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Excavation and survey at Church Place, Denny Wait, in the New Forest in 2016/17
Get PDFThis paper describes a programme of survey and excavation at the scheduled site of Church Place, Denny Wait in the New Forest that took place in2016 and 2017 with a team from the University of Winchester. The extant earthworks at the site have been long considered to represent one of the royalhunting lodges built in the 14th century by command of Edward III, and is one of eight similar sites across the New Forest. While dating evidence was retrievedthat confirm a 14th/15th century date for the earthworks, which share physical characteristics with other lodge sites in the forest, excavations indicate thatthe site was never the focus of high status activity. Of particular interest is the fact that the results do not actually support significant activity at the siteof any kind, suggesting a far more temporary and occasional use of it, such as an ancillary encampment (eg for beaters), or as a meeting place. The work atthe site unexpectedly also produced evidence of a previously unknown prehistoric enclosure underlying the medieval remains, probably dating to the Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age
Snegurochka
No full textSnegurochka is a novel about a young English mother adrift and isolated in Kiev in 1992-3. It draws on the city’s iconography as well as theories of imaginative geography to create a layered and singular sense of place. Themes include alienation, motherhood and memory, and the ways in which seemingly domestic/private concerns are also deeply political. The protagonist is an isolated observer driven by the need to provide for her child which means she must engage with hyperinflation, the legacy of famine, the black market, the aftermath of Chernobyl and the looming presence of Russia. Other characters are used to reveal the instability of the single story: the journalist’s ‘scoop’; the nationalist myth; the folktale of Snegurochka; motherhood itself. The novel asks whether forms of truth lodged in deeply-held superstition are as powerful as those based in rational thought. Scenes frequently shift without scaffolding to discomfort and intrigue the reader. <br/
A Systematic Investigation of Conceptual Color Associations
Get PDFAssociations with colours are a rich source of meaning and there has been considerable interest in understanding the capacity of colour to shape our functioning and behaviour as a result of colour associations. However, abstract conceptual colour associations have not been comprehensively investigated and many of the effects of colour on psychological functioning reported in the literature are therefore reliant on ad hoc rationalisations of conceptual associations with colour (e.g. blue – openness) to explain effects. In the present work we conduct a systematic, cross-cultural, mapping of conceptual colour associations using the full set of hues from the World Colour Survey (WCS). In Experiments 1a and 1b we explored the conceptual associations that English monolingual, Chinese bilingual and Chinese monolingual speaking adults have with each of the 11 Basic English Colour Terms (black, white, red, yellow, green, blue, brown, purple, pink, orange, grey). In Experiment 2 we determined which specific physical WCS colours are associated with which concepts in these three language groups. The findings reveal conceptual colour associations that appear to be ‘universal’ across all cultures (e.g. white – purity; blue – water/sky related; green – health; purple – regal; pink – ‘female’ traits) as well as culture specific (e.g. red and orange – enthusiastic in Chinese; red – attraction in English). Importantly, the findings provide a crucial constraint on, and resource for, future work that seeks to understand the effect of colour on cognition and behaviour, enabling stronger a priori predictions about universal as well as culturally relative effects of conceptual colour associations on cognition and behaviour to be systematically tested
Can I see the real you?:Developing an attributional model of authentic leadership
No full textThe notion of authenticity in leadership has garnered an almost evangelical following, however, research still aims for clarity about the behavioural dimensions of authentic leadership and consistently challenges aspects of the principal theory. This novel and complex constructivist study offers an alternative conceptualisation that addresses concerns about the idealised, trait-based perspectives. It advances theory by inductively explaining how managers in large organisations perceive and attribute authenticity to their superiors within the context of their work relationships. Certain leader behaviours are first recognised and categorised by followers as ‘authenticating acts’, and these are legitimised over time through an implicit evaluation of the leader’s broader ‘relational qualities’ at both a dyadic and group exchange level. Our findings offer a new perspective on the meaning of authentic leadership and illuminate its potential utility for organisations by explaining how perceptions of leader authenticity positively alter the lived experience of work for followers
