Sarah May
Biographic Data
| ID | 3584628 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sarah May |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sarah |
| FAMILY NAME | May |
| SIGNATURE | MAY S |
| AFFILIATIONS | English Heritage |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1489-8053 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 52 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Rewilding, gender and the transformation of the Côa Valley
This paper focuses on women's agency through their responses to a rewilding initiative. To do this, we draw on ethnographic research conducted in a rewilding landscape in the Côa Valley in Portugal. Our initial encounters in the rewilding field were all with male workers. This led us to actively seek out women's experiences, who were mainly located on the margins of rewilding. We believe these experiences cast rewilding—and its effects on rural c…
Methods for Co-researching With Youth: A Cross-Case Analysis of Centering Anti-Adultist Frameworks
This article provides a cross-case study of three studies that utilized anti-adultist approaches to collaborating with youth as co-researchers. Drawing on reflections from both adults and youth, we present an analysis of three case studies of adult and youth experiences in planning, implementing, and conducting research studies aimed at centering youth perspectives. Findings include what adults and youth learned about the co-researching process a…
Toxic Heritage: Legacies, Futures, and Environmental Injustice
Measurement of Science Museum Visitors’ Emotional Experiences at Exhibits Designed to Encourage Productive Struggle
This study measured science museum visitors’ emotional experiences at exhibits designed to encourage productive struggle (PS), an emotional experience where visitors productively persist through challenge. The study included 105 youth visitors ages 10–17 who interacted with one of three science exhibits designed to promote PS. Emotion was measured using a convergent mixed‐methods design, including self‐report ratings of the extent to which 13 emo…
Heritage, endangerment and participation: Alternative futures in the Lake District
Cultural heritage policy in the UK puts a high value on participation, and heritage agencies often encourage that participation through appealing to the endangered status of the landscapes, sites and monuments in their care. Participation takes many forms, and can involve influencing policy, contributing to cultural outputs and enjoying cultural activities. This paper critically examines the literature and discourse underpinning the endangerment/…
No future in archaeological heritage management
Although the future is mentioned frequently in overarching aims and visions, and it is a major drive in the daily work of archaeological heritage managers and indeed heritage professionals more generally, it remains unclear precisely how an overall commitment to the future can best inform specific heritage practices. It seems that most archaeologists and other heritage professionals cannot easily express how they conceive of the future they work …
Heritage Futures
Heritage Futures is a four-year collaborative international research programme (2015–2019) funded by a UK Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) ‘Care for the Future’ Theme Large Grant, and supported additionally by its host universities and partner organisations. The research programme involves ambitious interdisciplinary research to explore the potential for innovation and creative exchange across a broad range of heritage and related fiel…
New perspectives in Global Public Archaeology
Latina/o immigrant integration in the rural midwest: Host community resident and immigrant perspectives
Silbury Hill: Public Archaeology, Acoustic Archaeology
Acoustic research was conducted as part of a wider programme aimed at understanding and conserving Silbury Hill, a prehistoric mound in southern England. The research combines modelling and experimental fieldwork to investigate the significance of sound transmission within the landscape. The current landscape form is shown to have a more restricted soundscape than it did before the monument was constructed. This fits well with revised understandi…
Focusing Resource Allocation-Wellbeing as a Tool for Prioritizing Interventions for Communities at Risk
Addressing the capacity of individuals to work with others and to adapt to change, serve as important strategies in maintaining wellbeing in communities under stress. The human impacts of exogenous stressors appear to manifest themselves in poorer health outcomes; addressing primary stressors may in turn aid wellbeing. Longitudinal studies are indicated to verify these findings. Wellbeing may serve as a useful and parsimonious proxy measure for r…
Cheese, Commons and Commerce on the Politics and Practices of Branding Regional Food
The protection of regional specialties by the EU-instrument of geographical indications fundamentally changes the status of food; formerly common products become newly appropriated ones. The processes of selecting specialties, and declaring them to be a kind of culinary heritage, shed light on the interplay between legal, political, and economic interests: the transformation of (assumed to be) commonly shared goods and knowledge into legal collec…
Effects of Exogenous and Endogenous Distracters on Immediate and Long‐Term Recall in Toddlers
