“Dead cities, crows, the rain and their ripper, the Yorkshire ripper”: The red riding novels (1974, 1977, 1980, 1983) of David Peace as Lieux d’horreur

This article explores the role and importance of place in the Red Riding novels of David Peace. Drawing on Nora’s (1989) concept of Lieux de mémoire and Rejinders’ (2010) development of this work in relation to the imaginary world of the TV detective and engaging with a body of literature on the city, it examines the way in which the bleak Yorkshire countryside and the city of Leeds in the North of England, in particular, is central to the narrative of Peace’s work and the locations described are reflective of the violence, corruption and immorality at work in the storylines. While Nora (1984) and Rejinders (2010) describe places as sites of memory negotiated through the remorse of horrific events, the authors agree that Peace’s work can be read as describing L’ieux d’horreur; a recalling of past events with the violence and horror left in

‘Make Do and Mend’: Crafting a Scottish Underdog in The Flying Scotsman (2006)

The Flying Scotsman (2006) charts the exploits of Graeme Obree, who won the World Cycling Championship in 1993 on his homemade ‘Old Faithful’ bicycle. It was the first biopic to focus exclusively on Scottish sporting achievement and this article asks how does that Scottishness interact with the tropes of the sporting biopic and how can The Flying Scotsman be located in the discourses surrounding the sport of cycling? It contends that The Flying Scotsman remodels the sports film’s underdog theme to present Obree as a Scottish underdog hero, untouched by contemporary doping scandals within cycling and who, following Michael de Certeau’s explanation of ‘tactics’ in The Practice of Everyday Life (1984), adopts an improvisational ‘tactical’ approach which enables him to overcome cycling’s dominant forces embodied in English cyclist Chris Boardman and the World Cycling Federation’s bureaucracy. Within the film, Obree (played by Jonny Lee Miller) appropriates different junk materials to craft Old Faithful and describes this approach to cycling as ‘make do and mend’. These ‘tactical’ appropriations are coupled with the film’s ‘textual’ appropriations: The Flying Scotsman draws on generic characteristics familiar from the biopic and sports film which are then blended with visual and narrative references to Bill Forsyth’s films and the depictions of Scottish life presented in British cinema. The film, a bricolage of different traditions, is thus a textual expression of the ‘make do and mend’ philosophy

La Pédagogie de la marche pour l'enseignement des sciences et la connexion plus qu'humaine

This literary-visual métissage weaves together stories, scholarship and photographs. What can be unearthed—science education, embodied knowledge, environmental ethics—when we walk on the land? Embodied and sensorial engagement fosters relational and enlivening educational experiences. Whether preschool or post-doc, direct sense experience offers not only active and experiential pedagogy, but also a spiritual attunement with the natural world. Now, amid the climate crisis and screen fatigue pandemic, such Earth resonance is of utmost import. Let us walk through a snowy forest, ponder what counsel our shoeless feet (and David Abram) afford us, and envision the learning environment as an emergent and adaptable opportunity for connection and wonder.Ce métissage littéraire-visuel mêle des histoires, l’érudition et des photos. Que peut-on découvrir—l’enseignement scientifique, des connaissances incarnées, l’éthique environnementale—lorsque nous marchons sur la terre? L'engagement incarné et sensoriel favorise les expériences éducatives relationnelles et animantes. Qu'elle soit préscolaire ou post-doctorale, l'expérience sensorielle directe offre non seulement une pédagogie active et expérientielle, mais aussi une harmonisation spirituelle avec le monde naturel. Aujourd'hui, au milieu de la crise climatique et de la pandémie de fatigue écran, une telle résonance de la Terre est de la plus haute importance. Marchons à travers une forêt enneigée, réfléchissons aux conseils que nos pieds sans chaussures (et David Abram) nous offrent, et envisageons l'environnement d'apprentissage comme une opportunité émergente et adaptable de connexion et d'émerveillement

Practical, appropriate, empirically-validated guidelines for designing educational games

There has recently been a great deal of interest in the potential of computer games to function as innovative educational tools. However, there is very little evidence of games fulfilling that potential. Indeed, the process of merging the disparate goals of education and games design appears problematic, and there are currently no practical guidelines for how to do so in a coherent manner. In this paper, we describe the successful, empirically validated teaching methods developed by behavioural psychologists and point out how they are uniquely suited to take advantage of the benefits that games offer to education. We conclude by proposing some practical steps for designing educational games, based on the techniques of Applied Behaviour Analysis. It is intended that this paper can both focus educational games designers on the features of games that are genuinely useful for education, and also introduce a successful form of teaching that this audience may not yet be familiar with

Robert Young: In My Small Pavilion

In my Small Pavilion is a collection of essays by Robin Laurence and Robert Stacey discussing the works of Robert Young. The catalogue accompanied an exhibition put on by the Atelier Gallery. The essays explore Young's personal and professional career and discuss specific works of Young's. Published in 1993, the catalogue is part of an edition of 750