School of Society and Culture
Recent Submissions
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Assessing the Impact of Racist Incidents on the community in Plymouth.
(2023)This report details the findings of research, funded by the University of Plymouth, to evaluate and assess the impact of racist incidents on the community in Plymouth. It has been acknowledged by Plymouth and Devon Racial ... -
Trauma in Transition - Lived experiences of Trauma Informed approaches
(https://traumainformedplymouth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Lived-Experiences-of-the-Trauma-Informed-Approach-Dec-2022-002.pdf, 2022)Increasing numbers of organisations are seeking the contributions of people who have experienced trauma in order to develop their services and support. The aims of this piece of research were to understand the lived ... -
"In this prison we have our main meal at 11:30 am.” The significance of ‘time’ for food amongst people serving custodial sentences in England and Wales
In this article, I am thinking through the social life of time for food in prison from a practice theory perspective. I draw upon empirical data from in-depth qualitative interviews with people serving custodial sentences ... -
I’ll Tell You What I Want, What I Really, Really Want! Open Archaeology that Is Collaborative, Participatory, Public, and Feminist
(Informa UK Limited, 2020-01-02)In this paper, my aim is to remake a powerful case for an open archaeology that is always collaborative, participatory, and public–but also feminist and activist. Drawing on more than 10 years’ experience as a community ... -
Reluctant Refuge: An Activist Archaeological Approach to Alternative Refugee Shelter in Athens (Greece)
(Oxford University Press (OUP), 2020-09-01)<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>The effect of the mismatch between the numbers of forced migrants that host governments are prepared to deal with and the actual number of those seeking refuge is that many forced ... -
Turbo Island, Bristol: excavating a contemporary homeless place
(Informa UK Limited, 2014-06)This paper provides an assessment of the excavation of an apparently ordinary space in Bristol (UK) in 2009. Although the space appears unremarkable to most passers-by, it is unusual in being a place used routinely by ... -
From the ground up: cultural heritage practices as tools for empowerment in the Homeless Heritage project
(Informa UK Limited, 2018-08-09)The Homeless Heritage project took place across two English cities (Bristol and York) between 2010 and 2014. The project sought to use a range of participatory heritage practices to engage contemporary homeless people in ... -
We Are Displaced, But We Are More Than That: Using Anarchist Principles to Materialize Capitalism’s Cracks at Sites of Contemporary Forced Displacement in Europe
(Springer Science and Business Media LLCUnited States, 2024)<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>This article charts the development of The Made in Migration Collective, a coalition of displaced people, academics, and creative professionals that was developed during a recently ...