Union Street Research Articles

Parties, Planners, and Publics: From Memory of Nights Out to Urban Planning on Union Street

This article explores notions of publicness in relation to the recent history of Union Street, Plymouth, drawing on personal reflection and policy research. Until 2002, I would go ‘downtown’ to this street most weekends, often multiple times a week. Union Street and its many venues were notorious for DJs, cheap drinks, dancing, flirtatious or sexual interactions, violent encounters, and drugs. By 2010 most of its venues had closed, with the street and surrounding area falling into significant economic decline. Framing the street’s past activities through Mikhail Bakhtin’s theory of the carnivalesque and Stephen Lyng’s investigation of edgework, this article repositions the street’s negative image in relation to theories of publicness. On this basis, I present a critique of planning policies that contributed to the physical and conceptual marginalisation of the area. Varied and pluralistic notions of publicness offer a means by which the recent activities of arts and cultural organisations in this area of Plymouth can be analysed, while also offering a way for me to reflect on my own positionality relative to Union Street - a research context and a scene of close personal memories.

Tracking the monstrous gendered precarity of neoliberalisation through novels and films of 1980s England and contemporary Ireland

This article compares cultural production about 1980s working-class industrial England with that of contemporary, middle-class rural Ireland in order to identify aesthetic through lines in the portrayal of social reproductive violence across both early- and later-stage neoliberalism. It argues that, despite their differences in setting and demographic, novels by Pat Barker and Mike McCormack use peripheral political experience to show the bodies of women bearing the brunt of late capitalism's horrors. Barker's Union Street (1982) serves as an early warning of the neoliberal consensus-to-come, bringing to life the geographic peripheralisation that would accompany deindustrialisation. It portrays the conflicted dynamic between childhood and capital, also anticipating the ways in which care work would increasingly be externalised onto women in the latter half of the twentieth century and beyond. This overlaps with the 1987 film Rita, Sue and Bob Too's portrayal of childhood sexual vulnerability, as well as Letter to Brezhnev (1985) and its rendering of capitalism's consumption of women. Instead of the realism for which these films are known, Union Street uses gothic modes and the motif of vomiting in ‘irrealist’ fashion. So too, Mike McCormack's Mayo-set 2016 novel Solar Bones employs spectrality, as well as ideas of contamination, to evoke the damage wrought by a now-entrenched neoliberalism as it imperils the middle classes. The novel's recognition of female social reproductive labour is more oblique, but women are again shown to be at the coalface of neoliberal violence, their very bodies marshalled to detect and, crucially, resist gendered precarity. In this, I draw parallel with the Dundalk-set film Kissing Candice (2017) , which uses gothic tropes to show rural dispossession writ large through the body of a teenage girl.

Bearing Witnessing with What We Cannot Speak: The Use of the Abject and Figurative Language in Pat Barker’s Regeneration and Union Street

Bearing Witnessing with What We Cannot Speak: The Use of the Abject and Figurative Language in Pat Barker’s Regeneration and Union Street

Strategies for a new municipalism: Public–common partnerships against the new enclosures

This article considers the potential of public–common partnerships (PCPs) to act as a new municipalist intervention against the privatisation and financialisation of land in the UK. In previous publications, we have presented PCPs in abstract terms as a municipalist organisational form that could help communities eschew the disciplinary effects of finance capital to pursue alternative democratic forms of urban development. Here, we start to examine what this process looks like in practice. The article draws from ongoing participatory action research in two contrasting case studies, Wards Corner in Haringey and Union Street in Plymouth. We find that by establishing enduring organisational structures where collective decisions can be made about who owns and manages land and assets, PCPs could bolster already existing efforts to democratise urban development in both cities. As an organisational form, PCPs reframe the ‘local’ as a politics of proximity, decentre and reimagine the role of municipal institutions and foreground a politics of the common. This makes them an archetypal new municipalist strategy, well-suited to contesting the enclosure of urban landscapes. The article concludes by considering the development of PCPs within the broader new municipalist tendency.

