All Outputs (536)

Practising well: conversations and support menu. (2021)
Report
NAISMITH, N. 2021. Practising well: conversations and support menu. Aberdeen: Robert Gordon University [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.48526/rgu-wt-1538558

Participatory arts are proven to support our heath and wellbeing, as evidenced in the "Creative Health: The Arts for Health and Wellbeing" report from the All Party Parliamentary Group on Arts Health and Wellbeing, published in 2017. The arts are an... Read More about Practising well: conversations and support menu..

Re@ct: social change art technology. (2021)
Journal Article
COOK, S., DELAPPE, J. and LEUZZI, L. (eds.) 2021. Re@ct: social change art technology. Media-N: journal of the New Media Caucus [online], 17(2). Available from: https://doi.org/10.21900/j.median.v17i2

This special issue of Media-N has been co-edited by Sarah Cook, Joseph DeLappe and Laura Leuzzi. It gathers essays, artists' statements and experimental writing projects from selected participants in Re@ct: Social Change Art Technology, a three-day s... Read More about Re@ct: social change art technology..

Shifting stories: provenance and production in Scotland's fashion and textile SMEs. (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
CROSS, K. 2021. Shifting stories: provenance and production in Scotland's fashion and textile SMEs. Presented at the 2021 Responsible fashion event (Responsible Fashion 2021): can fashion save the world? 14 October 2021, [virtual event].

Scottish textile jobs support the prosperity of many rural communities (Textiles Scotland 2016), for example the Harris Tweed hand-weavers in the Outer Hebrides. Scotland's traditional tweeds and tartans, cashmere and woollens continue to survive tod... Read More about Shifting stories: provenance and production in Scotland's fashion and textile SMEs..

Overcoming art. (2021)
Book
BLACKWOOD, J., SAMANDOVA, I., VITANOVSKA, A. and IVANOV, B. 2021. Overcoming art. Skopje: Mala Galerija. Hosted on OpenAIR [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.48526/rgu-wt-1481532

The origins of this project are in the pre-COVID world. It grew in part out of a desire to map and understand visual culture beyond Skopje; the conflation of contemporary art in North Macedonia with contemporary art in Skopje has been something of a... Read More about Overcoming art..

Student and alumni engagement around issues of sustainability in the fashion sector. (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
MARCELLA-HOOD, M. 2021. Student and alumni engagement around issues of sustainability in the fashion sector. Presented at the 2021 Sustainability in the creative and cultural industries symposium, 4-8 October 2021, [virtual conference], [online]. Available from: https://www.rgu.ac.uk/runway-to-cop26/sustainability-in-the-creative-and-cultural-industries-symposium

Over the past ten years there has been increasing concern around the fashion industry and its impact on our environment. In the past 3 years, we have seen an increased awareness of this issue across our student body and amongst our graduates. This se... Read More about Student and alumni engagement around issues of sustainability in the fashion sector..

Harris Tweed: a glocal case study. (2021)
Journal Article
CROSS, K., STEED, J. and JIANG, Y. 2021. Harris Tweed: a global case study. Fashion, style and popular culture [online], 8(4), pages 475-494. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1386/fspc_00102_1

Fast and effectively disposable fashion has seen clothing reduced to transient items, worn for a short period of time then discarded. This has pushed down prices, moving textile and clothing production to low-cost labour countries and decimating the... Read More about Harris Tweed: a glocal case study..

Using Miro as a platform from student collaboration via online teaching. [Case study] (2021)
Report
BREMNER, P.A.M. 2021. Using Miro as a platform from student collaboration via online teaching. [Case study]. Hosted on Enhancement themes [online], 9 September 2021. Available from: https://tinyurl.com/52kc2bf3

Teaching in all universities was forced to adapt quickly and without delay when the pandemic struck in 2020 and continues into 2021. This poses many issues for lecturers when deciding what platform is best to use with students, especially when trying... Read More about Using Miro as a platform from student collaboration via online teaching. [Case study].

