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Creative Dilemmas: Balancing open access and integrity
No full textThis article reflects on two research enabling practitioners’ (REPs) experiences related to making creative research outputs open. The REPs operate within a small specialist institution that is a research organisation (RO) focusing on the creative arts where open research is an embedded part of the RO’s research culture. Many of the RO’s academics are practice-based researchers whose research is disseminated through non-traditional output types such as artefacts, exhibitions, designs and videos.
However, there are tensions when making creative outputs open that can lead to ethical dilemmas faced by REPs and researchers, including issues related to informed consent, intellectual property and reuse of the research. These tensions are illustrated by examining three examples of creative outputs where issues have arisen where the inter-relationships of open research, ethics and integrity are explored through vignettes.
The findings of this article recommend continued training for researchers about the use of licences for creative works. Another recommendation calls for inclusive and transparent processes that support researchers in gaining justice when the intellectual property from their open access research outputs has been reused in a manner which contradicts the principles of research integrity.
Employability Schemes for Young People in STEM: Reflections on research culture and cross-faculty collaboration
No full textFollowing the success of Employability Schemes for Young People in STEM: Enabling staff to deliver an enriching experience through research culture development, the next stage was to share good practice with more departments within the University of Warwick. This included sharing information through a faculty wide working group, recruiting staff from two new departments to create a cross-faculty work experience programme and supporting staff from other departments that wanted to host their own programme, but are new to the process. Overall, the aim was to demonstrate and enable engagement with young people, creating role models and encouragement for them to pursue a future in STEM.
This article includes a collection of reflections from the staff engaged in the process, highlighting how the initiatives have changed their view on employability schemes, enhanced their working environment and provided training and development that will open further opportunities for them in the future. As the team has grown and we go into the project’s third year of deployment, new staff are foreseeing the possibilities and benefits of the project and have provided statements for their goals and objectives prior to beginning the program.
Through discussions with other groups, it is clear that employability schemes can come in many shapes and sizes, so a comparison between the traditions and project style of delivery has been presented.
Funding Acknowledgement
The project ‘Addressing social mobility issues in STEM’ was funded by the Enhancing Research Culture Fund through Research England
The Dimensions of Political Speech – Conceptualising the Origins of Political Hostility
No full textThis paper introduces a novel theoretical framework to analyse the increasing polarisation and hostility within US politics. The framework categorises political speech into three interrelated dimensions: locutionary, perlocutionary and illocutionary. By conducting an analytical review of the literature on political behaviour and polarisation and conceptualising the debate within this framework, the paper concludes that the increasing hostility is predominantly influenced by transformations within the illocutionary dimension rather than by changes occurring within the locutionary one
Breaking into Academic Publishing: Creating a Credible, Quality and Publishable Article
No full textWriting an academic article is something many students desire but common fears and concerns can prevent them from taking the next steps to publication success. This article offers insights from a journal’s Chief Editor aimed at early career and student authors considering publication, and hopes to enhance their publication experiences alongside avoiding some common mistakes. It explores how through spending time locating and evaluating suitable candidate journals from the outset, prospective authors can help avoid early rejections of their manuscript submissions. The article then proposes how authors, once writing is underway, can further increase their chances of a positive reception by reaching out to prospective editors. It illustrates that, as some form of peer-review is ubiquitous in academic publishing within quality research journals, authors should prepare to deal with reviews functionally, effectively and, where possible, dispassionately. Further, it suggests where rejection is encountered, authors should appreciate that other, alternative journals are likely to still be interested in publishing their work. Thus, through a lot of hard work, advice and attention to guidance from journals, and some common sense, any would-be author can achieve a publishable, quality academic article within a suitable research journal
“This Is Not America”: Restagings of the Cold War through Embodied Memory
Full text linkThis paper explores resonances of Cold War resistance to dictatorship in Latin America in the work of Puerto Rican activist and artist, Residente. By analysing a music video, This Is Not America, released in early 2022, I explore the ways in which political projects of the Cold War are brought to life through embodied performances of memory. In the video, bodies reinforce a shared political subjectivity by choreographing and performing social struggles from across the continent since its invasion and colonisation in the 16th century, with a particular focus on the Cold War period. The video’s conceptualisation of the Latin American struggle is defined through shared historical experiences of oppression, regional heroes and martyrs, and decolonial Latin American and Global South-driven visions for the future. In bringing certain bodies of the past to life and into dialogue (or not) with the present, the video positions the prefigurative political visions of more recent Latin American social movements within a longer history and genealogy
