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Self(ie)-Care and Mental Health
(2018-07-21)The amount of research on the use of selfies as a form of care is scarce, with those focusing on mental health being non-existent. Following Foucault’s genealogy of madness, this paper attempts to analyse how forms of care ... -
Farming by Satellites: how West Country farmers were being driven to, and by, precision agricultural systems
(2018-10-20)Precision farming integrates satellite coordination and information communication technologies into farming practices to deliver self-driving and auto-regulating machinery and equipment to farmers, who can afford to invest, ... -
Migrant Surveillance and State Power: Electronic Tagging of Asylum-Seekers in the UK
(2018-07-20)While the electronic tagging of asylum-seekers is often considered a humane alternative to detention, it is actually a tactic of Theresa May’s ‘hostile environment’ that deeply constricts an individual’s physical, ... -
"I can't be a parent if I'm not there": Investigating how leave shapes parental identity experience among female same‐sex parents
(2018-07-11)This research explores how leave affected ten female same-sex parents’ experience of their parental identity. Semi-structured interviews with all participants and semi-structured two-week diaries (diary-interview method ...
