Jasmin Leila Award
The Jasmin Leila Award is given in celebration of Jasmin Leila Sidaway.
The Award, which has been running since 2008, is given as a £250 supplement to one of the projects supported under the Society’s Small Research Grant scheme or as an independent award.
In tribute to Jasmin, the project to be recognised by the Award will have a focus on either:
- Medical and health geography
- Performance (especially any aspects of music, theatre, fashion and/or dance) and their geographies
- Transnational communities
Jasmin Leila Award recipients
2012: Dr Caleb Johnston (University of Glasgow). 'Performing Citizenship: politics, tactics, and adivasis rights in Ahmedabad'
Through theatre the research assessed the possibilities (and challenges) of collaboration in a post-colonial, trans-cultural exchange; the development of innovative research practices in human geography; and the potential of performance to expand the terrain of public debate in Ahmedabad.
2011: Dr Justin Spinney (University of East London). 'Travel choices and parenting practices: consumption, culture and mobility'
This project studied the changes and continuities in household travel patterns of first-time parents in London (UK). The research explored and theorised how parenting imposes a new suite of materialities, affective capacities, time constraints and practices, which in turn inform daily travel choices.
2009: Dr Ruth Evans (University of Reading). 'Young people caring for their siblings in child and youth headed households, in Tanzania and Uganda'
Participatory approaches to feedback and dissemination are seen as a way of enabling the voices of marginalised groups to prioritise research findings and engage in policy dialogue. This project sought to engage young people living in sibling-headed households affected by AIDS, community members and NGO stakeholders in active feedback and dissemination activities in Tanzania and Uganda, following initial pilot research in the research locations in 2008.
2008: Dr Claire Herrick (King's College London). 'The qualitative and comparative links between obesity and alcohol research in health geography'
This project aimed to carve out a new conceptual and empirical research agenda within health
geography from two previously distinct domains of interest - obesity and alcohol - in order to develop a future major grant proposal.