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Planet Patrolling: A citizen science brand audit of anthropogenic litter in the context of national legislation and international policy. (2022)
Journal Article
Law, A. (2022). Planet Patrolling: A citizen science brand audit of anthropogenic litter in the context of national legislation and international policy. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 129118 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.129118

Anthropogenic Litter (AL) is ubiquitous in distribution and diverse in type and impact. Citizen science AL clean-ups engage citizens with the environment and have the potential to generate data that can inform policy. Here we present a detailed citiz... Read More about Planet Patrolling: A citizen science brand audit of anthropogenic litter in the context of national legislation and international policy..

Bricolage as conceptual tool for understanding access to healthcare in superdiverse populations (2019)
Journal Article
Phillimore, J., Bradby, H., Knecht, M., Padilla, B., & Pemberton, S. (2019). Bricolage as conceptual tool for understanding access to healthcare in superdiverse populations. Social Theory and Health, 231-252. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41285-018-0075-4

This paper applies, for the first time, the concept of bricolage to understand the experiences of superdiverse urban populations and their practices of improvisation in accessing health services across healthcare ecosystems. By using the concept of h... Read More about Bricolage as conceptual tool for understanding access to healthcare in superdiverse populations.

Plastic masculinity: How everyday objects in plastic suggest men could be otherwise (2018)
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McKay, D., & Perez, P. (2018). Plastic masculinity: How everyday objects in plastic suggest men could be otherwise. Journal of Material Culture, 169-186. https://doi.org/10.1177/1359183517742424

Material things always make statements about people’s identities. For indigenous Filipino men, making baskets asserts identities rich in culture and in non-market values. This article examines basketry backpacks that were part of the pre-colonial mat... Read More about Plastic masculinity: How everyday objects in plastic suggest men could be otherwise.

Uncanny Objects and the Fear of the Familiar:Hiding from Akan Witches in New York City (2017)
Journal Article
Parish. (2017). Uncanny Objects and the Fear of the Familiar:Hiding from Akan Witches in New York City. Journal of Material Culture, 100-113. https://doi.org/10.1177/1359183517725100

This article examines the cosmology and secret practices of West African traditional priests in New York City in preventing the spread of witchcraft, an evil invisible spirit transmitted between female members of the Akan matrilineage. Explored is an... Read More about Uncanny Objects and the Fear of the Familiar:Hiding from Akan Witches in New York City.

Materiality, magic and belief: framing the countryside in fantastical live-action roleplay games (2015)
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(2015). Materiality, magic and belief: framing the countryside in fantastical live-action roleplay games. Ethnography, 326-349. https://doi.org/10.1177/1466138115609376

This account of a UK live-action roleplay (LARP) event highlights complex shifts between different interpretive frames, foregrounding the role of the physical setting as well as non-players and locals in providing symbolic resources that inhibit or s... Read More about Materiality, magic and belief: framing the countryside in fantastical live-action roleplay games.

“Heroes” and “villains” of world history across cultures (2015)
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(2015). “Heroes” and “villains” of world history across cultures. PloS one, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.+pone.0115641

Emergent properties of global political culture were examined using data from the World History Survey (WHS) involving 6,902 university students in 37 countries evaluating 40 figures from world history. Multidimensional scaling and factor analysis te... Read More about “Heroes” and “villains” of world history across cultures.

Group processes and patterns of solidarity: a study of aspects of modern and primitive societies
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(1984). Group processes and patterns of solidarity: a study of aspects of modern and primitive societies

The present study places on the one hand mathematics, matter and matters of fact, and on the other, art, religion and politics, in a fundamental distinction between the 'technical' and 'non-technical'. But the categories are defined and elaborated so... Read More about Group processes and patterns of solidarity: a study of aspects of modern and primitive societies.

Changing provision for the elderly mentally ill: a geographical perspective
Thesis
Parr, S. (1985). Changing provision for the elderly mentally ill: a geographical perspective

The focus in this study is on the reasons for the changing form of psychiatric services for the elderly. Attention is also focussed on how planners can develop appropriate services for the elderly mentally ill, hereinafter referred to as the "EMI"... Read More about Changing provision for the elderly mentally ill: a geographical perspective.