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Introduction: mapping the territory. (2023)
Book Chapter
IRONSIDE, R. and HUNTER, J. 2023. Introduction: mapping the territory. In Hunter, J. and Ironside, R. (eds.) Folklore, people and places: international perspectives on tourism and tradition in storied places. Abingdon: Routledge [online], pages 1-24. Available from: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003374138-1

This book is a contribution towards better understanding the complex interconnectivity of folklore, people and place, across a range of different cultural and geographical contexts, and in particular with how they intersect with a constantly developi... Read More about Introduction: mapping the territory..

The spik o the place: dialect and its place in the folkloric cultures and traditions in North-East Scotland. (2023)
Book Chapter
REID, P.H. 2023. The spik o the place: dialect and its place in the folkloric cultures and traditions in North-East Scotland. In Hunter, J. and Ironside, R. (eds.) Folklore, people and places: international perspectives on tourism and tradition in storied places. Abingdon: Routledge [online], chapter 4. Available from: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003374138-6

This chapter explores the role that the Doric dialect has in the cultural heritage and folklore traditions of North-East Scotland, as well as how visitors to the region encounter it. The chapter considers the place of dialect in folklore more genera... Read More about The spik o the place: dialect and its place in the folkloric cultures and traditions in North-East Scotland..

Jewellery multiplicity: digital architectures. (2023)
Book Chapter
MARTINEZ SANCHEZ, M.J. 2023. Jewellery multiplicity: digital architectures. In Dundjerović, A. and Pravdić, I. (eds.) Digital performing arts: participatory practices in a digital age. Belgrade: University of the Arts in Belgrade [online], pages 184-201. Available from: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7714355

This paper presents a live project developed with students of architecture, landscape and jewellery at Birmingham School of Architecture and Design in 2020. This project took place in the context of a module called Co.LAB (collaborative practice), wh... Read More about Jewellery multiplicity: digital architectures..

A neighbourhood of fragmentation. (2023)
Book Chapter
ALTENBERGER, I. 2023. A neighbourhood of fragmentation. In Zaman, Q.M. and Hall, G.G. (eds.) Border urbanism: transdisciplinary perspectives. Cham: Springer [online], chapter 28, pages 461-476. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-06604-7_28

Once isolated as a bordered neighbourhood, the Raploch Council housing estate in Stirling, Scotland, has been regenerated through a gentrification policy that encouraged increased owner-occupied housing in an area previously dominated by social housi... Read More about A neighbourhood of fragmentation..

Border(s)lines between isolation and connection: the disused railway in Aberdeen. (2023)
Book Chapter
ZECCA, C. and LAING, R. 2023. Border(s)lines between isolation and connection: the disused railway in Aberdeen. In Zaman, Q.M. and Hall, G.G. (eds.) Border urbanism: transdisciplinary perspectives. Cham: Springer [online], chapter 14, pages 245-266. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-06604-7_14

Abandoned railways allow an interpretation of urban borders by considering different scales of connection and separation. The former railway line in Aberdeen is used as a case study to explore how urban linear connections represent a defining linear... Read More about Border(s)lines between isolation and connection: the disused railway in Aberdeen..

India's shift to soft power in Nepal: a case study of the borderland city of Birgunj. (2023)
Book Chapter
PANERU, S. 2023. India's shift to soft power in Nepal: a case study of the borderland city of Birgunj. In Zaman, Q.M. and Hall, G.G. (eds.) Border urbanism: transdisciplinary perspectives. Cham: Springer [online], chapter 11, pages 197-211. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-06604-7_11

A variety of factors influenced India's shift from hard power to soft power diplomacy in Nepal. The factors that influenced the Indian economic blockade on Nepal in 2015 and the interaction between the agent of power (India) and the subject of power... Read More about India's shift to soft power in Nepal: a case study of the borderland city of Birgunj..

