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Biography
Susan P. Mains is a Lecturer in Human Geography at the University of Dundee. Her work explores transnational identities and media representations of mobility, borders, and security in the context of Caribbean migration, creative industries in Jamaica and Scotland, and heritage tourism. She is editor of 'Mediated Geographies and Geographies of Media' (co-editors Julie Cupples and Chris Lukinbeal): a book exploring contemporary research on space, media and identities (Springer, 2015).Currently she is a partner in the Leverhulme Trust funded project, 'Caribbean In/Securities: Creativity and Negotiation in the Caribbean.' She has also been a partner in a Royal Society of Edinburgh funded collaborative project exploring representations of place and landscape connections between the Scottish Highlands and the Caribbean.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Bearing Witness through Pandemic Borders and Film: Convergent Media, Mobility and Windrush Betrayal
Mains, S., Aug 2022, In: GeoJournal. 87, p. 115-124 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Supporting Bereavement
Crowe, M., Findlay, L., Herd, D., Laird, C., Mains, S. P., McLaughlin, G., Murray, C., Murtagh, G., Stirling, F., Monteux, S., Nero, M. & Sinclair, M., Nov 2022, Dundee: UniVerse. 16 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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The Aero Cafe: Photography selected for Street Level Open annual exhibition, Street Level Photoworks, Glasgow, Scotland (May-August 2022).
Mains, S., May 2022Research output: Non-textual form › Exhibition
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University of Dundee Founders Project: Final Report
Gooptar, C., Fagen, G., Whatley, C., Morris, M., Mains, S., Jarron, M., Brown, C. & Trivedi, A., 11 Apr 2022, Dundee: University of Dundee. 96 p.Research output: Book/Report › Other report
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Prizes
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Stephen Fry Public Engagement Award, Engaged Researcher (Commended)
Mains, Susan (Recipient), 2020
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Stephen Fry Public Engagement Awards, Commendation
Mains, Susan (Recipient), Merchant, Jan (Recipient) & Kingsley, Christine (Recipient), 13 Jan 2023
Prize: Other distinction
Activities
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From Scotland to Jamaica and back again: destination promotion, photography and transnational mobilities
Susan Mains (Speaker)
25 Feb 2023Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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The Big Back Garden: From Our Park to Yours
Susan Mains (Organiser), Jan Merchant (Organiser) & Christine Kingsley (Organiser)
1 Mar 2022 → 1 Mar 2023Activity: Other activity types › Funding - grants and income which support research related activities
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Society for Caribbean Studies Annual Conference 2022
Susan Mains (Presenter)
5 Jul 2022 → 9 Jul 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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CARICUK: Provocations
Susan Mains (Contributor)
Jan 2022Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Press/Media
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University to 'decolonise' after founders' slave link
Cassandra Gooptar, Graham Fagen, Christopher Whatley, Michael Morris, Susan Mains, Matthew Jarron, Caroline Brown & Ajit Trivedi
19/10/22
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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Study finds university's slave trade connection
Cassandra Gooptar, Graham Fagen, Christopher Whatley, Michael Morris, Susan Mains, Matthew Jarron, Caroline Brown & Ajit Trivedi
18/10/22
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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Slave wealth helped to found university
Cassandra Gooptar, Graham Fagen, Christopher Whatley, Michael Morris, Susan Mains, Matthew Jarron, Caroline Brown & Ajit Trivedi
18/10/22
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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Report explores university's links with slavery
Cassandra Gooptar, Graham Fagen, Christopher Whatley, Michael Morris, Susan Mains, Matthew Jarron, Caroline Brown & Ajit Trivedi
18/10/22
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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University 'founded on family wealth linked to slavery'
Cassandra Gooptar, Graham Fagen, Christopher Whatley, Michael Morris, Susan Mains, Matthew Jarron, Caroline Brown & Ajit Trivedi
18/10/22
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research