Caroline Oliver
Biographic Data
| ID | 3638853 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Caroline Oliver |
| GIVEN NAMES | Caroline |
| FAMILY NAME | Oliver |
| SIGNATURE | OLIVER C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Transnational Press London |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 33 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1971 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Feeling With: Sensory-Material Interaction and Embodied Freedom in a Progressive Democratic School in England
The relationship between the senses and social interaction within schools is often overlooked in existing studies. Drawing on evidence generated through ethnography and Photovoice in a progressive democratic school, we apply new materialist approaches to explore the relational dynamics of affective sensorial-material interactions to afford embodied freedom. The school's approach prioritizes "feeling with" as sensory engagement with materials, ena…
Lessons from lockdown: Autistic students, parents and mainstream schools
This paper reports on the findings of a BERA‐funded small‐scale project that explores the impacts of COVID‐19 lockdowns on the educational experiences of autistic children and young people who attend mainstream schools and their parents/carers in England. We observe that, unsurprisingly, lockdown resulted in associated stresses for families. However, our main argument is that for the participants, the pandemic has not been experienced to the same…
Can community involvement policies mitigate Nimbyism and local opposition to asylum seeker centres
Local governments have to take authoritative decisions about the placement of controversial but necessary facilities such as Asylum Seeker Centres (ASCs). Opposition from local residents against such facilities is often considered to be an expression of NIMBYism. This article explores whether a policy of community involvement addressing the underlying reasons for local opposition can mitigate such opposition towards an ASC. It uses a mixed method…
Negotiating sameness and difference in geographies of older age
To advance understanding of the geographies of age segregation, this paper examines the intersectional social dynamics of age‐segregated environments, considering how migration interacts with age segregation to breed sameness or diversity in ageing environments. We juxtapose findings drawn from two research projects, the first on international retirement migration in Spain, where older people inhabit certain geographical and social spaces with “p…
Migration, disability and education: Reflections from a special school in the east of England
Studies of migrant pupils in schools have paid little attention to people with special educational needs and/or disabilities, reflecting a broader normative ableism of existing scholarship. This article, based on a case study of a special school in the east of England, explores the perspectives of staff and new migrants on their experiences. The article exposes how migrant families’ interactions with schools were shaped both by their previous mig…
Peer-Led Care Practices and 'Community' Formation in British Retirement Migration
This article uses ethnography of British retirement migration in Spain to explore how care practices among migrant peers operationalize 'community' in place. Social, economic and political transformations, including shrinking welfare state provision, family at a distance and marketized care, have generated care deficits. I show how peer-led care practices help mediate these deficits, assisting individuals in 'getting by' and providing safeguards …
Gatekeepers or facilitators: The influence of teacher habitus on students’ applications to elite universities
Low application rates of state school students to elite universities have been identified as a factor in their limited participation in elite universities. This article explores the role of teachers in state schools and colleges in guiding higher education (HE) choice. Drawing on qualitative research with teachers and students in six institutions, we identify differential practices that corroborate explanations of an ‘institutional habitus’ shapi…
Getting started with policy governance: Bringing Purpose, Integrity, and Efficiency to Your Board
Cultural influence in migrants' negotiation of death. The case of retired migrants in Spain
This article addresses the negotiation of alternative systems of disposal and memorialization in a migrant context. Focusing upon the reactions, attitudes and choices of retired Northern European migrants following or in preparation for death in Spain, it examines the ways in which a different cultural context can present both challenges and new possibilities for the personal management of death. Using empirical material from ethnographic researc…
Western Women in Colonial Africa
Inspired by her own contact with Africa, Caroline Oliver has written biographies of five intrepid women who traveled through the interior of Africa during colonial times. Two were explorers. Alexine Tinne led her own expedition up the Bahr el Ghazal tributary of the Nile. The second sketch traces the expeditions of Florence Baker who accompanied her husband on two hazardous journeys to the lake regions of Central Africa. Oliver portrays Mary King…
Dark Companions
Journal Article Dark Companions Get access Dark Companions, by Donald H. Simpson Paul Elek, London, 1975. 228pp. £7.50. CAROLINE OLIVER CAROLINE OLIVER London Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar African Affairs, Volume 75, Issue 300, July 1976, Pages 385–386, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a096744 Published: 01 July 1976
Mary Kingsley
MARY KINGSLEY Get access CAROLINE OLIVER CAROLINE OLIVER London Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar African Affairs, Volume 70, Issue 280, July 1971, Pages 221–235, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a096142 Published: 01 July 1971
Gatekeepers or facilitators: The influence of teacher habitus on students’ applications to elite universities
Low application rates of state school students to elite universities have been identified as a factor in their limited participation in elite universities. This article explores the role of teachers in state schools and colleges in guiding higher education (HE) choice. Drawing on qualitative research with teachers and students in six institutions, we identify differential practices that corroborate explanations of an ‘institutional habitus’ shapi…
Peer-Led Care Practices and 'Community' Formation in British Retirement Migration
This article uses ethnography of British retirement migration in Spain to explore how care practices among migrant peers operationalize 'community' in place. Social, economic and political transformations, including shrinking welfare state provision, family at a distance and marketized care, have generated care deficits. I show how peer-led care practices help mediate these deficits, assisting individuals in 'getting by' and providing safeguards …
Negotiating sameness and difference in geographies of older age
To advance understanding of the geographies of age segregation, this paper examines the intersectional social dynamics of age‐segregated environments, considering how migration interacts with age segregation to breed sameness or diversity in ageing environments. We juxtapose findings drawn from two research projects, the first on international retirement migration in Spain, where older people inhabit certain geographical and social spaces with “p…
