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Jim was a member of staff in the Department of Applied Social Science for over 30 years.  Following his retirement in August 2005, Jim has continued to work closely with staff in the Department, conducting research in his areas of interest in marginality, storytelling, narrative arts and oral history. He coordinates the Neglected Narratives research group and is Chair of OurStory Scotland, an association that collects, archives and presents life stories of members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community in Scotland.

• representations of marginality
• storytelling, arts and social inclusion
• narratives of sexual identity in reminiscence and oral history
• collecting, presenting and archiving neglected narratives
• solidarity, identity and difference
• naming, euphemisms and terms of abuse
• the social construction of normality
• Japanese culture and society

Books

• No Books in our records

Journal Papers

• ‘OurStory Scotland: Oral History with the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community’ in Oral History, Vol 32 (2), Autumn 2004.

• ‘Disabled Discourse: Hearing Accounts of Deafness Constructed through Japanese Television and Film’ in Disability and Society, Vol 16 (5), August 2001, pp 707–727.

• McColgan, G, Valentine, J and Downs, M. ‘Concluding Narratives of a Career with Dementia: Accounts of Iris Murdoch at her Death’ in Ageing and Society, Vol 20 (1), January 2000, pp 97–109.

• ‘Naming the Other: Power, Politeness and the Inflation of Euphemisms’ in Sociological Research Online, Vol 3 (4), December 1998.

  
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•  ‘Skirting and Suiting Stereotypes: Representations of Marginalized Sexualities in Japan’ in Theory, Culture and Society, Vol 14 (3), August 1997, pp 57–85.

Book Chapters

• ‘Naming and Narrating Disability in Japan’ in M. Corker and T. Shakespeare (eds) Disability/Postmodernity: Embodying Disability Theory, London and New York: Continuum, 2002, pp 213–227.

• ‘Models of Performance: Space, Time and Social Organization in Japanese Dance’ in J. Hendry (ed) Interpreting Japanese Society, New York and London: Routledge, 1998, pp 259–281.

•  ‘Pots and Pans: Identification of Queer Japanese in Terms of Discrimination’ in A. Livia and K. Hall (eds) Queerly Phrased, New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997, pp 95–114.

• ‘Conformity, Calculation, and Culture’ in D. Munro, J.F. Schumaker, and S.C. Carr (eds) Motivation and Culture, New York and London: Routledge, 1997, pp 97–116.

Research Reports

• No Research Reports in our records

Edited Books

• No Edited Books in our records

No projects in our records