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Spatial interferences: site-specific strategies for immersive regeneration. (2024)
Book Chapter
MARTINEZ SANCHEZ, M.J. [2025]. Spatial interferences: site-specific strategies for immersive regeneration. In the Routledge companion to immersive media. Abingdon: Routledge. (Forthcoming)

This chapter explores immersive approaches to site-specific performance and architecture within the context of placemaking and regeneration. Performativity plays an essential role in spatial practices, as it is always involved in generating meaning a... Read More about Spatial interferences: site-specific strategies for immersive regeneration..

Nurturing entrepreneurs: designing child-friendly workshops for refugee women. (2024)
Book Chapter
STREET, C.P. and NG, P.Y. 2024. Nurturing entrepreneurs: designing child-friendly workshops for refugee women. In Ranabahu, N., de Vries, H.P. and Hamilton, R.T. (eds.) Refugee entrepreneurship: a research companion. London: Routledge [online], pages 269-286. Available from: http://doi.org/10.4324/9781003368540-20

This chapter proposes a rethinking of how entrepreneurship workshops for marginalised women are designed and actualised, focusing on the process of a two-day entrepreneurship workshop for refugee women. Four refugee women with established businesses... Read More about Nurturing entrepreneurs: designing child-friendly workshops for refugee women..

How can reported data be used: analysis, ratios, and limitations. (2024)
Book Chapter
COULL, M. and DOUGLAS, S. 2024. How can reported data be used: analysis, ratios, and limitations. In Smith, S., Murphy, R. and Rose, J. (eds.) Principles of accounting. Accounting Streams [online], Unit 16. Available from: https://accounting-streams.org/principles-of-accounting/16.html

This unit considers how and why users of financial statements might seek to analyse them to gain insights into the performance and financial structure of different businesses. Many interested parties rely on published financial information to make de... Read More about How can reported data be used: analysis, ratios, and limitations..

Transformative masculinities: re-examining the role of the male in Red Riding Hood. (2024)
Book Chapter
SMITH, F. and MCKAY, F. 2024. Transformative masculinities: re-examining the role of the male in Red Riding Hood. In Le Clue, N. (ed.) Gender and the male character in 21st century fairy tale narratives: from enchanted heroes to modern masculinities. Leeds: Emerald Publishing Limited [online], chapter 6, pages 75-86. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-83753-788-420241007

Red Riding Hood is said to have been assembled from folktales that pre-date the collector Charles Perrault's 1697 re-telling and initial publishing (Dundes, 1989; Zipes, 1993). Since then, it is a story that has been re-told and re-imagined many time... Read More about Transformative masculinities: re-examining the role of the male in Red Riding Hood..

Virtual afterlife: dark tourism in the hereafter. (2024)
Book Chapter
IRONSIDE, R. and LEITH, C. 2024. Virtual afterlife: dark tourism in the hereafter. In Stone, P.R. and Wright, D.W.M. (eds.). The future of dark tourism: enlightening new horizons. The future of tourism, 8. Bristol: Channel View Publications Ltd [online], Chapter 2, 27-37. Available from: https://www.channelviewpublications.com/page/detail/?k=9781845418984

"…you are now travelling to the Virtual Afterlife…". It is Sunday afternoon in the year 2040. Charlotte reaches for her virtual headset and waits to connect with her friend, Becca. Today they have chosen to connect virtually in a small café in the ce... Read More about Virtual afterlife: dark tourism in the hereafter..

Environmentalities of Namibian conservancies: how communal area residents govern conservation in return. (2024)
Book Chapter
SCHNEIDER, R. 2024. Environmentalities of Namibian conservancies: how communal area residents govern conservation in return. In Sullivan, S., Dieckmann, U. and Lendelvo, S. (eds.). Etosha Pan to the Skeleton Coast conservation histories, policies and practices in north-west Namibia. Cambridge: Open Book Publishers [online], Chapter 5, pages 167-190. Available from: https://doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0402.05

This chapter explores how communal area residents in north-west Namibia experience, understand, and respond to their conservancies. Drawing on philosopher Michel Foucault's concept of 'governmentality' and specifically its 'environmentality' variant,... Read More about Environmentalities of Namibian conservancies: how communal area residents govern conservation in return..

Provenance and production in Scotland's fashion sector: shifting stories. (2024)
Book Chapter
CROSS, K., STEED, J. and JIANG, Y. 2024. Provenance and production in Scotland's fashion sector: shifting stories. In Schramme, A. and Verboven, N. (eds.) Sustainability and the fashion industry: can fashion save the world? Abingdon: Routledge [online], chapter 4, pages 56-69. Available from: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781032659053-4

As part of Augmented Fashion, an interdisciplinary research project involving fashion, textiles and computing disciplines, a series of workshops were facilitated; this chapter discusses the emergent themes from the 'Redesigning for Creative Recovery'... Read More about Provenance and production in Scotland's fashion sector: shifting stories..

