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Welcome to USIR

Welcome to the University of Salford repository (USIR), an Open Access showcase for the published research output of the university. Our collection contains a wide range of research across multiple formats and subject areas.

Whenever possible, outputs will be made openly available here in full digital format for download, with many under a Creative Commons license. See our Policies for further information https://salford-repository.worktribe.com/policies.



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The materiality of debt to Jews in England, 1194-1276 (2018)
Journal Article
Irwin, D. (2018). The materiality of debt to Jews in England, 1194-1276. #Journal not on list, 49, 56-71. https://doi.org/10.14324/111.444.jhs.2017v49.045

Acknowledgements of debt have long been used in the study of medieval Anglo-Jewish moneylending activities. Such studies have been primarily based upon a socio-economic approach. In contrast, this paper is based upon an analysis of the material, pala... Read More about The materiality of debt to Jews in England, 1194-1276.

'Parametric Matter': Pushing’ Updates into Materials and the Implications of Legacy and Lag (2022)
Conference Proceeding
Blaney, A., Ozkan, D., Pelit, E., Fonseca Braga, M., G. Hardy, J., & Ashton, M. (2022). 'Parametric Matter': Pushing’ Updates into Materials and the Implications of Legacy and Lag.

This paper discusses an ongoing interdisciplinary research project that develops a design and fabrication approach termed; tunable environments. This is an explorative approach, which enables updates from a digital parametric interface to be ‘pushed'... Read More about 'Parametric Matter': Pushing’ Updates into Materials and the Implications of Legacy and Lag.

Shaping Social Design with communities (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Fonseca Braga, M., Perez Ojeda, D., Owen, V., Zhang, L., Kwon, N., Brewster, L., …Summers, S. (2023). Shaping Social Design with communities. . https://doi.org/10.21606/iasdr.2023.295

This position paper presents key Social Design work being conducted in the Design-led Research Centre, ImaginationLancaster, at Lancaster University in the UK. We position our local and global research in the Social Design landscape, defining the des... Read More about Shaping Social Design with communities.