Contested Spaces, Shared Places .pdf

Programme
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Introduction: Professor Janet Haddock-Fraser, Provost, MMU Cheshire
Contested Spaces – Shared Places: A South African Perspective.
Professor Saloshna Vandeyar, Institute of Education, University of Pretoria,
South Africa
Session 1: Edgelands
a) “I’m obviously Catholic, but I wouldn’t class myself”: Exploring
presentation of social identity in Northern Ireland
Robert Lowe, Department of Interdisciplinary Studies, MMU
Claire Campbell, Department of Psychology, University of Ulster,
Coleraine
b) “A Stubborn Deceit”: The Contested Cultural Geography of the
American Borderlands
Matthew Carter, Department of Interdisciplinary Studies, MMU
Coffee / Tea
“Silent Tradition”: FGM, A Violation of Human Rights. Dorcas Akeju OBE
Session 2: Migrant (Un)belongings
a) Inside and Outside Place: Representations of race in the literature of
Rochdale
Jennie Bailey, Department of Interdisciplinary Studies, MMU

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b) Eleven years on from EU Accession: Polish migrants’ accounts of work
and life in South Cheshire and surrounds
Stephen French, Dept of Human Relations and HRM, Keele University
Geraldine Lee-Treweek, Department of Interdisciplinary Studies, MMU
Kasia Kliks, Translator and Interpreter, Independent researcher
Lunch and Poster Session

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Session 3: Gendered Spaces
a) Exclusion, identity and categorisation – gender politics and transgender
women
Michael Loughlin, Department of Interdisciplinary Studies, MMU
Emma Loughlin, Glasgow LBGT Society & Glasgow University Feminist
Society
b) Going into Battle: Becoming a male primary school teacher
Corinne Woodfine, Faculty of Education, MMU
c) Deep Pink
Meriel Lland, Department of Contemporary Arts, MMU

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Session 4: Experiencing Spaces
a) The Psychological Benefits of Being Physically Active in Different
Environments
Emma Lawton and Eric Brymer, Department of Exercise and Sport
Science, MMU
b) Redefining Urban Spaces: Parkour for Mental Health
Charlotte Blake & Eric Brymer, Department of Exercise and Sport
Science, MMU
c) Small Journeys Skyward
Meriel Lland, Department of Contemporary Arts, MMU
d) Photographing Memories
Carla Hamer, Department of Contemporary Arts, MMU
Coffee / Tea
Session 5: Community Spaces
a) Triple Helix Partnerships & Civic Engagement: Arts, Academia and the
Public
Carola Boehm, Department of Contemporary Arts, MMU
b) Lessons from a Failed Youth Football Movement
Rick Fenoglio, Department of Exercise and Sport Science, MMU
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