CASE STUDY: The Contribution of Active Surface Mines in the Conservation of Lichan Communities in the South Wales Coalfield, United Kingdom

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 80-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neil Humphries ◽  
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Active Surface ◽  
The South ◽  
Surface Mines ◽  
South Wales

The South Wales Peer Review Group: A Case Study in Collaboration Part 1

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 141-144
Author(s):  
Nizar Mhani ◽  
Peter Fowler ◽  
Benjamin Lewis ◽  
Carlen Chandler ◽  
Aman Ulhaq ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Peer Review ◽  
Digital Technology ◽  
Peer Group ◽  
The South ◽  
Review Group ◽  
Group Collaboration ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Group A ◽  
New Strategies

In this two-part article a novel case study is presented of how peer group collaboration, facilitated through digital technology, can be used to aid and facilitate the development of strategies for overcoming work-based challenges. Part 1 illustrates the importance of peer review in dentistry, introduces the inception of the South Wales Peer Review Group and explores the process of assembling the team of collaborators. Part 2 explains how the various considerations were assessed, how the collaborative ideas evolved and what outcomes were agreed. CPD/Clinical Relevance: During the COVID-19 pandemic, new strategies and protocols need to be developed to adhere to emerging and changing guidelines. The process of peer group collaboration is important for shaping the new service beyond the pandemic.

The South Wales Peer Review Group: A Case Study in Collaboration Part 2

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 154-163
Author(s):  
Nizar Mhani ◽  
Peter Fowler ◽  
Benjamin Lewis ◽  
Carlen Chandler ◽  
Aman Ulhaq ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Peer Review ◽  
Digital Technology ◽  
Peer Group ◽  
The South ◽  
Review Group ◽  
Group Collaboration ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Group A ◽  
New Strategies

A two-part article is presented where a novel case study of how peer group collaboration, facilitated through digital technology, can be used to aid and facilitate the development of strategies for overcoming work-based challenges. Part 1 illustrated the importance of peer review in dentistry, introduced the inception of the South Wales Peer Review Group and explored the process of assembling the team of collaborators. Part 2 explains how the various considerations were assessed, how the collaborative ideas evolved and what outcomes were agreed. The topics for future discussion, necessary to overcome the challenges ahead, are also outlined. CPD/Clinical Relevance: During the COVID-19 pandemic, new strategies and protocols need to be developed to adhere to emerging and changing guidelines. The process of peer group collaboration is important for shaping the new service beyond the pandemic.

Leadership without “the led”: a case study of the South Wales Valleys

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy Harding
Keyword(s):  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
The South ◽  
Leadership Theories ◽  
Content Type ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Economically Deprived ◽  
Feminist Research Methods ◽  
The 19Th Century ◽  
Theories Of Leadership

PurposeThis paper aims to disrupt assumptions about leadership by arguing those who are ostensibly “followers” may be utterly insouciant towards the existence of people categorised as “leaders”. It contributes to anti-leadership theories.Design/methodology/approachThis article uses an immersive, highly reflexive methodology to explore subjective meanings of leadership at community levels ostensibly governed by local government leaders. It uses a case study of the South Wales Valleys, one of the hubs of the Industrial Revolution in the 19th century but now economically deprived.FindingsThrough drawing on their rich and complex history, the author shows how in these communities there is a culture of neo-communitarianism that is anti-leadership and suspicious of attempts to establish hierarchies of superior over inferior. The author explores the complex webs of meaning through which ancient experiences reverberate like dead metaphors, informing contemporary understandings without conscious awareness of such a heritage. This is a history in which “leaders” betrayed or oppressed and exploited the population, which in response turned against hierarchies and evolved practices of self-government that continue today, invisible and unrepresentable within the wider culture.Research limitations/implicationsThe study draws on contemporary feminist research methods that emphasise subjectivity, flux and change. These are often not understood by readers not accustomed to stepping out of a positivist onto-epistemological frame.Practical implicationsThe paper challenges the universalising tendencies of leadership theories that assume a shapeless mass; “followers” await the advent of a leader before they can become agentive.Social implicationsThe paper offers insights into a day-to-day world that is rarely explored.Originality/valueThe article demonstrates how emerging forms of qualitative research give insights into communities that undermine dominant, universalising theories of leadership, followership and government more generally.

Key Factors in the Development of Tourism-Led Local Innovative Heritage Entrepreneurship in the South Wales Valleys

2019 ◽  
pp. 219-239
Author(s):  
Lisa Marie Powell ◽  
Simon Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Special Reference ◽  
Contemporary Literature ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
The South ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Local Authorities ◽  
Industrial Heritage ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Tourism Enterprises

This chapter investigates key factors in the development of tourism-led local innovative heritage entrepreneurship in the South Wales Valleys. It is concerned with opportunities to develop industrial heritage tourism enterprises in the South Wales Valleys, with special reference to Merthyr Tydfil. The analysis involved key partners across community and voluntary sectors, local authorities, funding and tourism bodies under the auspices of the Welsh Government. The research reported on eight case study structured interviews and collated data to investigate, in combination with contemporary literature, key factors including network capital to achieve a sustainable regeneration scheme for innovative heritage entrepreneurship development.

scholarly journals Culture, Heritage, and the Politics of Becoming

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanie Willett
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
The South ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
South West ◽  
Heritage Studies ◽  
Culture Heritage ◽  
Critical Heritage ◽  
Future Economic Development

This chapter argues that critical heritage studies needs to consider not only what culture and heritage says about a place or space, but also what kinds of future possibilities and potentialities (becoming) are produced. This involves a thorough understanding about how time works in the narratives that heritage studies develop around a place. Narratives here are imagined as assemblages of signs, symbols, practices, and institutions. Using a case study of Cornwall in the South-West of the United Kingdom, the chapter considers how assembled narratives of Cornwall impact how the region is perceived and the effects that this has on future economic development.

scholarly journals Antifan activism as a response to MTV's The Valleys

2014 ◽  
Vol 19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bethan Jones
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Web Site ◽  
Direct Action ◽  
Reality Tv ◽  
Common Denominator ◽  
The South ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Tv Shows ◽  
Definition Of

MTV has launched several reality TV shows in the United Kingdom, but one, The Valleys (2012–14), about youth moving from the South Wales Valleys to Cardiff, has received much criticism. Grassroots criticism of the show arose, and a Valleys-centric campaign, The Valleys Are Here, took direct action. I adopt Jonathan Gray's definition of antifans to complicate ideas of fan activism. I utilize comments and posts made on the Valleys Are Here Twitter feed and Facebook account, as well as the organization's Web site, to examine the ways in which they encourage activism among antifans of the series. I pay particular attention to activist calls for MTV to be held accountable for its positioning of Wales and the Valleys, and to how it encourages participation among varied groups of people whose common denominator is their dislike of the series. Fan activism is not exclusive to people who consider themselves fans, and notions of fan activism can be complicated by drawing in antifans.

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