Impact of healthy eating among residents in Aberdeen using exploratory data analysis. (2024)
Book Chapter
SALAMI, J.S. and BANO, S. 2024. Impact of healthy eating among residents in Aberdeen using exploratory data analysis. In Lee, R. (ed.) Computer and information science and engineering, volume 16. Studies in computational intelligence, 1156. Cham: Springer [online], pages 1-16. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-57037-7_1

This survey research uses Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA) to examine how the impact of healthy eating can affect Aberdeen residents and how excessive consumption of junks food can cause weight gain, raise the risk of obesity, heart disease, type 2 di... Read More about Impact of healthy eating among residents in Aberdeen using exploratory data analysis..

Petroleum fiscal regimes and the sustainable development goals (SDGs): exploring alignments and misalignments. (2024)
Book Chapter
ACHEAMPONG, T. and MENYEH, B.O. 2024. Petroleum fiscal regimes and the sustainable development goals (SDGs): exploring alignments and misalignments. In Pereira, E.G., Muinzer, T.L. and Baker, P.R. (eds.) Energy law and the Sustainable Development Goals: host government instruments for sustainability in oil and gas operations. Abingdon: Routledge [online], chapter 10, pages 163-189. Available from: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003245551-12

Several G20 economies have, since 2009, committed to phasing out inefficient fossil fuel – coal, oil and gas – subsidies that limit the potential attainment of the sustainable development goals (SDGs). Dealing with climate change means embracing a gl... Read More about Petroleum fiscal regimes and the sustainable development goals (SDGs): exploring alignments and misalignments..

Motivating entrepreneurial activities to achieve sustainable development in Sub-Saharan Africa. (2024)
Book Chapter
ONOSHAKPOR, C. and OGUNDANA, O.M. 2024. Motivating entrepreneurial activities to achieve sustainable development in Sub-Saharan Africa. In Ibidunni, A.S., Ogundana, O.M. and Olokundun, M.A. (eds.) Innovation, entrepreneurship and the informal economy in Sub–Saharan Africa: a sustainable development agenda. Cham: Springer [online], chapter 4, pages 93-120. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-46293-1_4

It is largely acknowledged that entrepreneurial activities represent a crucial means for achieving sustainable development, especially in the developing economy. Yet, the percentage of population involved in business start-ups is still very low in Af... Read More about Motivating entrepreneurial activities to achieve sustainable development in Sub-Saharan Africa..

The perils of premature globalisation and the birth of megacities: social exclusion and spatial injustice in Dhaka. (2024)
Book Chapter
ZAMAN, Q.M. 2024. The perils of premature globalisation and the birth of megacities: social exclusion and spatial injustice in Dhaka. In Shakur, T. and Ghafur, S. (eds.) Megacities of the Global South in the 2020s: growth transformations, contested/negotiated spaces and changing liveabilities. Global built environment review, Special Issue 2024. Ammanford: Open House Press (Global Built Environment Review), pages 9-21.

Megacities and globalisation are two global, connubial phenomena. Asian and Latin American cities dealt with globalisation prematurely, hastily transforming into mass producers to serve global consumers. Since the late 20th century, these cities emer... Read More about The perils of premature globalisation and the birth of megacities: social exclusion and spatial injustice in Dhaka..

Agriculture in Africa: the emerging role of artificial intelligence. (2023)
Book Chapter
ADEBOLA, T. and IBEKE, E. 2023. Agriculture in Africa: the emerging role of artificial intelligence. In Ncube, C., Oriakhogba, D., Rutenberg, I. and Schonwetter, T. (eds.) Artificial intelligence and the law in Africa. Johannesburg: Lexis Nexis [online], Chapter 14. Available from: https://myacademic.co.za/product/artificial-intelligence-and-the-law-in-africa/

This chapter critically considers the application of artificial intelligence (AI) to agriculture in Africa. It contends that, while African countries can utilise AI to address agricultural challenges, realising the full potential of AI in agriculture... Read More about Agriculture in Africa: the emerging role of artificial intelligence..

Coming together differently. (2023)
Book Chapter
WINTER, J. 2023. Coming together differently. In Johanna Billing: each moment presents what happens. London: Whitechapel Gallery [online]. Available from: https://www.whitechapelgallery.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Johanna-Billing_essay-by-Judith-Winter.pdf

In this essay, Judith Winter reflects on the origins and inspiration for Johanna Billing's work, "Each Moment Presents What Happens". The author looks back in particular towards John Cage's undocumented 1952 work, "Untitled Event (Theater Piece No. 1... Read More about Coming together differently..