We explored the role that exogenous and endogenous competitors for attention play in infants’ abilities to encode and retain information over a 6‐month period. Sixty‐six children visited the laboratory at 15 months, and 32 returned for a second visit at 21 months. Children observed models of conventional‐ relation and enabling‐relation action sequences. Half the children were distracted by a “Mister Monkey” mechanical toy during the conventional‐…
Constructed Landscapes in Zoos and Heritage
For both zoos and heritage sites, landscape is playing an increasingly important role in ‘visitor experience’. The way in which the ‘appropriate’ landscape to any species (or site type) is constructed is itself culturally variable. For this reason, these landscapes give us vistas over the cultural assumptions and aspirations of the societies that create them. Just as any African savannah in a zoo is not Africa as it is but Africa as we think it s…
What future for studying the past: Essay competition on archaeology in the 21st century
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. As you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button
No future in archaeological heritage management
Although the future is mentioned frequently in overarching aims and visions, and it is a major drive in the daily work of archaeological heritage managers and indeed heritage professionals more generally, it remains unclear precisely how an overall commitment to the future can best inform specific heritage practices. It seems that most archaeologists and other heritage professionals cannot easily express how they conceive of the future they work …
Heritage, endangerment and participation: Alternative futures in the Lake District
Cultural heritage policy in the UK puts a high value on participation, and heritage agencies often encourage that participation through appealing to the endangered status of the landscapes, sites and monuments in their care. Participation takes many forms, and can involve influencing policy, contributing to cultural outputs and enjoying cultural activities. This paper critically examines the literature and discourse underpinning the endangerment/…
Methods for Co-researching With Youth: A Cross-Case Analysis of Centering Anti-Adultist Frameworks
This article provides a cross-case study of three studies that utilized anti-adultist approaches to collaborating with youth as co-researchers. Drawing on reflections from both adults and youth, we present an analysis of three case studies of adult and youth experiences in planning, implementing, and conducting research studies aimed at centering youth perspectives. Findings include what adults and youth learned about the co-researching process a…
Rewilding, gender and the transformation of the Côa Valley
This paper focuses on women's agency through their responses to a rewilding initiative. To do this, we draw on ethnographic research conducted in a rewilding landscape in the Côa Valley in Portugal. Our initial encounters in the rewilding field were all with male workers. This led us to actively seek out women's experiences, who were mainly located on the margins of rewilding. We believe these experiences cast rewilding—and its effects on rural c…
Latina/o immigrant integration in the rural midwest: Host community resident and immigrant perspectives
Silbury Hill: Public Archaeology, Acoustic Archaeology
Acoustic research was conducted as part of a wider programme aimed at understanding and conserving Silbury Hill, a prehistoric mound in southern England. The research combines modelling and experimental fieldwork to investigate the significance of sound transmission within the landscape. The current landscape form is shown to have a more restricted soundscape than it did before the monument was constructed. This fits well with revised understandi…
Cheese, Commons and Commerce on the Politics and Practices of Branding Regional Food
The protection of regional specialties by the EU-instrument of geographical indications fundamentally changes the status of food; formerly common products become newly appropriated ones. The processes of selecting specialties, and declaring them to be a kind of culinary heritage, shed light on the interplay between legal, political, and economic interests: the transformation of (assumed to be) commonly shared goods and knowledge into legal collec…
Constructed Landscapes in Zoos and Heritage
For both zoos and heritage sites, landscape is playing an increasingly important role in ‘visitor experience’. The way in which the ‘appropriate’ landscape to any species (or site type) is constructed is itself culturally variable. For this reason, these landscapes give us vistas over the cultural assumptions and aspirations of the societies that create them. Just as any African savannah in a zoo is not Africa as it is but Africa as we think it s…
What future for studying the past: Essay competition on archaeology in the 21st century
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. As you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button
Constructed Landscapes in Zoos and Heritage
For both zoos and heritage sites, landscape is playing an increasingly important role in ‘visitor experience’. The way in which the ‘appropriate’ landscape to any species (or site type) is constructed is itself culturally variable. For this reason, these landscapes give us vistas over the cultural assumptions and aspirations of the societies that create them. Just as any African savannah in a zoo is not Africa as it is but Africa as we think it s…
Effects of Exogenous and Endogenous Distracters on Immediate and Long‐Term Recall in Toddlers