Singing Our Songs, Listening, and Co-Fashioning Possibilities

Research Article| June 01 2017 Singing Our Songs, Listening, and Co-Fashioning Possibilities William K. Rawlins William K. Rawlins William K. Rawlins is the Stocker Professor of Communication Studies in the School of Communication Studies at Ohio University. Correspondence to: William K. Rawlins, School of Communication Studies, Ohio University, 405 Schoonover Center, 20 E. Union Street, Athens, OH 45701, USA. Email: rawlins@ohio.edu. Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Departures in Critical Qualitative Research (2017) 6 (2): 101–103. https://doi.org/10.1525/dcqr.2017.6.2.101 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation William K. Rawlins; Singing Our Songs, Listening, and Co-Fashioning Possibilities. Departures in Critical Qualitative Research 1 June 2017; 6 (2): 101–103. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/dcqr.2017.6.2.101 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentDepartures in Critical Qualitative Research Search In this contribution to our forum, “Communicating Critical Qualitative Research Departures,” David Carless reflects on the self-revelations and vulnerabilities that reflexively accompany arts-based inquiry in his piece entitled “It's a Leap of Faith, Writing a Song.” In attempting to express fresh or risky understandings in creative ways like composing and singing songs, Carless celebrates the uptake of a good listener. Having his early songwriting efforts “truly heard” by his grandmother inspired him to continue his efforts and to wonder whether the “relational qualities” she embodied might serve to promote other interpretive, “arts-based or performative scholarship.” Indeed, contemplating the susceptibilities of crafting a song is a wonderful way into this meditation on the risks of creativity and learning with others—and the impacts of our modes of response for shaping arts-based and performative ways of knowing. What does it mean to sing a song that you have written to others (for the... You do not currently have access to this content.

Dear Landlord

On one of the coldest days of early 2014 I put on long underwear, a flannel shirt, my thickest sweater, a hat, and a scarf, and took the subway two stops down to 1059 Union Street to join the new Crown Heights Tenant Union’s first public action.

Crisis, Reproduction, and Resistance in Pat Barker's Union Street and Blow Your House Down

Crisis, Reproduction, and Resistance in Pat Barker's Union Street and Blow Your House Down

O centro histórico de Lima, Peru: novos usos da Rua Jirón de La Unión

A cidade de Lima foi fundada em 1535. Possui atualmente ao redor de 8.486.866 milhões de habitantes e apresenta problemas de organização espacial de grande complexidade, carecendo de distintos estudos para a compreensão desta realidade. O Centro Histórico de Lima é locus de políticas de gestão patrimonial desde a década de 1980. Nesse contexto, a Rua Jirón de la Unión, como a principal deste espaço urbano, merece ser analisada. Assim, o objetivo principal do estudo aqui exposto é analisar os novos usos da Rua Jirón de la Unión, no Centro Histórico de Lima. Os procedimentos metodológicos utilizados para a realização da pesquisa foram: levantamento bibliográfico, cartográfico, fotográfico e documental bem como trabalho de campo, para o levantamento do uso do solo e a observação da paisagem. Constatou-se o uso predominantemente comercial da atual Rua Jirón de la Unión.
 
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 THE HISTORIC CENTRE OF LIMA, PERU: NEW USES OF JIRON DE LA UNION STREET
 
 The city of Lima was founded in 1538. It currently has a population of about 8.486.866 and presents several complex problems of space organization, so that specific studies are needed to understand its reality. The Historical Center of Lima is locus of patrimonial management policies since the eighties. In this context, the Jirón de la Unión Street, the main of this urban space, deserves to be analyzed. The principal aim of this study is to analyze the new uses of Jirón De La Unión Street, in the historical center of Lima. The methodological procedures used to carry out this research were: bibliographical, cartographic, photographic and documentation surveys, together with outdoor researches to characterize the use of the soil and related landscape. A first observation was the predominant commercial use of the current Jirón de la Unión Street.

