Becky Shaw
Biographic Data
| ID | 4250138 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Becky Shaw |
| GIVEN NAMES | Becky |
| FAMILY NAME | Shaw |
| SIGNATURE | SHAW B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Birmingham City University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6835-6044 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Low carbon heating transitions and Actor Network Theory
We share findings from 30 oral histories of home heating (1945 to present) gathered in the former coal mining town of Rotherham in Northern England. By analysing these rich personal accounts using Actor Network Theory (ANT), we reveal the coal fire (or coal-fired range) as a powerful actant shaping domestic life in the decades following the end of the Second World War. This exposes important, previously unacknowledged, relational-material entangl…
Say cheese!' Exploring consent and performance in the 'shutter moment' of School Photo Day
School Photo Day used art intervention as research method in a transdisciplinary project exploring children's experiences of school. Artist researchers invited junior school children to work with them to make portraits of themselves, in a process that closely emulated the prosaic school photograph day experience that is common in the United Kingdom. The project facilitated a 'stage' for collaborative performance, where children negotiated 'making…
Enstranglements
The UK arts for health movement is ensnared in a double bind of co-opted insider and critical outsider: on one hand seeking to be at the centre of government approved delivery of wellbeing (such as social prescribing) and on the other hand understanding its history as a force critical of dehumanizing clinical practices and environments. \nChampions of Arts for Health talk about how artists ‘make spaces’ that are an escape from ‘business as usual’…
Stazione di Topolò Changing the World or Escaping it
Low carbon heating transitions and Actor Network Theory
We share findings from 30 oral histories of home heating (1945 to present) gathered in the former coal mining town of Rotherham in Northern England. By analysing these rich personal accounts using Actor Network Theory (ANT), we reveal the coal fire (or coal-fired range) as a powerful actant shaping domestic life in the decades following the end of the Second World War. This exposes important, previously unacknowledged, relational-material entangl…
Stazione di Topolò Changing the World or Escaping it
Enstranglements
The UK arts for health movement is ensnared in a double bind of co-opted insider and critical outsider: on one hand seeking to be at the centre of government approved delivery of wellbeing (such as social prescribing) and on the other hand understanding its history as a force critical of dehumanizing clinical practices and environments. \nChampions of Arts for Health talk about how artists ‘make spaces’ that are an escape from ‘business as usual’…
Low carbon heating transitions and Actor Network Theory
We share findings from 30 oral histories of home heating (1945 to present) gathered in the former coal mining town of Rotherham in Northern England. By analysing these rich personal accounts using Actor Network Theory (ANT), we reveal the coal fire (or coal-fired range) as a powerful actant shaping domestic life in the decades following the end of the Second World War. This exposes important, previously unacknowledged, relational-material entangl…
Say cheese!' Exploring consent and performance in the 'shutter moment' of School Photo Day
School Photo Day used art intervention as research method in a transdisciplinary project exploring children's experiences of school. Artist researchers invited junior school children to work with them to make portraits of themselves, in a process that closely emulated the prosaic school photograph day experience that is common in the United Kingdom. The project facilitated a 'stage' for collaborative performance, where children negotiated 'making…
Art (3 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Visual arts (2 works) · Actor–network theory (1 work) · Art Education and Development (1 work) · Art Therapy and Mental Health (1 work) · Attunement (1 work) · Children's Rights and Participation (1 work) · Complex Network Analysis Techniques (1 work) · Complex Systems and Decision Making (1 work)