Graham Matthews
Biographic Data
| ID | 3683715 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Graham Matthews |
| GIVEN NAMES | Graham |
| FAMILY NAME | Matthews |
| SIGNATURE | MATTHEWS G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Nanyang Technological University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4162-6328 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Colonial medicine and the unmaking of the doctor-as-hero trope in Robert Shaw’s The Sun Doctor
Robert Shaw’s The Sun Doctor (1961) presents medicine as an ideological – rather than value neutral – component of the imperial project and questions one of the pillars of the colonial administration’s self-justification: namely, that the introduction of Western-style scientific medicine was an unbridled social good. In response to the ‘hero’ narratives found in adventure stories and medical dramas in mid-twentieth-century Britain that promulgate…
Mental health treatments and the influence of culture: Portrayals of hypnotherapy and electroconvulsive therapy in Singaporean television dramas
Stigma is one of the chief reasons for treatment-avoidant behaviour among people with mental health conditions. Stigmatising attitudes are spread through multiple determinants, including but not limited to: (i) individual beliefs; (ii) interpersonal influences; (iii) local cultural values and (iv) shared culture such as depictions in television shows. Our research indicates that popular television shows are currently understudied vectors for narr…
Science, Scientists, and Prehistories of SSK in Mid-Twentieth-Century British Literature
This article investigates the diverse ways in which midtwentieth-century British writers responded to the proliferation of science and scientists in the traditionally non-scholarly spheres of industry, politics, and society and, in doing so, establishes a series of prehistories to the sociology of scientific knowledge (SSK). Authors such as Fred Hoyle, C. P. Snow, D. F. Jones, Michael Moorcock, Daphne du Maurier, and John Wyndham interrogated the…
Digital keywords for China: Perceptions and portrayals in English-language novels
As China emerges as a potential global superpower, it is more important than ever to recognise and analyse the ways in which the country has been represented in literature and culture. English-language novels frequently include passing reference to China but these instances are usually too minor to contribute to the major themes of the novel and pass without comment in traditional forms of literary scholarship. When collected together, these refe…
Rival records management models in an era of partial automation
Two rival records management models emerged during the 1990s. Duranti’s model involved moving records out of business applications into a repository which has a structure/schema optimised for recordkeeping. Bearman’s model involved intervening in business applications to ensure that their functionality and structure/schema are optimised for record keeping. In 2013 the US National Archives and Records Administration began asking Federal agencies t…
Clinical Empathy and the Ethics of "Detached Concern" in Mid-TwentiethCentury British Literature
This article explores the cultural reception of the medical ethic of "detached concern" as represented in mid-twentieth-century British literature. Although empathy is a crucial aspect of effective medical care, daily exposure to the pain and suffering of others can lead to professional distress and burnout. In response, medical practitioners developed an emotionless conception of professional empathy, namely "detached concern," which equates the…
A State of Mathematical Grace”: Risk, Expertise and Ontological Insecurity in Ian McEwan's Enduring Love
The sociologists Ulrich Beck and Anthony Giddens theorise that we are living in a risk society, characterised by the increasing prevalence of low probability—high consequence threats to human health. Communities are characterised by the constant state of apprehension, anxiety and the rise of ontological insecurity. Rather than reading science as the discourse of objectivity, the risk society approach reveals that the uncertainty and contingency t…
Framing risk in China: Precarity and instability in the stories of Li Yiyun
Drawing on the ‘risk society’ approach of Ulrich Beck and Anthony Giddens, which is characterised by the constant state of concern, anxiety, and dread people feel in relation to environmental threats to human health, this article explores the ways in which the Chinese author Li Yiyun presents the relationship between Chinese and Western conceptions of risk. By orchestrating a series of imagined encounters between Chinese nationals and Chinese liv…
The Cynical Generation: A review of Naomi Mandel, Disappear Here: Violence After Generation X
The development of UK government policy on citizens' access to public sector information
The aim of the research was to investigate the development of United Kingdom government policy on citizens' access to public sector information (PSI) from 1996 to 2010. In addition to a mapping of UK policy documents, the main research method was the undertaking of open and semi-structured interviews with influential experts and the analysis of interview transcripts. These experts came from both inside and outside government, including: policymak…
Information Policymaking in the United Kingdom: The Role of the Information Professional
Should a state have a single overarching national information policy? Currently for the United Kingdom, Buckley Owen, Cooke, and Matthews say no, and suggest that their analysis may be relevant elsewhere. Their conclusion is based on primary and secondary research including interviews with policymakers/implementers at the highest level. In their investigation into UK government policy on citizens' access to Public Sector Information, they map res…
The development of UK government policy on citizens' access to public sector information