Insights into Diversity: A Multi-Stakeholder Analysis of Inclusive Assessment Practices in Higher Education
No full textChanges to admissions policies may have improved access to higher education, but equitable teaching and assessment strategies must address persisting attainment gaps. A diverse and inclusive assessment strategy is proposed to contribute towards reducing attainment deficits by providing learners with equality of opportunity. This study aims to elucidate student and staff experience of diverse assessments, to involve students in shaping the future of assessments, and to develop recommendations to overcome challenges associated with implementation. To achieve this, a mixed-methods survey (n = 54) explored students’ experiences of assessments. Focus groups (n = 7) led by students were conducted with some of the survey respondents. University educators (n = 6) participated in one-to-one semi-structured interviews. Student and staff data were analysed separately and assembled for comparison. Analysis revealed strong agreement between students and staff: both groups considered that diverse assessment would promote equitable opportunities in higher education. Participants recognised the need for a shift in culture to facilitate the implementation of a diverse assessment strategy that would promote equity of opportunity by improving accessibility and inclusivity. Moreover, implementation should be accommodated to the ‘learning journey’, welcoming students as equal co-creators and seeking to minimise the burden of assessments and marking
Coherence through critique: how Cueva’s attack on Marini’s Dialectics of Dependency contributed to strengthening Marxist Dependency Theory
Full text linkThe paper presents the sequential interaction between the works of three thinkers, Ruy Mauro Marini, Agustin Cueva and Vânia Bambirra, published in the 1970s. It argues that Cueva’s critique of the methodological approach of dependency theory in general, including its most radical strand based on Marxism, played an important role in strengthening and giving cohesion to the group which would later be known as the creators of the Marxist Dependency Theory. The importance of critique is highlighted, in order to show that debate and disagreement are inherently constructive when the participants of the controversy recognize their interlocutors as equals in terms of having the capacity to use Marx’s works in a creative and original way
Culture as a Sustainable Development Goal? The aesthetic experience of global citizenship as a strategy of cultural diplomacy
Full text linkThis article advocates for establishing ‘culture’ as the 18th Sustainable Development Goal (for the UN’s SDGs) to strengthen long-term cultural diplomacy strategies. The author argues that while the current 17 SDGs address diverse global challenges, they lack explicit recognition of culture\u27s fundamental role in fostering international cooperation and understanding diversity. Drawing on the UNESCO 2005 Convention and Achille Mbembe\u27s concept of "dissimilitude", the author proposes that artistic and aesthetic spaces can create opportunities for experiencing global citizenship through difference rather than assimilation. The article critiques the heterogeneity of existing SDGs, noting how some goals reflect dominant economic systems that may perpetuate neoliberal and neo-colonial approaches. It contends that cultural and artistic practices uniquely enable individuals to connect their personal experiences with global contexts, fostering sustainable living through diverse perspectives. By establishing culture as an SDG, international cultural policy actors could create spaces where citizens could experience cultural diversity, transfer personal perspectives globally, and develop the cultural competencies necessary for addressing complex global challenges through inclusive, multi-perspectival approaches to sustainability
On the Sustainability of Industrial Heritage Creative Clusters: The Case of M50, Shanghai
Full text linkWith the introduction of the UN’s 2030 Agenda (Sustainable Development Goals) and a new emphasis on both culture and the ecological environment in China’s 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025, inclusive), we now face a significant test case for global development. The future trajectory of industrial heritage creative clusters in China has drawn increasing attention, in part as it is becoming increasingly clear how global development (all over the world) has been propelled by urbanisation. As a selective presentation on what remains from a glorious industrial past, whether London or Shanghai, industrial heritage clusters face their own question on the future — how can they achieve sustainable development and become an active factor in a city’s historical evolution? This article takes the M50 Creative Cluster in Shanghai to survey what remains of its 20-year development trajectory in the context of the city’s evolving urban development. This article explores the potential driving forces for an ongoing sustainability, as well as the constraints clusters faces; it aims to provide insights for a policy agenda that integrates cultural policy and urban sustainability. The article first reviews the global and Chinese trajectories of industrial heritage creative clusters and then surveys relevant literature on creative clusters and their sustainable development. Using Lily Kong’s framework for understanding the sustainability of creative clusters, the article offers a detailed assessment of M50’s development path, summarising its dynamic patterns and offering reflections that may inform the sustainable development of similar creative clusters
