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Becoming plant and posthumanism in Jeff Noon's Pollen (1995) (2015)
Journal Article
Cockin, K. (2016). Becoming plant and posthumanism in Jeff Noon's Pollen (1995). Critique, 57(1), 94-104. https://doi.org/10.1080/00111619.2015.1019405

This article examines Jeff Noon’s cyberpunk novel Pollen (1995), arguing for its innovative treatment of spatial and species identities. In addition to the challenging representations of gender and feminism identified by Val Gough, there are other ki... Read More about Becoming plant and posthumanism in Jeff Noon's Pollen (1995).

‘We do it to keep him alive’: bereaved individuals’ experiences of online suicide memorials and continuing bonds (2015)
Journal Article
Bell, J., Bailey, L., & Kennedy, D. (2015). ‘We do it to keep him alive’: bereaved individuals’ experiences of online suicide memorials and continuing bonds. Mortality, 20(4), 375-389. https://doi.org/10.1080/13576275.2015.1083693

This paper presents draws on interviews with individuals who have experience of creating, maintaining and utilising Facebook sites in memory of a loved one who has died by suicide. We argue that Facebook enables the deceased to be an on-going active... Read More about ‘We do it to keep him alive’: bereaved individuals’ experiences of online suicide memorials and continuing bonds.

On ungrounded ground: a poet in residence at the dump (2015)
Journal Article
Wedgwood Clarke, J. (2015). On ungrounded ground: a poet in residence at the dump. Journal of Writing in Creative Practice, 8(2-3), 109-125. https://doi.org/10.1386/jwcp.8.2-3.109_1

‘On ungrounded ground’ reflects upon a writer’s yearlong ‘residency’ at a landfill site and resource recovery facility. The article explores the significance of contemporary waste management within an archaeological, ecological and geological context... Read More about On ungrounded ground: a poet in residence at the dump.