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A utilitarian antagonist: the zombie in popular video games [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This article takes as its starting point the prevalence of the zombie in video games. I argue that, although the zombie games often superficially resemble filmic texts in their use of aesthetic and narrative, they must be understood, less as a set of ...
A Tudor   +11 more
core   +2 more sources

‘These reforms have teeth’: The affective dimensions of teacher education policy enactment

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The affective dimensions of education policy enactment have often received less attention in the research literature, especially regarding teacher education policy. This article reports on a study of the affective responses of university‐based teacher educators in England to the significant initial teacher education reforms of 2019–2022: the ...
Ian Cushing, Viv Ellis
wiley   +1 more source

Teaching and Professional Fellowship Report 2006/7 : The Vakhtangov Technique [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Exploring a more sophisticated, coherent delivery of the Vakhtangov technique within the Drama Centre curriculum. The Vakhtangov system is centred on emotional memory and naturalistic modes of acting known as 'fantastic realism', in radical contrast to ...
Mirochnikov, Oleg
core  

Acromegaly, Mr Punch and caricature. [PDF]

open access: yes, 1996
The origin of Mr Punch from the Italian Pulcinella of the Commedia dell'arte is well known but his feature, large hooked nose, protruding chin, kyphosis and sternal protrusion all in an exaggerated form also suggest the caricature of an acromegalic. This
Armstrong R   +20 more
core   +2 more sources

‘It's all very well having a diverse curriculum, but if there is no curriculum, it can be as diverse as you like’: Precarity and decolonising in the neoliberal UK higher education system

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Drawing upon interview research across two academic departments as part of the early stages of a ‘decolonise the curriculum’ initiative at a Southern UK university, this study highlights a growing gulf between policy and practice in efforts to address systemic racial inequalities in UK universities. A reliance upon precarious labour, a culture
Triona Fitton   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Il grottesco tra Il Trovatore e La Traviata

open access: yesItinera, 2014
The grotesque represents in a certain way the leading form of ugly since the latter became a too general concept to serve as an effective explicatory principle. Starting from Rosenkrantz’s conception of the grotesque, with a view to Kosik’s thesis of the
Gabriele Scaramuzza
doaj   +1 more source

Grotesque elements in two selected short stories [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
This study aims to identify and analyse grotesque elements in two selected short stories: The Judge’s House by Bram Stoker (1847–1912), an Irish writer, and The Cursed Citadel by an Iranian writer, Sadegh Hedayat (1903-1951).
Haghighi, Hana, Talif, Rosli
core  

‘School is their whole world’: Teachers' perspectives on loneliness among children and adolescents from England and mainland China

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract As front‐line observers and active participants in pupils' daily lives, teachers closely monitor pupils' social interactions, emotional states and behavioural changes. Their unique perspective enables them to detect problems in the social lives of their pupils that may not be immediately visible to peers, parents or mental health professionals.
Yixuan Zheng   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

“A time to be born, and a time to die.” [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
While surgeons were well acquainted with the horrors of a field hospital in the aftermath of a grand battle like Gettysburg, the civilians of the North were woefully unprepared for the carnage at play in the halls of their local institutions and homes ...
Rudy, John M.
core   +2 more sources

Towards a Socially Inclusive Circular Economy: Evidence From Social Enterprises in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Circular economy (CE) and social entrepreneurship (SE) are increasingly recognised as critical pathways for sustainable development, yet CE research often underplays social inclusion, particularly in low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs).
Maria L. Granados, Adeyemi Adelekan
wiley   +1 more source

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