The aim of the research was to investigate the development of United Kingdom government policy on citizens' access to public sector information (PSI) from 1996 to 2010. In addition to a mapping of UK policy documents, the main research method was the undertaking of open and semi-structured interviews with influential experts and the analysis of interview transcripts. These experts came from both inside and outside government, including: policymak…
Information Policymaking in the United Kingdom: The Role of the Information Professional
Should a state have a single overarching national information policy? Currently for the United Kingdom, Buckley Owen, Cooke, and Matthews say no, and suggest that their analysis may be relevant elsewhere. Their conclusion is based on primary and secondary research including interviews with policymakers/implementers at the highest level. In their investigation into UK government policy on citizens' access to Public Sector Information, they map res…
The development of UK government policy on citizens' access to public sector information
The aim of the research was to investigate the development of United Kingdom government policy on citizens' access to public sector information (PSI) from 1996 to 2010. In addition to a mapping of UK policy documents, the main research method was the undertaking of open and semi-structured interviews with influential experts and the analysis of interview transcripts. These experts came from both inside and outside government, including: policymak…
The Cynical Generation: A review of Naomi Mandel, Disappear Here: Violence After Generation X
Framing risk in China: Precarity and instability in the stories of Li Yiyun
Drawing on the ‘risk society’ approach of Ulrich Beck and Anthony Giddens, which is characterised by the constant state of concern, anxiety, and dread people feel in relation to environmental threats to human health, this article explores the ways in which the Chinese author Li Yiyun presents the relationship between Chinese and Western conceptions of risk. By orchestrating a series of imagined encounters between Chinese nationals and Chinese liv…
A State of Mathematical Grace”: Risk, Expertise and Ontological Insecurity in Ian McEwan's Enduring Love
The sociologists Ulrich Beck and Anthony Giddens theorise that we are living in a risk society, characterised by the increasing prevalence of low probability—high consequence threats to human health. Communities are characterised by the constant state of apprehension, anxiety and the rise of ontological insecurity. Rather than reading science as the discourse of objectivity, the risk society approach reveals that the uncertainty and contingency t…
Clinical Empathy and the Ethics of "Detached Concern" in Mid-TwentiethCentury British Literature
This article explores the cultural reception of the medical ethic of "detached concern" as represented in mid-twentieth-century British literature. Although empathy is a crucial aspect of effective medical care, daily exposure to the pain and suffering of others can lead to professional distress and burnout. In response, medical practitioners developed an emotionless conception of professional empathy, namely "detached concern," which equates the…
Rival records management models in an era of partial automation
Two rival records management models emerged during the 1990s. Duranti’s model involved moving records out of business applications into a repository which has a structure/schema optimised for recordkeeping. Bearman’s model involved intervening in business applications to ensure that their functionality and structure/schema are optimised for record keeping. In 2013 the US National Archives and Records Administration began asking Federal agencies t…
Digital keywords for China: Perceptions and portrayals in English-language novels
As China emerges as a potential global superpower, it is more important than ever to recognise and analyse the ways in which the country has been represented in literature and culture. English-language novels frequently include passing reference to China but these instances are usually too minor to contribute to the major themes of the novel and pass without comment in traditional forms of literary scholarship. When collected together, these refe…
Science, Scientists, and Prehistories of SSK in Mid-Twentieth-Century British Literature
This article investigates the diverse ways in which midtwentieth-century British writers responded to the proliferation of science and scientists in the traditionally non-scholarly spheres of industry, politics, and society and, in doing so, establishes a series of prehistories to the sociology of scientific knowledge (SSK). Authors such as Fred Hoyle, C. P. Snow, D. F. Jones, Michael Moorcock, Daphne du Maurier, and John Wyndham interrogated the…
Mental health treatments and the influence of culture: Portrayals of hypnotherapy and electroconvulsive therapy in Singaporean television dramas
Stigma is one of the chief reasons for treatment-avoidant behaviour among people with mental health conditions. Stigmatising attitudes are spread through multiple determinants, including but not limited to: (i) individual beliefs; (ii) interpersonal influences; (iii) local cultural values and (iv) shared culture such as depictions in television shows. Our research indicates that popular television shows are currently understudied vectors for narr…
Colonial medicine and the unmaking of the doctor-as-hero trope in Robert Shaw’s The Sun Doctor
Robert Shaw’s The Sun Doctor (1961) presents medicine as an ideological – rather than value neutral – component of the imperial project and questions one of the pillars of the colonial administration’s self-justification: namely, that the introduction of Western-style scientific medicine was an unbridled social good. In response to the ‘hero’ narratives found in adventure stories and medical dramas in mid-twentieth-century Britain that promulgate…
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