Where are you? Location talk in mobile phone conversations

Conversational studies have shown that location cannot be considered as an external framework that shapes interaction; rather it is to be analyzed as a resource and an achievement in interaction (Schegloff, 1972). Building on a corpus of 93 recorded mobile phone conversations from the United States and Denmark, this article adds to current interaction research by investigating how location is produced, understood and socially accomplished via mobile phones. More specifically, we investigate how location talk operates in the opening sequences of the call. We find that location is an opening-relevant topic: speakers introduce it as the reason for the call and topicalize it following initial engagement. When referring to location, speakers predominately use two variations: inquiries (where are you), and reports of their whereabouts (I just got home). Further, speakers formulate their locations in two ways: location specific (I’m sitting on a train) or status of transit (we are on our way). In addition to open format where-are-you elicitations, location talk can take the form of a candidate (are you at Union street); candidate formulations show how speakers orient to the collaborative work of meeting up with one another and display knowledge about each other’s activities. Finally, we treat the case of reciprocal location inquiries and reports, where both caller and callee state their whereabouts, showing how location talk is sequence organized.

Effects of Simple Wall-Mounted Cylinder Arrangements on a Turbulent Boundary Layer

Effects of Simple Wall-Mounted Cylinder Arrangements on a Turbulent Boundary Layer

"He Had Always Believed That There Were Two Sorts of Women: The Decent Ones and the Rest": The Female Body, Dirt, and Domesticity in Pat Barker's Union Street

In Volatile Bodies (1994) Elizabeth Grosz explains how the female body has been culturally constructed as unstable, messy “formless flow” in comparison to the controlled bodies of men. Building on these corporeal distinctions, this article interrogates the relationship between the female body and dirt in Pat Barker’s debut novel Union Street (1982). Focusing on the characters of Mrs. Brown, Kelly Brown, and Iris King, it examines the hierarchy of respectability that exists on this northern street, considering how this relates to the perception of female corporeality as “dirty”. Working through the good woman/bad woman distinction at the heart of life on Union Street, it explores how the different attitudes these women have to their bodies are reflected in their relationships with domestic space.

Equal Access to Justice for All

The American Journal of Economics and SociologyVolume 69, Issue 1 p. 206-207 Equal Access to Justice for All Richard McMahon, Richard McMahon New Center for Legal Advocacy, Inc. The author is the former Executive Director, New Center for Legal Advocacy, Inc., 257 Union Street, New Bedford, MA 02740. He is currently the Executive Director, South Coastal Counties. Legal Services, Inc., 22 Bedford St., 2nd Fl., Fall River, MA 02722-2507.Search for more papers by this author Richard McMahon, Richard McMahon New Center for Legal Advocacy, Inc. The author is the former Executive Director, New Center for Legal Advocacy, Inc., 257 Union Street, New Bedford, MA 02740. He is currently the Executive Director, South Coastal Counties. Legal Services, Inc., 22 Bedford St., 2nd Fl., Fall River, MA 02722-2507.Search for more papers by this author First published: 20 January 2010 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1536-7150.2009.00704.x Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume69, Issue1January 2010Pages 206-207 RelatedInformation

Labour History in Song: The Siege of Union Street

Labour History in Song: The Siege of Union Street

Picturesque Neighborhoods Abound in San Francisco

Picturesque Neighborhoods Abound in San Francisco

Select Issues with New Media Theories of Citizen Journalism

New Media theorists such as Dan Gillmor, Henry Jenkins, Jay Rosen and Jeff Howe have recently touted Citizen Journalism (CJ) as the latest innovation in 21st century journalism. 'Participatory journalism' and 'user-driven journalism' are other terms to describe CJ, which its proponents argue is a disruptive innovation (Christensen) to the agenda-setting media institutions, news values and 'objective' reportage. In this essay I offer a 'contrarian' view, informed by two perspectives: (1) a three-stage model of theory-building (Carlile & Christensen) to evaluate the claims made about CJ; and (2) self-reflexive research insights (Etherington) from editing the US-based news site Disinformation between November 1999 and February 2008. New media theories can potentially create 'cognitive dissonance' (Festinger) when their explanations of CJ practices are compared with what actually happens (Feyerabend). First I summarise Carlile & Christensen's model and the dangers of 'bad theory' (Ghoshal). Next I consider several problems in new media theories about CJ: the notion of 'citizen', new media populism, parallels in event-driven and civic journalism, and mergers and acquisitions. Two 'self-reflexive' issues are considered: 'pro-ams' or 'professional amateurs' as a challenge to professional journalists, and CJ's deployment in new media operations and production environments. Finally, some exploratory questions are offered for future researchers.

