Devolving Diasporas: Migration and Reception in Central Scotland, 1980 - present
Lead Research Organisation:
Newcastle University
Department Name: Sch of English Lit, Lang & Linguistics
Abstract
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Organisations
- Newcastle University (Lead Research Organisation)
- CITY OF EDINBURGH COUNCIL (Collaboration)
- Fountainbridge Library (Collaboration)
- British Council (Collaboration)
- International NGO Training and Research Centre (INTRAC) (Collaboration)
- Mitchell Library (Collaboration)
- Whiteinch Library (Collaboration)
Publications
James Procter
(2012)
Postcolonial Audiences
Bethan Benwell
(2012)
From Codex to Hypertext: Reading at the Turn of the Twenty-first Century
James Procter
(2012)
Postcolonial Audiences
Jackie Kay
(2012)
Out of Bounds
Procter, J.R.
(2010)
Diasporas: Concepts, Intersections, Identities
James Procter
(2012)
Out of Bounds
Gemma Robinson; C Sassi
(2008)
Caribbean-Scottish Passages
in Special Issue of International Journal of Scottish Literature.
Procter J
(2011)
Introduction: Reading After Empire
in New Formations
Title | "Jackie Kay Reading", 2008. |
Type Of Art | Performance (Music, Dance, Drama, etc) |
Title | "Reading and Q&A with Jackie Kay for local book groups". |
Type Of Art | Performance (Music, Dance, Drama, etc) |
Title | "The Adoption Paper". |
Type Of Art | Performance (Music, Dance, Drama, etc) |
Title | 13 x winning poems from the poetry competition. |
Type Of Art | Creative Writing |
Description | Please see our monograh, Reading Across Worlds for full details on the discoveries of this project. |
Exploitation Route | We are currently taking them forward through an AHRC follow-on award. |
Sectors | Creative Economy Education Culture Heritage Museums and Collections |
Description | They have been taken up by researchers in Australia who are keen to do similar work on reception in that country. |
First Year Of Impact | 2014 |
Sector | Education |
Impact Types | Cultural |
Title | This Database provides information about diasporic arts within Central Scotland from 1980 to the Present day. |
Description | |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Provided To Others? | No |
Description | "The Adoption Papers Adaptation" collaboration with Public Libraries in Central Scotland (Mitchell Library, Portobello Library, Fountainbridge Library, Whiteinch Library). |
Organisation | City of Edinburgh Council |
Department | Portobello Library |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Information taken from Final Report |
Description | "The Adoption Papers Adaptation" collaboration with Public Libraries in Central Scotland (Mitchell Library, Portobello Library, Fountainbridge Library, Whiteinch Library). |
Organisation | Fountainbridge Library |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Information taken from Final Report |
Description | "The Adoption Papers Adaptation" collaboration with Public Libraries in Central Scotland (Mitchell Library, Portobello Library, Fountainbridge Library, Whiteinch Library). |
Organisation | Mitchell Library |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Information taken from Final Report |
Description | "The Adoption Papers Adaptation" collaboration with Public Libraries in Central Scotland (Mitchell Library, Portobello Library, Fountainbridge Library, Whiteinch Library). |
Organisation | Whiteinch Library |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Information taken from Final Report |
Description | Collaboration with Moving Manchester team, examining the relations between region, migrations & Literature. March 2007. |
Organisation | International NGO Training and Research Centre (INTRAC) |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Information taken from Final Report |
Description | Collaboration with the British Council between 2006-2008. |
Organisation | British Council |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Information taken from Final Report |
Collaborator Contribution | Provided us with contacts and readers in their overseas officers; gave us dedicated space for reading group discussions on their website. |
Impact | N/A |
Start Year | 2006 |