School of Education

Mr Rod Purcell

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  • Senior Lecturer (Social Justice Place and Lifelong Education)

telephone: 01413301844
email: Rod.Purcell@glasgow.ac.uk


Research interests

  • Visual sociology with particular focus on the processes of globalisation and change in traditional cultures
  • Urban social theory
  • Psychogeography
  • Community development and popular education methodologies
  • Evaluation methodologies for community development
  • Photography as a personal and community development method
Jump to: 2010 | 2009 | 2002 | Forthcoming Publications
Number of items: 5.

2010

Beck, D., and Purcell, R. (2010) Popular Education Practice for Youth and Community Development Work. Series: Empowering youth and community work practice . Learning Matters, Exeter, UK. ISBN 9781844452071

Purcell, R. (2010) Working in the Community 2: Practice Studies. Lulu Press. ISBN 9781446139080

2009

Purcell, Rod (2009) Images for Change: Community Development, Community Arts and Photography. Community Development Journal, 44 (1). pp. 111-122. ISSN 0010-3802

2002

Purcell, R. (2002) Debate: once more on postmodernism. Concept: the Journal of Contemporary Community Education Practice Theory, 12 (3). ISSN 1359-1983

Forthcoming Publications

Purcell, Rod Community Development and Everyday Life. Community Development Journal . (In Press)

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Grants

  • Scottish Executive 2001 for the STRADA programme £1.8 million
  • Scottish Execuitve 2003 for the STRADA programme £2.3 million
  • Scottish Execuitve 2006 for the STRADA programme £0.4 million
  • Scottish Executive 2006 for the STRADA programme £2.0 million

Teaching

Rod teaches social theory and practice methodologies on community development programmes:  BA in Community Development, MSc.

Academic and professional body membership

Federation for Community Development Learning (Chair 2002-2004)

International Association for Community Development