Reconceptualization of Acculturation from the Non-Essentialist Cultural View
Conference Proceeding
Xu, H. (. (2015)
Reconceptualization of Acculturation from the Non-Essentialist Cultural View
In this paper, I start with the three building blocks concluded from the diverse acculturation definitions across disciplines and then discuss the main focuses in acculturatio...
Discombobulations and Transitions: Using Blogs to Make Meaning of and From Within Liminal Experiences
Journal Article
MacLaren, J., Georgiadou, L., Bradford, J., & Taylor, L. (2017)
Discombobulations and Transitions: Using Blogs to Make Meaning of and From Within Liminal Experiences. Qualitative Inquiry, 23(10), 808-817. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077800417731088
We live in a digitalized world, where social media have become an integral part of scholarly life. Digital tools like blogs can facilitate various research-related activities,...
Position, commission and production: a self-reflexive investigation into the generation of ethnographic knowledge through documentary production for BBC Alba
Thesis
MacLean, D. Position, commission and production: a self-reflexive investigation into the generation of ethnographic knowledge through documentary production for BBC Alba. (Thesis)
Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/8850
This thesis takes as its object of study issues emerging from the synthesis of documentary practice and theoretical discourse. Its context is formed by the production of four...
Social and cultural factors in FDI flows: Evidence from the Indian states.
Journal Article
Sathe, S., & Handley-Schachler, M. (2006)
Social and cultural factors in FDI flows: Evidence from the Indian states. World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development, 2, 323-334. https://doi.org/10.1504/WREMSD.2006.010217
Abstract Foreign Direct Investment is of increasing importance for both developing and industrialized countries, with the UN estimating total FDI flows at $560 billion in 2003...
Quotidian bus journeys: City life reflections on Lothian buses
Thesis
Noble, A. F. Quotidian bus journeys: City life reflections on Lothian buses. (Thesis)
Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/2396
The main objectives of this research are to investigate the interaction between the city of Edinburgh, Lothian Buses (Edinburgh’s principal public transport provider) and peop...
Community in Historical Perspective: A translation of selections from Das deutsche Genossenschaftsrecht (The German Law of Fellowship)
Book
(1990)
A. Black (Ed.), Community in Historical Perspective: A translation of selections from Das deutsche Genossenschaftsrecht (The German Law of Fellowship). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9780511521386
No abstract available.
A likeness of absence: photography and the contemporary visual culture of death in Athens
Thesis
Xenou, A. S. A likeness of absence: photography and the contemporary visual culture of death in Athens. (Thesis)
Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/5423
Using my family experience as an auto-ethnographic case, I consider how photography creates postmemory and counter-memory and how it has come to adopt the position it currentl...
The Sensational Katherine Cecil Thurston:
An investigation into the life and publishing history of a ‘New Woman’ author
Thesis
An investigation into the life and publishing history of a ‘New Woman’ author. (Thesis)
Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/2808
This thesis investigates the publishing history of a significant New Woman author of the Edwardian period, Katherine Cecil Thurston (1875-1911). Until now Thurston’s literary ...
Evaluating the use of digital technology 'personal wiki': perspectives from service users and staff.
Report
McKay, E. A. (2016)
Evaluating the use of digital technology 'personal wiki': perspectives from service users and staff. Edinburgh: Edinburgh Napier University
No abstract available.
Between Country Variations in Self-Rated-Health and Associations with the Quality of Life of Older People: Evidence from the Global Ageing Survey
Journal Article
Khan, H. T. A., & Raeside, R. (2014)
Between Country Variations in Self-Rated-Health and Associations with the Quality of Life of Older People: Evidence from the Global Ageing Survey. Applied research in quality of life, 9(4), 923-949. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11482-013-9278-y
In social science and public health earlier research has persistently reported significant socio-economic inequalities in health, inequalities in the use of health care and se...