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From Invisible to Conspicuous: The Rise of Victim Activism in the Politics of Justice (2020)
Book Chapter
O’Leary, N., & Green, S. (2020). From Invisible to Conspicuous: The Rise of Victim Activism in the Politics of Justice. In J. Tapley, & P. Davies (Eds.), Victimology : Research, Policy and Activism (159-183). Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42288-2_7

Crime victims are now significant voices in criminal justice politics and reform. No longer the invisible or forgotten people of the criminal justice system, the symbolic and political resonance of victimhood has grown to such an extent that the vict... Read More about From Invisible to Conspicuous: The Rise of Victim Activism in the Politics of Justice.

Unavoidable Exploitation? Conflict, Agency and Human Trafficking (2020)
Book Chapter
Kidd, A. (2020). Unavoidable Exploitation? Conflict, Agency and Human Trafficking. In J. Muraszkiewicz, T. Fenton, & H. Watson (Eds.), Human Trafficking in Conflict - Context, Causes and the Military (32-44). Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-40838-1

This chapter considers the vulnerabilities generated specifically by conflict that put people at risk of human trafficking. A review of existing literature summarises some of the most common situations of human trafficking in the context of conflict.... Read More about Unavoidable Exploitation? Conflict, Agency and Human Trafficking.

How Definitions of ‘Child Soldiers’ Exclude Girls from Demobilisation Efforts (2020)
Book Chapter
Kidd, A., & Dunhill, A. (2020). How Definitions of ‘Child Soldiers’ Exclude Girls from Demobilisation Efforts. In J. Muraszkiewicz, T. Fenton, & H. Watson (Eds.), Human Trafficking in Conflict - Context, Causes and the Military (183-197). Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-40838-1

Child soldiers meet the Palermo Protocol’s definition of ‘trafficking in persons’. They are any person under 18, used in any capacity by armed forces or groups; this includes combatants, but also ancillary roles such as cooks, ‘wives’ and guards. Ho... Read More about How Definitions of ‘Child Soldiers’ Exclude Girls from Demobilisation Efforts.

‘The Evil Genius of the Third Crusade’: Conrad of Montferrat, stereotype and scapegoat (2020)
Book Chapter
Gilchrist, M. (2020). ‘The Evil Genius of the Third Crusade’: Conrad of Montferrat, stereotype and scapegoat. In M. Horswell, & K. Skottki (Eds.), The Making of Crusading Heroes and Villains (60-74). London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429293283

In popular historical representation of the crusades, one of the figures most badly served has been Conrad of Montferrat, King of Jerusalem (d. 1192). Anglo-Angevin chronicle and romance traditions favourable to Richard I have coloured later narrativ... Read More about ‘The Evil Genius of the Third Crusade’: Conrad of Montferrat, stereotype and scapegoat.

Social Media and Young People’s Mental Health (2020)
Book Chapter
Glazzard, J., & Stones, S. (2020). Social Media and Young People’s Mental Health. In S. Stones, J. Glazzard, & M. R. Muzio (Eds.), Selected Topics in Child and Adolescent Mental Health (7-20). London: Intech. https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.88569

Evidence suggests that social media can impact detrimentally on children and young people’s mental health. At the same time, social media use can be beneficial and have positive effects. This chapter outlines the detrimental and positive effects of s... Read More about Social Media and Young People’s Mental Health.

Yugoslav popular music and global histories of the Cold War (2020)
Book Chapter
Baker, C. (2020). Yugoslav popular music and global histories of the Cold War. In D. S. Beard, & L. V. Rasmussen (Eds.), Made in Yugoslavia: Studies in Popular Music (232-245). London and New York: Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315452333-25

Employing a process of so-called circuit listening and considering the routes, networks, and histories necessary for a song to come about, however, reveals “Colinda” as the outcome of circuits of music, migration, and colonialism, owing its existence... Read More about Yugoslav popular music and global histories of the Cold War.

The Literary and Activist Works of Luis J. Rodríguez (2020)
Book Chapter
Metcalf, J. (2020). The Literary and Activist Works of Luis J. Rodríguez. In L. G. Mendoza (Ed.), The Oxford Encyclopedia of Latina and Latino Literature. New York: Oxford University Press

Luis J. Rodríguez is a Chicano memoirist, novelist, poet, children’s author, and activist. Born in 1954 in Mexico, his family migrated to the United States when he was young. As a youth, he spent many years immersed in the street gangs of Los Angeles... Read More about The Literary and Activist Works of Luis J. Rodríguez.

Investigation of novel cavin-1/suppressor of cytokine signaling 3 (SOCS3) interactions by coimmunoprecipitation, peptide pull-down, and peptide array overlay approaches (2020)
Book Chapter
Williams, J. J. L., Baillie, G. S., & Palmer, T. M. (2020). Investigation of novel cavin-1/suppressor of cytokine signaling 3 (SOCS3) interactions by coimmunoprecipitation, peptide pull-down, and peptide array overlay approaches. In C. M. Blouin (Ed.), Caveolae: methods and protocols (105-118). New York: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-0732-9_10

The ability of inducible regulator suppressor of cytokine signaling 3 (SOCS3) to inhibit Janus kinase-signal transducer and activator of transcription (JAK-STAT) signaling requires interaction with specific cytokine receptors, JAKs, and components of... Read More about Investigation of novel cavin-1/suppressor of cytokine signaling 3 (SOCS3) interactions by coimmunoprecipitation, peptide pull-down, and peptide array overlay approaches.