Can community involvement policies mitigate Nimbyism and local opposition to asylum seeker centres
Local governments have to take authoritative decisions about the placement of controversial but necessary facilities such as Asylum Seeker Centres (ASCs). Opposition from local residents against such facilities is often considered to be an expression of NIMBYism. This article explores whether a policy of community involvement addressing the underlying reasons for local opposition can mitigate such opposition towards an ASC. It uses a mixed method…
Lessons from lockdown: Autistic students, parents and mainstream schools
This paper reports on the findings of a BERA‐funded small‐scale project that explores the impacts of COVID‐19 lockdowns on the educational experiences of autistic children and young people who attend mainstream schools and their parents/carers in England. We observe that, unsurprisingly, lockdown resulted in associated stresses for families. However, our main argument is that for the participants, the pandemic has not been experienced to the same…
Migration, disability and education: Reflections from a special school in the east of England
Studies of migrant pupils in schools have paid little attention to people with special educational needs and/or disabilities, reflecting a broader normative ableism of existing scholarship. This article, based on a case study of a special school in the east of England, explores the perspectives of staff and new migrants on their experiences. The article exposes how migrant families’ interactions with schools were shaped both by their previous mig…
Mary Kingsley
MARY KINGSLEY Get access CAROLINE OLIVER CAROLINE OLIVER London Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar African Affairs, Volume 70, Issue 280, July 1971, Pages 221–235, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a096142 Published: 01 July 1971
Dark Companions
Journal Article Dark Companions Get access Dark Companions, by Donald H. Simpson Paul Elek, London, 1975. 228pp. £7.50. CAROLINE OLIVER CAROLINE OLIVER London Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar African Affairs, Volume 75, Issue 300, July 1976, Pages 385–386, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a096744 Published: 01 July 1976
Western Women in Colonial Africa
Inspired by her own contact with Africa, Caroline Oliver has written biographies of five intrepid women who traveled through the interior of Africa during colonial times. Two were explorers. Alexine Tinne led her own expedition up the Bahr el Ghazal tributary of the Nile. The second sketch traces the expeditions of Florence Baker who accompanied her husband on two hazardous journeys to the lake regions of Central Africa. Oliver portrays Mary King…
Cultural influence in migrants' negotiation of death. The case of retired migrants in Spain
This article addresses the negotiation of alternative systems of disposal and memorialization in a migrant context. Focusing upon the reactions, attitudes and choices of retired Northern European migrants following or in preparation for death in Spain, it examines the ways in which a different cultural context can present both challenges and new possibilities for the personal management of death. Using empirical material from ethnographic researc…
Getting started with policy governance: Bringing Purpose, Integrity, and Efficiency to Your Board
Gatekeepers or facilitators: The influence of teacher habitus on students’ applications to elite universities
Low application rates of state school students to elite universities have been identified as a factor in their limited participation in elite universities. This article explores the role of teachers in state schools and colleges in guiding higher education (HE) choice. Drawing on qualitative research with teachers and students in six institutions, we identify differential practices that corroborate explanations of an ‘institutional habitus’ shapi…
Migration, disability and education: Reflections from a special school in the east of England
Studies of migrant pupils in schools have paid little attention to people with special educational needs and/or disabilities, reflecting a broader normative ableism of existing scholarship. This article, based on a case study of a special school in the east of England, explores the perspectives of staff and new migrants on their experiences. The article exposes how migrant families’ interactions with schools were shaped both by their previous mig…
Peer-Led Care Practices and 'Community' Formation in British Retirement Migration
This article uses ethnography of British retirement migration in Spain to explore how care practices among migrant peers operationalize 'community' in place. Social, economic and political transformations, including shrinking welfare state provision, family at a distance and marketized care, have generated care deficits. I show how peer-led care practices help mediate these deficits, assisting individuals in 'getting by' and providing safeguards …
Negotiating sameness and difference in geographies of older age
To advance understanding of the geographies of age segregation, this paper examines the intersectional social dynamics of age‐segregated environments, considering how migration interacts with age segregation to breed sameness or diversity in ageing environments. We juxtapose findings drawn from two research projects, the first on international retirement migration in Spain, where older people inhabit certain geographical and social spaces with “p…
Can community involvement policies mitigate Nimbyism and local opposition to asylum seeker centres
Local governments have to take authoritative decisions about the placement of controversial but necessary facilities such as Asylum Seeker Centres (ASCs). Opposition from local residents against such facilities is often considered to be an expression of NIMBYism. This article explores whether a policy of community involvement addressing the underlying reasons for local opposition can mitigate such opposition towards an ASC. It uses a mixed method…
Lessons from lockdown: Autistic students, parents and mainstream schools
This paper reports on the findings of a BERA‐funded small‐scale project that explores the impacts of COVID‐19 lockdowns on the educational experiences of autistic children and young people who attend mainstream schools and their parents/carers in England. We observe that, unsurprisingly, lockdown resulted in associated stresses for families. However, our main argument is that for the participants, the pandemic has not been experienced to the same…
Feeling With: Sensory-Material Interaction and Embodied Freedom in a Progressive Democratic School in England
The relationship between the senses and social interaction within schools is often overlooked in existing studies. Drawing on evidence generated through ethnography and Photovoice in a progressive democratic school, we apply new materialist approaches to explore the relational dynamics of affective sensorial-material interactions to afford embodied freedom. The school's approach prioritizes "feeling with" as sensory engagement with materials, ena…
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