Aphorisms on art and activism. (2023)
Book Chapter
BLACKWOOD, J. 2023. Aphorisms on art and activism. In DeLappe, J. and Leuzzi, L. (eds.) Incite: digital art and activism. Aberdeen: peacock and the worm, chapter 1100, pages 45-48.

This chapter - a compilation of aphorisms - forms Jon Blackwood's contribution to the collaborative artists' book, "INCITE: Digital Art and Activism", edited by Joseph DeLappe and Laura Leuzzi. The book sought to collate responses from artists, schol... Read More about Aphorisms on art and activism..

In dialogue: for an approach to activist curating. (2023)
Book Chapter
LEUZZI, L. 2023. In dialogue: for an approach to activist curating. In DeLappe, J. and Leuzzi, L. (eds.) Incite: digital art and activism. Aberdeen: peacock and the worm, chapter 1110, pages 53-56.

This chapter - a short essay - forms Laura Leuzzi's chapter contribution to the collaborative artists' book, "INCITE: Digital Art and Activism", edited by Joseph DeLappe and Laura Leuzzi. The book sought to collate responses from artists, scholars an... Read More about In dialogue: for an approach to activist curating..

European values. (2023)
Book Chapter
ZEĆO, M. 2023. European values. In DeLappe, J. and Leuzzi, L. (eds.) Incite: digital art and activism. Aberdeen: peacock and the worm, chapter 1111, pages 57-60.

This chapter - a selection of quotes within variously decorated pages - forms Maja Zećo's contribution to the collaborative artists' book, "INCITE: Digital Art and Activism", edited by Joseph DeLappe and Laura Leuzzi. The book sought to collate respo... Read More about European values..

Hume, David: and law. (2023)
Book Chapter
MACKINNON, K. 2023. Hume, David: and law. In Sellers, M. and Kirste, S. (eds.) Encyclopedia of the philosophy of law and social philosophy. Dordrecht: Springer [online], pages 1377-1383. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6519-1_620

David Hume was a leading figure in the Scottish Enlightenment, the period in the eighteenth century that produced new and often radical thinking in philosophy, in economics, in the sciences, in the emerging social sciences, in architecture, and in li... Read More about Hume, David: and law..

Lebanon: Technica International: SDG#5 gender equality and women's empowerment. (2023)
Book Chapter
BASTIAN, B.L., NG, P.Y. and WOOD, B.P. 2024. Lebanon: Technica International: SDG#5 gender equality and women's empowerment. In Birdthistle, N. and Hales, R. (eds.) Attaining the 2023 sustainable development goal of gender equality. Leeds: Emerald [online], chapter 7, pages 95-104. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80455-832-420231007

Gender equality and women's empowerment are key priorities to achieve sustainability in the world, particularly in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region where women are often an under-represented group across politics, economic and social sp... Read More about Lebanon: Technica International: SDG#5 gender equality and women's empowerment..

Contextualizing female entrepreneurship and financial inclusion in Nigeria. (2023)
Book Chapter
ONOSHAKPOR, C., CUNNINGHAM, J. and GAMMIE, E. 2023. Contextualizing female entrepreneurship and financial inclusion in Nigeria. In Harrison, C. and Omeihe, K.O. (eds.) Contextualising African studies: challenges and the way forward. Bingley: Emerald, chapter 2, pages 13-36. To be made available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80455-338-120231002

Our aim is to better understand access to finance and financial inclusion and how this impacts the development of female-run enterprises in Nigeria. In such a way, we can better understand the gendered context of entrepreneurship and the implications... Read More about Contextualizing female entrepreneurship and financial inclusion in Nigeria..

Delirium ambulatorium: city walks as conceptual mapping: from Hélio Oiticica to Rasheed Araeen and Lee Wen. (2023)
Book Chapter
BENTCHEVA, E. and MARTINEZ SANCHEZ, M.J. 2023. Delirium ambulatorium: city walks as conceptual mapping: from Hélio Oiticica to Rasheed Araeen and Lee Wen. In Mazadiego, E. (ed.) Charting space: the cartographies of conceptual art. Manchester: Manchester University Press [online], chapter 12, pages 242-263. Available from: https://doi.org/10.7765/9781526159960.00022

This chapter revisits the notion of Delirium ambulatorium conceived by Brazilian artist Hélio Oiticica in 1978. It describes Oiticica's interest in the simple act of wandering or walking through different areas of a city, particularly the favelas of... Read More about Delirium ambulatorium: city walks as conceptual mapping: from Hélio Oiticica to Rasheed Araeen and Lee Wen..