183 research outputs found
Social turkey
No full textSocial Turkey is a short digital dance video developed\ud
over a series of weekly meetings with a group of\ud
sprightly and defiant sixty-plus year olds resident in\ud
Limerick. Very early in the process artist Ciara\ud
Finnegan and choreographer Jenny Roche found\ud
each individual expressing a wonderful enthusiasm\ud
for dance, an eagerness to perform and a healthy\ud
refusal to conform to stereotypes of aging. Finnegan\ud
was keen that this project should support an\ud
exchange of ideas rather than employ a top-down\ud
directorial structure. While Roche devised the\ud
fundamentals of the dance and Finnegan manned\ud
the camera, each participant contributed thereafter -\ud
improvising on a step sequence and collaborating on\ud
patterns that ultimately determined much of the look\ud
of the result. The work seeks to amplify the\ud
represented interests of a wider community while\ud
celebrating the vivacity of the particular group and\ud
the sheer fun of the collaboration
Review of van der Meulen and Heynen’s Expanding the Gaze: Gender and the Politics of Surveillance
No full textDomestic drones: the politics of verticality and the surveillance industrial complex
No full textDrones are being introduced as innovative and
cost-effective technologies for civil, commercial, and recreational purposes
in the domestic realm. While the presence of these technologies is
increasing, regulations are being introduced in order to ensure their safe
and responsible use. As drones are adopted for a number of purposes, the
“de facto practices settle around it, rendering change much more
difficult” (Gersher, 2014), and so the policy debates must consider all
contingencies and unintended consequences of their use. This paper discusses
the background of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), their role as surveillance technologies, and how
they reinforce asymmetries in power and visibility that contribute to a
politics of verticality, ultimately arguing that surveillance concerns must
become part of the discussion at the policy and regulatory level in order to
mitigate any harms. Where drones are already used for care and control as
technologies of surveillance, privileged use of drones by public and police
agencies could further reinforce a politics of verticality (Weizman, 2002),
resulting in specific types of space, risk, and population management
The secondary punishment: a scoping study on employer attitudes to hiring people with criminal convictions.
No full textUnderstanding public opinion of UAVs in Canada: A 2014 analysis of survey data and its policy implications
No full textCo-authoring in Academic Research:From quarter-baked intuition to publication
No full textDr Ciara Hackett (QUB School of Law) and Prof Harry Van Buren (the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and Honorary Professor, QUB School of Law) speak with Dr Ciarán O’Kelly about co-authoring in academic research.They ask how accurate and, indeed, how healthy it is to think of academics as solitary actors. They discuss both the merits of and the challenges involved in collaboration and co-authoring. Who ought one co-author with? What workflows work best? What ethical issues emerge
Co-authoring in Academic Research:From quarter-baked intuition to publication
No full textDr Ciara Hackett (QUB School of Law) and Prof Harry Van Buren (the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and Honorary Professor, QUB School of Law) speak with Dr Ciarán O’Kelly about co-authoring in academic research.They ask how accurate and, indeed, how healthy it is to think of academics as solitary actors. They discuss both the merits of and the challenges involved in collaboration and co-authoring. Who ought one co-author with? What workflows work best? What ethical issues emerge
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