Border urbanism: a critical discourse. (2023)
Book Chapter
ZAMAN, Q.M. 2023. Border urbanism: a critical discourse. In Zaman, Q.M. and Hall, G.G. (eds.) 2023. Border urbanism: transdisciplinary perspectives. Cham: Springer [online], chapter 1, pages 3-26. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-06604-7_1

This opening chapter overviews the purpose of the book. A global initiative on border urbanism research and interdisciplinary collaboration began in 2016, bringing researchers from 28 countries together to discuss various border-related issues at an... Read More about Border urbanism: a critical discourse..

Borders for peace: controls within a Kenyan informal settlement during political conflict. (2023)
Book Chapter
VERTIGANS, S., GIBSON, N. and MUELLER-HIRTH, N. 2023. Borders for peace: controls within a Kenyan informal settlement during political conflict. In Zaman, Q.M. and Hall, G.G. (eds.) Border urbanism: transdisciplinary perspectives. Cham: Springer [online], chapter 8, pages 151-164. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-06604-7_8

During periods of heavily contested elections, accompanying political tensions are often most prevalent within informal settlements. Consequently, the prolonged political tensions experienced in Kenya during 2017 were expected to have the most advers... Read More about Borders for peace: controls within a Kenyan informal settlement during political conflict..

Borders of convenience: European legal measures and the migration crisis. (2023)
Book Chapter
ARNELL, P. and LYONS, C. 2023. Borders of convenience: European legal measures and the migration crisis. In Zaman, Q.M. and Hall, G.G. (eds.) Border urbanism: transdisciplinary perspectives. Cham: Springer [online], chapter 26, pages 421-431. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-06604-7_26

The migration crisis has posed fundamental questions for European institutions. Amongst these are whether EU human rights reality matches its rhetoric. The answer is a resounding no. The reaction of the EU to the crisis has entailed an abdication of... Read More about Borders of convenience: European legal measures and the migration crisis..

Facing the lens of the camera: bodies, self-portraiture, portraiture and identity in women artists' video. (2023)
Book Chapter
LEUZZI, L. 2023. Facing the lens of the camera: bodies, self-portraiture, portraiture and identity in women artists' video. In Dreckmann, K. and Vomberg, E. (eds.) More than illustrated music: aesthetics of hybrid media between pop, art and video. New York: Bloomsbury Academic [online], chapter 8, pages 93-105. Available from: https://doi.org/10.5040/9781501381263.0015

Since its commercial inception and availability in the late 60s and 70s, video has acted as a powerful tool for women artists to explore feminist issues and debunk stereotypes re-perpetrated over the centuries by patriarchal society. In resonance wit... Read More about Facing the lens of the camera: bodies, self-portraiture, portraiture and identity in women artists' video..

The ability of Altman's Z"-score model to detect the economic distress of Kazakh banks. (2023)
Book Chapter
SALINA, A.P., ZHANG, X., JIAO, T. and HASSAN, O.A.G. 2023. The ability of Altman's Z"-score model to detect the economic distress of Kazakh banks. In Boubaker, S. and Elnahass, M. (eds.) Banking resilience and global financial stability. London: World Scientific [online], chapter 13 . Available from: https://doi.org/10.1142/q0422

This study contributes to the literature by evaluating the ability of Altman's Z"-score model to predict the economic distress of twelve Kazakh banks over the period of 2008 to 2014. The original Z"-score model, with a cut-off point implied by Altman... Read More about The ability of Altman's Z"-score model to detect the economic distress of Kazakh banks..

Responses and referral. (2023)
Book Chapter
MACPHERSON, S. and WARRENDER, D. 2023. Responses and referral. In Cooper, D.B. (ed.) Alcohol use: assessment, withdrawal management, treatment and therapy: ethical practice. Cham: Springer [online], chapter 9, pages 151-163. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-18381-2_9

This chapter is aimed at practitioners who may not have specialist knowledge of how to respond to people who have problems with alcohol and identifies helpful responses and options for referral. The context of alcohol as a mainstay of many cultures i... Read More about Responses and referral..