Designing personalised, authentic and collaborative learning with mobile devices: Confronting the challenges of remote teaching during a pandemic. (2020)
Book Chapter
Kearney, M., Burden, K., & Schuck, S. (2020). Designing personalised, authentic and collaborative learning with mobile devices: Confronting the challenges of remote teaching during a pandemic. In R. E. Ferdig, E. Baumgartner, R. Hartshorne, R. Kaplan-Rakowski, & C. Mouza (Eds.), Teaching, Technology, and Teacher Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic : Stories from the Field (661-666). Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education

This article offers teachers a digital pedagogical framework, research-inspired and underpinned by socio-cultural theory, to guide the design of personalised, authentic and collaborative learning scenarios for students using mobile devices in remote... Read More about Designing personalised, authentic and collaborative learning with mobile devices: Confronting the challenges of remote teaching during a pandemic..

“Mediocrity in the sensations”: Charlotte Brontë and the Yorkshire Marriage (2020)
Book Chapter
Sanders, V. (2020). “Mediocrity in the sensations”: Charlotte Brontë and the Yorkshire Marriage. In J. Pizzo, & E. Houghton (Eds.), Charlotte Bronte, Embodiment and the Natural World (75-94). Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (part of Springer Nature). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-34855-7_4

In a letter of 1840 to her friend Ellen Nussey, Charlotte Brontë ironically advises that “mediocrity in the sensations is superlative wisdom,” especially in the context of the “Yorkshire marriage” based on wealth, rather than the mutual affinity she... Read More about “Mediocrity in the sensations”: Charlotte Brontë and the Yorkshire Marriage.

Managing Ecological, Community and Bathing Water Quality Aspects in Design and Construction: Runswick Bay Coastal Protection Scheme, UK (2020)
Book Chapter
Latham, D., Siddle, R., Donoghue, M., Halwyn, A., Hall, A., Hull, S., & Hardiman, N. (2020). Managing Ecological, Community and Bathing Water Quality Aspects in Design and Construction: Runswick Bay Coastal Protection Scheme, UK. In N. Hardiman (Ed.), Coastal management 2019: joining forces to shape our future coasts (447-458). London: ICE Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1680/cm.65147.447

The Runswick Bay Coastal Protection Scheme consisted of repairs and installation of concrete toe protection to the existing seawall and the placement of approximately 9,500 tonnes of imported rock armour to form a new revetment totaling 250m length.... Read More about Managing Ecological, Community and Bathing Water Quality Aspects in Design and Construction: Runswick Bay Coastal Protection Scheme, UK.

Reimagined Community in London: The transmission of food as heritage in the Afghan Diaspora (2020)
Book Chapter
Haboucha, R. (2020). Reimagined Community in London: The transmission of food as heritage in the Afghan Diaspora. In R. Matta, C. de Suremain, & C. Crenn (Eds.), Food Identities at Home and On the Move: Explorations at the Intersection of Food, Belonging and Dwelling (34-48). London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003085430

This chapter focuses on an applied thematic analysis of the continuity and change of foodstuffs and food practices, their transmission within and beyond the domestic unit, and their role in the formation of identity within the Afghan diaspora. These... Read More about Reimagined Community in London: The transmission of food as heritage in the Afghan Diaspora.

Foreword (2020)
Book Chapter
Midgley, G. (2020). Foreword. In Immersive Systemic Knowing: Advancing Systems Thinking Beyond Rational Analysis (xi-xi). Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49135-2

This is the Foreword to a book by Raghav Rajagopalan called "Immersive Systemic Knowing: Advancing Systems Thinking Beyond Rational Analysis", published by Springer, New York, in October 2020.

Scholarship as student engagement in college HE (2020)
Book Chapter
Lea, J., Lobb, R., Cattaneo, J., & Lawrence, J. (2020). Scholarship as student engagement in college HE. In T. Lowe, & Y. E. Hakim (Eds.), A Handbook for Student Engagement in Higher Education : Theory into Practice. London: Routledge

This chapter looks at how a national three-year project in England has been exploring the issue of student engagement from the perspective of enhancing student scholarship skills. The Scholarship Project was a Higher Education Funding Council for Eng... Read More about Scholarship as student engagement in college HE.

Emerging challenges for HCI : enabling effective use of VR in education and training (2020)
Book Chapter
Gordon, N., & Brayshaw, M. (2020). Emerging challenges for HCI : enabling effective use of VR in education and training. In L. Bozgeyikli, & R. Bozgeyikli (Eds.), Virtual reality : recent advancements, applications and challenges. Gistrup, Denmark: River Publishers

This chapter considers some of the challenges in providing effective virtual reality (VR) environments for teaching and training, where users are encouraged and enabled to be truly engaged in their learning. One approach is to use inquiry-based learn... Read More about Emerging challenges for HCI : enabling effective use of VR in education and training.