Select Issues with New Media Theories of Citizen Journalism

Select Issues with New Media Theories of Citizen Journalism

‘A Complex Mixture of Fascination and Distaste’: Relationships between Women in Pat Barker's Blow Your House Down, Liza's England and Union Street

This paper explores the women's stories in Pat Barker's three earliest novels: Blow Your House Down , Liza's England and Union Street. Using Kristeva's concepts of temporality from ‘Women's time’, it takes as its starting point the idea that Barker's women are trapped in a harsh cyclical timescale by gender, class and place. Motherhood therefore becomes another form of imprisonment, particularly when father figures are absent. Despite this, there are moments in the texts when women do experience connections that could be described as a more positive version of this cyclical time, one that gestures towards a female tradition, or genealogy. As this suggests, bonds between women in these novels, particularly mothers and daughters, are complex and often troubling, eschewing any easy version of female solidarity. They are more adequately described as bonds based on ‘a complex mixture of fascination and distaste’, evoking Luce Irigaray's work on relationships between women. This paper examines these bonds between women in the light of the work of Kristeva and Irigaray, focusing particularly on the relationships between mothers and daughters, arguably those at the centre of these ambivalent emotions.

Multisensor Processing for Signal Extraction and Applications

1 Institute of Communications Engineering, and Department of Electrical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, 101, Sec. 2, Kuang Fu Road, Hsinchu, Taiwan 30013 2Department of Communication Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, 1001 Ta Hsueh Road, Hsinchu, Taiwan 300 3Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Minnesota, 200 Union Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA 4Computational Bioinformatics and Bioimaging Laboratory, Advanced Research Institute, 4300 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 750, Arlington, VA 22203, USA 5Electrical Engineering Department, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA

Part III: conversation between Pat Barker and Caroline Garland. Pat Barker interviewed by Caroline Garland.

Pat Barker is a novelist. She taught history and politics in further education colleges before becoming a full‐time writer. Her books include: Union Street, Blow Your House Down, Liza's England, Regeneration, The Eye in the Door, The Ghost Road, Another World and Border Crossing. She won the 1983 Fawcett Prize for Union Street, the 1993 Guardian Fiction Prize for The Eye in the Door and the 1995 Booker Prize for The Ghost Road.Caroline Garland is a consultant clinical psychologist at the Tavistock Clinic in London. She founded the Trauma Clinic there, which she headed from 1987 to 2003. She is also a psychoanalyst in private practice.

A group of decorated ceramic beer-pump handles from Sheffield

In 1998 ARCUS was involved with a watching brief monitoring the excavation of a perimeter trench in an area located between Union Street, Union Lane and Charles Street in Sheffield (NGR SK 3535 9695)1 From the 18th century the area had been the location of domestic dwellings and some workshops, and by the late 19th century there was a public house on the site. The area was extensively bombed in 1940 and for much of the post-war period was used as car parking until the present development took place. The watching brief recorded extensive foundations and cellars, primarily of 19th- and 20th-century date, which were all infilled with demolition rubble. The site was heavily cellared with the majority of the finds recovered from cellar fills dating to the post-war levelling. The exception to this was a group of sixteen unusual and highly decorated beer-pump handles.2 The handles came from a dumping layer, of uncertain date, towards the south of the site. However, no other contemporary finds were made and the handles could not be contextually associated with any of the structural features on the site. What made these handles uniquely interesting was not only their quantity, but also their highly decorated nature and the variety of designs employed (Figs I & 2).3