We explored the role that exogenous and endogenous competitors for attention play in infants’ abilities to encode and retain information over a 6‐month period. Sixty‐six children visited the laboratory at 15 months, and 32 returned for a second visit at 21 months. Children observed models of conventional‐ relation and enabling‐relation action sequences. Half the children were distracted by a “Mister Monkey” mechanical toy during the conventional‐…
Focusing Resource Allocation-Wellbeing as a Tool for Prioritizing Interventions for Communities at Risk
Addressing the capacity of individuals to work with others and to adapt to change, serve as important strategies in maintaining wellbeing in communities under stress. The human impacts of exogenous stressors appear to manifest themselves in poorer health outcomes; addressing primary stressors may in turn aid wellbeing. Longitudinal studies are indicated to verify these findings. Wellbeing may serve as a useful and parsimonious proxy measure for r…
Cheese, Commons and Commerce on the Politics and Practices of Branding Regional Food
The protection of regional specialties by the EU-instrument of geographical indications fundamentally changes the status of food; formerly common products become newly appropriated ones. The processes of selecting specialties, and declaring them to be a kind of culinary heritage, shed light on the interplay between legal, political, and economic interests: the transformation of (assumed to be) commonly shared goods and knowledge into legal collec…
Silbury Hill: Public Archaeology, Acoustic Archaeology
Acoustic research was conducted as part of a wider programme aimed at understanding and conserving Silbury Hill, a prehistoric mound in southern England. The research combines modelling and experimental fieldwork to investigate the significance of sound transmission within the landscape. The current landscape form is shown to have a more restricted soundscape than it did before the monument was constructed. This fits well with revised understandi…
Latina/o immigrant integration in the rural midwest: Host community resident and immigrant perspectives
Heritage Futures
Heritage Futures is a four-year collaborative international research programme (2015–2019) funded by a UK Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) ‘Care for the Future’ Theme Large Grant, and supported additionally by its host universities and partner organisations. The research programme involves ambitious interdisciplinary research to explore the potential for innovation and creative exchange across a broad range of heritage and related fiel…
New perspectives in Global Public Archaeology
No future in archaeological heritage management
Although the future is mentioned frequently in overarching aims and visions, and it is a major drive in the daily work of archaeological heritage managers and indeed heritage professionals more generally, it remains unclear precisely how an overall commitment to the future can best inform specific heritage practices. It seems that most archaeologists and other heritage professionals cannot easily express how they conceive of the future they work …
Heritage, endangerment and participation: Alternative futures in the Lake District
Cultural heritage policy in the UK puts a high value on participation, and heritage agencies often encourage that participation through appealing to the endangered status of the landscapes, sites and monuments in their care. Participation takes many forms, and can involve influencing policy, contributing to cultural outputs and enjoying cultural activities. This paper critically examines the literature and discourse underpinning the endangerment/…
Measurement of Science Museum Visitors’ Emotional Experiences at Exhibits Designed to Encourage Productive Struggle
This study measured science museum visitors’ emotional experiences at exhibits designed to encourage productive struggle (PS), an emotional experience where visitors productively persist through challenge. The study included 105 youth visitors ages 10–17 who interacted with one of three science exhibits designed to promote PS. Emotion was measured using a convergent mixed‐methods design, including self‐report ratings of the extent to which 13 emo…
Toxic Heritage: Legacies, Futures, and Environmental Injustice
Methods for Co-researching With Youth: A Cross-Case Analysis of Centering Anti-Adultist Frameworks
This article provides a cross-case study of three studies that utilized anti-adultist approaches to collaborating with youth as co-researchers. Drawing on reflections from both adults and youth, we present an analysis of three case studies of adult and youth experiences in planning, implementing, and conducting research studies aimed at centering youth perspectives. Findings include what adults and youth learned about the co-researching process a…
Rewilding, gender and the transformation of the Côa Valley
This paper focuses on women's agency through their responses to a rewilding initiative. To do this, we draw on ethnographic research conducted in a rewilding landscape in the Côa Valley in Portugal. Our initial encounters in the rewilding field were all with male workers. This led us to actively seek out women's experiences, who were mainly located on the margins of rewilding. We believe these experiences cast rewilding—and its effects on rural c…
Sociology (7 works) · Geography (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Archaeology (4 works) · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Cultural heritage (3 works) · Cultural heritage management (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Engineering (3 works)