Listening and recording in situ: entanglement in the sociopolitical context of place. (2021)
Journal Article
ZEĆO, M. 2021. Listening and recording in situ: entanglement in the sociopolitical context of place. Organised sound [online], 26(2), 284-290. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1355771821000327

This article considers the ways in which soundwalking and field recording entangle the listener in a sociopolitical relationship with place. The place is a physical site in which the listener encounters complex sonic sociopolitical factors, shaped no... Read More about Listening and recording in situ: entanglement in the sociopolitical context of place..

Cultural Adaptations: lessons learned evaluation report. (2021)
Report
FREMANTLE, C. and MABON, L. 2021. Cultural Adaptations: lessons learned evaluation report. Creative Carbon Scotland. Aberdeen: Robert Gordon University [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.48526/rgu-wt-1513437

Evaluation Report for Cultural Adaptations, a Creative Europe funded project focused by climate adaptation led by Creative Carbon Scotland and involving sustainability/adaptation professionals in the cities of Glasgow, Ghent (Belgium), Dublin (Irelan... Read More about Cultural Adaptations: lessons learned evaluation report..

Well-being in liquid modernity: an annotated bibliography. (2021)
Journal Article
CROSS, K. 2021. Well-being in liquid modernity: an annotated bibliography. Fashion studies journal [online], Fashion and mental health. Available from: https://www.fashionstudiesjournal.org/fashion-mental-health-additional-resources/2021/7/1/well-being-in-liquid-modernity-an-annotated-bibliography

The studies for my PhD, titled "Comfort in Clothing: A Baumanian Critique of How Clothing Contributes to the Well-being of Women in the United Kingdom", utilized Zygmunt Bauman's concept of "liquid modernity" as a critical lens to explore the synergi... Read More about Well-being in liquid modernity: an annotated bibliography..

Comfort in clothing: a Baumanian critique of how clothing contributes to the well-being of women in the United Kingdom. (2021)
Thesis
CROSS, K.A. 2021. Comfort in clothing: a Baumanian critique of how clothing contributes to the well-being of women in the United Kingdom. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis. Hosted on OpenAIR [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.48526/rgu-wt-1446979

This Comfort in Clothing study explores how fashion, clothing and dress practices contribute to the psychosocial well-being of women in the UK. Fashion is a global industry, fuelled in recent times by the growth of the athleisurewear sector, reflecti... Read More about Comfort in clothing: a Baumanian critique of how clothing contributes to the well-being of women in the United Kingdom..

Linguaggio malgrado tutto. (2021)
Journal Article
LEUZZI, L. and MINTER, L. 2021. Linguaggio malgrado tutto. Item [online], 1, pages 52-63. Available from: https://www.waiting-room.it/flip

This article takes the form of a conversation between the authors (Laura Leuzzi and Leeanne Minter) and the issue editors (Sara d'Alessandro Manozzo and Giusi Campisi). The conversation explores the relationship between art and psychoanalysis, partic... Read More about Linguaggio malgrado tutto..

Dislocations. [Exhibition] (2021)
Exhibition / Performance
Dislocations. [Exhibition]. Online exhibition held 21 June - 16 July 2021, Scottish Graduate School for the Arts and Humanities, Glasgow.

This exhibition is an online video art show selected for the summer school of the Scottish Graduate School for the Arts and Humanities. It features work by Elena Chemerska, Ivana Mirchevska, Ahmet Ögut, Mila Panić, Stella Rooney, Olia Sosnovskaya and... Read More about Dislocations. [Exhibition].

Towers. [Film] (2021)
Digital Artefact
SMITH, S. 2021. Towers. [Film]. Hosted on YouTube [online]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyn0ATjNP3Q

Aberdeen is home to eight brutal modernist tower blocks. Within them are the lives of people who are often wrongly categorised and overlooked. In his first short film, photographer Steve Smith was commissioned by Look Again (RGU) to explore the lives... Read More about Towers. [Film].

