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Nick Crowe, Commemorative Glass
No full textThis book is edited by Kathy Rae Huffman. It includes texts by Esther Leslie, Godehard Janzing and Marcus Verhagen. "Commemorative Glass" features a selection of new and recent works from artist Nick Crowe. Crowe's practice encompasses a wide range of media, including film & video, sculpture and the internet. This exhibition focuses on Crowe's specific interest in glass as a contemporary artistic material. Ranging from large scale sculptures to delicate hand-engraved panels, the work utilises the diverse material properties of glass together with its varied cultural connotations to explore issues relating to how we remember, from personal expressions of loss, to momentous political and historical events such as The Gulf War. Crowe questions the prevailing perceptions held within British Society, looking particularly at the way media representations of events are never simply unbiased reflections of reality. "Commemorative Glass" also continues Crowe's investigation into the role of technology and its contingent effects on everyday life. The internet is used both as a focus for his work and a tool to research its content. Taking the dematerialised and often ephemeral material found online, Crowe transforms it into solid, but transparent, sculptural forms. "Commemorative Glass" includes two new large scale sculptures produced specially for Cornerhouse, The Beheaded and The Campaign for Rural England
Interview with Melanie Rae Thon
Get PDFnative of Montana, Melanie Rae Thon is an award-winning short story and novel author who lives in Salt Lake City and teaches at the University of Utah
Francis Bacon, John Rae, and the economics of competitiveness
No full textJohn Rae and the contemporary proponents of the economics of competitiveness assert that traditional treatments of economic growth, development, and trade have not taken into account the ability of technological progress to overcome diminishing returns to investment. Unlike the contemporary advocates of competitiveness, Rae did not fall into the trap of insisting that the costs of technical knowledge determine its productiveness
The RAE-ification of Tourism Research in the UK
No full textWhereas those working on the inside of tourism generally feel that tourism research is making good progress, the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) in the UK offered an outsiders' assessment of UK tourism research that was less benign. This paper examines the results and consequences of the RAE based on an examination of the submissions made by UK higher education institutions. It describes the position of tourism in the RAE and focuses on three key issues—structure, outcomes and visibility. It invokes Kuhnian and Foucauldian perspectives to foreground hidden consequences of the RAE (termed RAE-ification by the author) that threaten the development of UK tourism research. The article concludes that tourism research, finding itself on the periphery of UK research, faces similar problems to those faced by peripheral tourism regions
Fortissat Science Alliance podcast: Henry Rae
No full textHenry Rae was a technician in the School of Medicine at the University of St Andrews. He took part in the Fortissat Science Alliance podcast recordings in March 2021.What is the Fortissat Science Alliance?The Fortissat Science Alliance was a Wellcome Trust & Children In Need "Curiosity" project. This scheme provided informal STEM learning opportunities for young people who attended the community centre Getting Better Together Shotts (GBT Shotts) between 2019 and 2023. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, deliveries had to pivot online so the podcast was founded. These recordings were made via Zoom with warm-up STEM activities sent to every young person in advance, along with a profile page for each researcher, so that they were relaxed and able to ask excellent questions.Link to episode on Spotify.Depending on the broadcast date, podcast deliveries were co-sponsored by Glasgow Science Festival, EXPLORATHON 2021, or EXPLORATHON 2022/23.For the duration of the project, it was supported jointly by Children in Need and the Wellcome Trust. In 2021, EXPLORATHON episodes were supported by the European Commission [grant agreement ID 101036101]. In 2022-23, EXPLORATHON episodes were supported by the Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council [grant number EP/X020894/1].Author contributions to contentHenry Rae was the guest featured on this episode. Rebecca Hay was the youth worker coordinating the young people who conducted the interviews as well as co-editing and broadcasting the recordings. Iain Hamilton co-edited the episodes. Kirsty Ross was the STEM consultant for the project and uploaded completed episodes to Figshare.</p
The RAE-ification of Tourism Research in the UK
Get PDFWhereas those working on the inside of tourism generally feel that tourism research is making good progress, the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) in the UK offered an outsiders' assessment of UK tourism research that was less benign. This paper examines the results and consequences of the RAE based on an examination of the submissions made by UK higher education institutions. It describes the position of tourism in the RAE and focuses on three key issues—structure, outcomes and visibility. It invokes Kuhnian and Foucauldian perspectives to foreground hidden consequences of the RAE (termed RAE-ification by the author) that threaten the development of UK tourism research. The article concludes that tourism research, finding itself on the periphery of UK research, faces similar problems to those faced by peripheral tourism regions
The Research Software Alliance (ReSA) and NeSI
No full textThe Research Software Alliance (ReSA) was established in 2019 with the vision that ‘research software and those who develop and maintain it are recognised and valued as fundamental and vital to research worldwide’. Having been involved in ReSA since its formation, in 2023 NeSI joined as an Organisational Member of ResA, expanding Aotearoa’s ability to participate in, learn from, and contribute to international efforts advancing the research software ecosystem. In this talk we share:- an overview of the Research Software Alliance and how Aotearoa has participated in some of their activities to date; - an introduction to the Amsterdam Declaration on Funding Research Software Sustainability (the ADORE Declaration); and - information on how to keep up to date with, or become involved in, the kōrero around Research Software ABOUT THE AUTHORS Georgina Rae is the Science Engagement Manager at NeSI where she ensures that NeSI is building strong relationships with the research sector. Prior to NeSI she has worked in molecular biology and intellectual property. She is passionate about enabling research and is interested in the fundamental shifts required to level up scientific research. Nick Jones is NeSI’s founding Director, having established and led NeSI alongside a team of colleagues and peers since inception in mid-2011. Nick is responsible for NeSI’s partnerships, strategic directions and performance, bringing together a talented and diverse array of people, and their institutions and interests. Nick is a founding member of the Aotearoa New Zealand Committee on Data in Research, and developed the eResearch Ecosystem Map to establish a common framework for eResearch capability and investment nationally and institutionally.For more information about eResearch NZ / eRangahau Aotearoa, visit:https://eresearchnz.co.nz/</p
On Such a Full Sea of Novels: An Interview with Chang-rae Lee
Get PDFAn interview with author Chang-rae Lee
Rae
No full textRae is a memoir as told through a collection of vignettes. The narrative circles issues of anxiety and the process of self-discovery. The stories are memories organized by issue. The memoir’s non-linear, topic-based organization draws connections between individual moments and follows the author’s attempt to come to terms with familial expectations and her own anxiety. The vignettes emphasize the differences by using the ordinary nature of the titles to convey the common experience of a spiritual journey and the author’s attempt to find her identity as a child and an adult. The writing process and product are the organic journey of the author and the recognition and self-acceptance that came as a result
Social networks: the future of marketing for small business
Get PDFPurpose – The authors review recent developments in online marketing strategy that demonstrate the growing power of online communities in building brand reputations and customer relationships. Design/methodologies/approach – This work draws upon the results of an ongoing research project that is investigating the use of new technologies by entrepreneurial growing businesses in the London area. A range of examples from our 30 case study businesses are drawn upon to illustrate some of the opportunities and threats associated with these new marketing priorities.<br/
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