling, Sarah, additional, Mansfield, David, additional, Marder, Elizabeth, additional, Markham, Richard, additional, Marr, Jane, additional, Marsh, Catherine, additional, Maw, Anna, additional, McCartney, Eleanor, additional, McCullagh, Helen, additional, McDonald, Anna, additional, McPhee, Derek, additional, Miall, Lawrence, additional, Mistry, Shila, additional, Moate, Benjamin, additional, Mohan, Meyyammai, additional, Moore, Helen, additional, Moore, Will, additional, Morgan, Nicola, additional, Morton, Claire, additional, Mulvihill, Alan, additional, Nair, Ranjit, additional, Newman, Bill, additional, Nitsch, Christiane, additional, O'Connell, Katy, additional, Oluonye, Ngozi, additional, Pai, Vittaldas, additional, Palmer, Helen, additional, Papadopoulos, Maria, additional, Parkinson, Shelagh, additional, Parmar, Bina, additional, Parulekar, Manoj, additional, Parvathareddy, Madhavi, additional, Patel, Dipesh, additional, Patel, Himanshu, additional, Patel, Kamal, additional, Pennefather, Philippa, additional, Petrone, Flaudia, additional, Pierrepoint, Marcus, additional, Pilling, Rachel, additional, Pollard, Sally, additional, Puertas, Renata, additional, Pysden, Karen, additional, Quinn, Anthony, additional, Quinn, Philip, additional, Rachdan, Diyaa, additional, Raina, Jyoti, additional, Rajak, Saul, additional, Ramm, Laura, additional, Rands, Catherine, additional, Rao, Tekki, additional, Ray, Mary, additional, Reddy, Ashwin, additional, Reilly, Sheilla, additional, Rekha, Maralla, additional, Richardson, Greg, additional, Riordan, Andrew, additional, Roberts, Nerys, additional, Robertson, Helen, additional, Robinson, Gillian, additional, Rogers, Neil, additional, Saeed, Shakir, additional, Salmon, Caroline, additional, Sargent, Jenefer, additional, Sarvananthan, Nagini, additional, Schmoll, Conrad, additional, Self, James, additional, Sellar, P, additional, Service, Elaine, additional, Shafiq, Ayad, additional, Shah, Shilpa, additional, Sharma, Vinod, additional, Sharp, Jemima, additional, Shaw, Julia, additional, Shenoy, Manjula, additional, Sleep, Tamsin, additional, Smit, Elisa, additional, Smyth, Katherine, additional, Speedwell, Lynne, additional, Spowart, Katherine, additional, Standring, P, additional, Stanga, Paulo, additional, Stanley, Alison, additional, Stanton, Alan, additional, Steel, David, additional, Stephen, John, additional, Stewart, Catherine, additional, Street, Jessica, additional, Stucke, Sally, additional, Sutherland, Shona, additional, Tambe, Katya, additional, Tandon, Anamika, additional, Tappin, Alison, additional, Taylor, Kate, additional, Taylor, Robert, additional, Teasdale, Katherine, additional, Theodorou, Maria, additional, Thomas, Gareth, additional, Thomas, Megan, additional, Thomas, Paula, additional, Thompson, Dorothy, additional, Thomson, Stephen, additional, Thopte, Indrajit, additional, Tiffin, Peter, additional, Tillett, Angela, additional, Traunecker, Heidi, additional, Tsimpida, Maria, additional, Van Someren, Vivienne, additional, Venkatesh, Udupa, additional, Vermaak, Zoe, additional, Vincent, Michael, additional, Walker, David, additional, Walker, Simon, additional, Walsh, Deidre, additional, Walters, Bronwyn, additional, Ward Platt, Martin, additional, Watson, Louise, additional, Watts, Patrick, additional, West, Siobhan, additional, West, Stephanie, additional, White, Cathy, additional, White, Joy, additional, Whitlingum, Gabriel, additional, Williams, Cathy, additional, Wilne, Sophie, additional, Wilson, Janice, additional, Wong, Chien, additional, Woodbridge, Tamsin, additional, Wright, Paul, additional, Wyles, Martha, additional, and Wylie, Philip, additional

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2021
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21. Spaces of Mediation: Excavating Art's Boundaries.

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Dean, Fiona

Subjects
*ART & society, *SPACE perception
Abstract

Ideas of social responsibility and exploring art's place in society are widespread and prevalent. Access, community, participation, empowerment are words that appear with increasing frequency within disparate discourses. From Glasgow's successful bid to be UK City of Architecture and Design 1999, [1] to lottery guidelines [2] and policy research [3], there appears to be a preoccupation with such terminology. However, does this demonstrate a true desire to find a point of mediation between discourses, between one place or one group and another? Do projects establish sustainability in the relationships that are built up between apparently disparate elements or are these terms linked mainly to high profile events that intervene, then move on, leaving people with little more than a memory of the encounter? This paper proposes that in order to shift the topography of art practice – the where, how and on whose terms it occurs – spaces and forms of mediation have to reconstruct the very sub structure on which they are founded. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2000
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