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)
- Fountainbridge Library (Collaboration)
- City of Edinburgh Council (Collaboration)
- British Council (Collaboration)
- International NGO Training and Research Centre (INTRAC) (Collaboration)
- Mitchell Library (Collaboration)
- Whiteinch Library (Collaboration)
Publications
Procter, J.R.
(2010)
Diasporas: Concepts, Intersections, Identities
Procter J
(2011)
Introduction: Reading After Empire
in New Formations
Procter J
(2009)
READING, TASTE AND POSTCOLONIAL STUDIES Professional and Lay Readers of Things Fall Apart
in Interventions
James Procter (Author)
(2009)
Reading as Social Glue: Book Groups, Multiculture, and the Small Island Read 2007
in Moving Worlds.
James Procter
(2012)
Out of Bounds
James Procter
(2012)
Postcolonial Audiences
James Procter
(2012)
Postcolonial Audiences
Jackie Kay
(2012)
Out of Bounds
Gemma Robinson; C Sassi
(2008)
Caribbean-Scottish Passages
in Special Issue of International Journal of Scottish Literature.
Bethan Benwell
(2012)
From Codex to Hypertext: Reading at the Turn of the Twenty-first Century
Benwell B
(2012)
Common-sense anti-racism in book group talk: The role of reported speech
in Discourse & Society
Benwell B
(2011)
Not Reading Brick Lane
in New Formations
Benwell B
(2009)
'A pathetic and racist and awful character': ethnomethodological approaches to the reception of diasporic fiction
in Language and Literature: International Journal of Stylistics
| 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 |