Intersections in the art of Elsa James. (2021)
Book
BLACKWOOD, J. 2021. Intersections in the art of Elsa James. Colchester: Firstsite. Hosted on OpenAIR [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.48526/rgu-wt-1358411

In an era where nuance is prized least of all, for it does not translate well in 140 characters, something of a push back is being experienced in Essex. This is a place whose stereotypical portrayals are not a local, but a global joke. TV shows such... Read More about Intersections in the art of Elsa James..

Sono mama: what goes without saying, right up until now? (2021)
Book Chapter
CLARKE, J. 2021. Sono mama: what goes without saying, right up until now? In The Roland Barthes Reading Group (eds.) Setting a bell ringing. The constellations, 17. London: MA Bibliothèque, pages 31-39.

I was moved to respond to the request to reflect on my experience of the Roland Barthes Reading Group partly because of the beautiful phrasing around ‘the situation of encounter'. I had joined this group as a visitor, intent only on dipping my toe in... Read More about Sono mama: what goes without saying, right up until now?.

Writing the time lag: Lee Tzu-Tung. [Podcast] (2021)
Digital Artefact
ANTART. 2021. Writing the time lag: Lee Tzu-Tung. [Podcast]. Field/works talks, episode 12. Hosted on Soundcloud [online]. Available from: https://soundcloud.com/ant-art-827178138/antart-fieldworks-12-lee-tzu-tung

This talk is part of the Field/Works Talks series, curated by Jen Clarke and Maxime Le Calvé and associated with the Field/Works exhibition ( https://antart.easaonline.org/ ). Writing the Time Lag is a conclusion of Lee Tzu-Tung's four-year political... Read More about Writing the time lag: Lee Tzu-Tung. [Podcast].

Fugitive structures: the Bauhaus building in Dessau: Kate Hennessy and Trudi Lynn Smith. [Podcast] (2021)
Digital Artefact
ANTART. 2021. Fugitive structures: the Bauhaus building in Dessau: Kate Hennessy and Trudi Lynn Smith. [Podcast]. Field/works talks, episode 11. Hosted on Soundcloud [online]. Available from: https://soundcloud.com/ant-art-827178138/antart-fieldworks-11

This talk is part of the Field/Works Talks series, curated by Jen Clarke and Maxime Le Calvé and associated with the Field/Works exhibition ( https://antart.easaonline.org/ ). Fugitive Structures: The Bauhaus Building in Dessau is a series of five ri... Read More about Fugitive structures: the Bauhaus building in Dessau: Kate Hennessy and Trudi Lynn Smith. [Podcast].

Nani ghar नानी घर: Savyasachi Anju Prabir and guest Harsha Menon. [Podcast] (2021)
Digital Artefact
ANTART. 2021. Nani ghar नानी घर: Savyasachi Anju Prabir and guest Harsha Menon. [Podcast]. Field/works talks, episode 10. Hosted on Soundcloud [online]. Available from: https://soundcloud.com/ant-art-827178138/antart-fieldworks-10-nani-ghar

This talk is part of the Field/Works Talks series, curated by Jen Clarke and Maxime Le Calvé and associated with the Field/Works exhibition ( https://antart.easaonline.org/ ). Nani Ghar / नानी घर. Images meant the truth; in our school textbooks, of o... Read More about Nani ghar नानी घर: Savyasachi Anju Prabir and guest Harsha Menon. [Podcast].

A man standing in a forest listening intently, noting down what he hears. (2021)
Book Chapter
DOUGLAS, A. 2021. A man standing in a forest listening intently, noting down what he hears. In M. Collier, B. Hogg and J. Strachan (eds.) Song of place and time: birdsong and the dawn chorus in natural history and the arts. Manchester: Gaia Project Press [online], pages 192-203. Available from: https://tinyurl.com/yawnpn5r

This essay considers how the human ear can interact with birdsong, which uses registers that are higher and faster in tempo than human music and therefore beyond the capacity and skill of most human performers. The author admires how Messaien’s ‘Le R... Read More about A man standing in a forest listening intently, noting down what he hears..