Path, theme and narrative in open plan exhibition settings

Three arguments are made based on the analysis of science exhibitions. First,sufficiently refined techniques of spatial analysis allow us to model the impact oflayout upon visitors' paths, even in moderately sized open plans which allow almostrandom patterns of movement and relatively unobstructed visibility. Second, newlydeveloped or adapted techniques of analysis allow us to make a transition frommodeling the mechanics of spatial movement (the way in which movement is affectedby the distribution of obstacles and boundaries), to modeling the manner in whichmovement might register additional aspects of visual information. Third, theadvantages of such purely spatial modes of analysis extend into providing us with asharper understanding of some of the pragmatic constrains within which exhibitioncontent is conceived and designed

Sludge

This article narrates a journey taken with wastewater at Shieldhall Wastewater Treatment Works in Glasgow as it courses through a number of treatment areas engineered to separate out solids and clear water. The journey is taken by two water scientists and a cultural geographer who follow the slowing and settling, filtering and dredging, bubbling and churning, as the wastewater system seeks to order material chaos – ‘turbidity’ as it is known here. But between the water sampling and testing undertaken on the journey, these attempts to categorise and make meaning of the stuff at Shieldhall, waste continues to resist determination. Its meanings leak, and its pathways through space and time spill out in unpredictable ways. This article considers what Hird has referred to as the ‘fully inhuman’ exuberance of waste to explore how life at this wastewater facility opens on to an uncertain future, and urges us to remember it

The Irresolution of Rome

Wedgwood argues that it would be a pity to allow international misjudgment of the long-term security environment to generate a disregard for the constructive tasks of American military power, and fatally hobble shared support for an effective criminal tribunal. American Senators and military leaders--and the American public--will want to see how the International Criminal Court works in practice before considering the possibility of full ratification and formal membership. If this look-over period is not safe, the advocates seeking a war on the court may win the day

'Things ain’t what they used to be’: Marvin Gaye and the making of “What’s Going On”

Born 1939 in Washington, D.C, Marvin Pentz Gay Jnr (who later added the “e” to his name) was one of four born to a mother he remained devoted to throughout his life and a father whose cross-dressing tendencies he reportedly found both humiliating and confusing. A minister for a small Hebrew Pentecostal sect, according to his daughter, Marvin Gay Snr. was not one to “spare the rod” when it came to his children. Violence coursed through Gaye’s life (in a BBC Radio 2 documentary to commemorate the 40th anniversary of What’s Going On, Gaye also alluded to frequent scuffles with Motown boss Berry Gordy), culminating in his violent death at the hands of his father in 1984

A Conversation with a Regulator : Meeting with Paul Boyle, Chief Executive of the Financial Reporting Council

Prepared for the Audit Committee Chair Forum, published by Ernst & Young, CBI and Cranfield School of Management. This paper reflects the discussions at a meeting of the Audit Committee Chair Forum (ACCF) held on 19th March 2009, which was addressed by Mr Paul Boyle, Chief Executive of the Financial Reporting Council. The meeting discussed corporate governance and corporate reporting in the UK

Delegating Up: State Conformity with the Federal Tax Base

Congress uses the income tax to achieve policy goals. States import federal tax policies into their own tax systems when they incorporate by reference the federal income tax base as the starting point for assessment of state income taxes. But federal tax policies reflect national, not state, political choices. This Article calls attention to the practice of tax-base conformity and to its advantages and disadvantages. Conformity conserves legislative, administrative, and judicial resources, and it reduces taxpayers\u27 compliance burdens. At the same time, however, conforming states cede tax autonomy to the federal government, thereby jeopardizing federalism values, such as regulatory diversity and diffusion of power. Conforming states also expose themselves to revenue volatility stemming from the ever-changing federal tax law. Despite these concerns, the administrative and compliance advantages of federal-state tax-base conformity are so significant that states are unlikely to abandon it. Thus, this Article makes only limited recommendations for reducing the adverse impacts of tax-base conformity