Children's mental health beyond the green paper:the role of practice based evidence
No full textA report for the All-Party Parliamentary Group on a Fit and Healthy Childhood
An approach to digital literacy through the integration of media and Information literacy
Get PDFDigital literacy often serves as an ‘umbrella’ term for a range of distinct educational practices which seek to equip the user to function in digitally rich societies. This article explores two of these practices, information literacy and media literacy and through an examination of their histories and practices proposes a future direction for digital literacy. The article consists of three main sections. Section one considers the history of information literacy. The gradual development and refinement of information literacy is traced through a number of key texts and proclamations. Section two is concerned with media literacy. It is noted that media literacy education evolved in three broad strands with each pursuing differing political ends and utilising different techniques. The three approaches are still evident and differences in contemporary media education practices can be understood through this framework. The final section argues that while media and information literacy offer much there are deficiencies in both: media literacy lacks a full engagement with the nature of digital technology and how digital technology affords users new communicative practices while information literacy has not fully developed a critical approach in the way media literacy has. It is asserted that integrating and strategically revisiting both approaches offers a digitally aware and critically nuanced direction for digital literacy
Gender comparisons in mother-child emotion talk: A meta-analysis
Get PDFMother-child emotion talk is one of the main ways through which children learn about emotions. Some previous research studies have suggested that mother-child emotion talk is a gendered process, influencing how girls and boys talk about emotions. Despite inconsistent findings in establishing if mothers use different amounts of emotion talk with their daughters and sons, there is no known meta-analysis of the literature examining gender differences in the frequency of mother-child emotion talk. The aim of this comprehensive meta-analysis is to explore gender comparisons in the frequency of mother-child emotion talk as well as the moderators of these differences. Based on 34 independent group samples (samples of unique individuals) consisting of 3649 participants, no gender differences in the frequency of emotion talk between mothers of daughters and mothers of sons were found. Using a random-effects model, the meta-analysis had a mean weighted effect size of Cohen's d = .04 (95% CI = [-.05, .13], p = .36). It was not heterogeneous, Q w (33) = 39.36, p = .21. Thus, findings of the present meta-analysis suggest that mother-child emotion talk has not been shown to be gendered, which has implications for children's socialization of emotions. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved
The Routledge History of Monarchy
No full textThe Routledge History of Monarchy draws together current research across the field of royal studies, providing a rich understanding of the history of monarchy from a variety of geographical, cultural and temporal contexts.Divided into four parts, this book presents a wide range of case studies relating to different aspects of monarchy throughout a variety of times and places, and uses these case studies to highlight different perspectives of monarchy and enhance understanding of rulership and sovereignty in terms of both concept and practice. Including case studies chosen by specialists in a diverse array of subjects, such as history, art, literature, and gender studies, it offers an extensive global and interdisciplinary approach to the history of monarchy, providing a thorough insight into the workings of monarchies within Europe and beyond, and comparing different cultural concepts of monarchy within a variety of frameworks, including social and religious contexts. Opening up the discussion of important questions surrounding fundamental issues of monarchy and rulership, The Routledge History of Monarchy is the ideal book for students and academics of royal studies, monarchy, or political history. <br/
Understanding the Mechanisms of Monarchy
No full textThis chapter looks at monarchy through a wide-reaching theoretical lens, examining the key elements which underpin monarchy across all eras, cultural, and geographical contexts. It posits a conceptual framework for understanding monarchy through the interplay of nine key elements: power, law, and religion; ceremonial, representation, and display; and finally dynasty, court, and realm. By examining how these key elements interact and form the foundation upon which monarchy rests, we gain a deeper understanding of how rulership is constructed and functions. This chapter intends to provide a theoretical basis for the case studies in the collection which follow and gives an introduction to the central ideas which run through the rest of the volume
