Curriculum Vitae of Dr Paul Darke
Academic Writtings - it is our aim that some will soon be on-line
| 2008 | Wolverhampton Disability Film Festival - Director | Light House Cinemas 17 - 20 April 2008 |
| 2007 | 'It Hasn't Happened Yet ...' a new play by Liz Carr - Advisor & Producer | World Premiere 22 November @ Arena in Wolverhampton |
| 2007 | www.outside-centre.info - Wolverhampton Disability Arts Festival - Director | Arts Council of England funded Arts Festival |
| 2007 | Outside Centre - Radio Show (Producer - Presenter) | April 2007 (every Wednesday 3 - 4 pm) |
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2007 - 2008 |
Philately and Disability - Heritage (Awards for All Application) |
2007 - 2008 |
| 2006 | BBC Radio 4 You and Yours Review of BBC's OUCH Web site Pod-Casts | TX: 17 April 2006 on BBC Radio 4 |
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2005 |
Introductory
Essay On Normality Theory |
Outside Centre Commission 2003 |
| 2002 | Pathologising Disability
the Cinematic Way 5000 words - 10 pages (link is to 8500 word version) |
in Film and the Problem Body edited by Sally Chivers and Nicole Markotic (forthcoming in the USA) |
| 2002 |
Changing Represenation
of Disability in the Media 3000 words - 8 pages |
in Disabling Barriers - Enabling Environments (2nd / New Edition), edited by John Swain, Colin Barnes (et al) |
| 2002 | Now I Know Why Disability Art is Drowning in the River Lethe (with thanks to Pierre Bourdieu) - - pp. 131 - 142 | in Disability, Culture and Society, edited by Nick Watson and Sheila Riddell, Pearson Education, Harlow |
| 1999 | Environments With Attitude | Arts Council of England |
| 1999 | The Cinematic Construction of Physical Disability as Identified
Through the Application of the Social Model of Disability to Six Indicative
Films Made since 1970: A Day In The Death Of Joe Egg (1970), The Raging Moon (1970), The Elephant Man (1980), Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1981), Duet For One (1987) and My Left Foot (1989). |
The PhD in full - Supervised by Professor Richard Dyer at the University of Warwick NEW: the missing chapter on language dropped from the final thesis |
| 1998 |
Understanding Cinematic Representation of Disability - pp. 181 - 197 |
in The Disability Reader: Social Science Perspectives, edited by Tom Shakespeare, Cassell, London |
| 1997 | Abortion and Disability:
Is that Different (co-written with Marie Claire Darke) pp. 67 - 74 |
in Swimming Against the Tide: Feminist Dissent on the Issue of Abortion, edited by Angela Kennedy, Open Air Books, Dublin |
| 1997 | Film and Disability: From Polemical Theory to Defining Analysis | Book Four: Discursive Practices, MA Disability Studies Distance Learning Course, Centre for Psychotherapeutic Studies, Sheffield University |
| 1997 |
Everywhere: Disability on Film - pp. 10 -
16 |
Framed: Interrogating Disability in the Media, edited by Anne Pointon and Chris Davies, bfi, London |
| 1996 | Sexual Politics/Disability | The Sexual Politics of Disability, edited by Tom Shakespeare, Kath Gillespie-Sells and Dominic Davis, Cassell, London |
| 1996 | Research Paper: Disabled Social Workers | University of Leeds and CCETSW |
| 1995 - 2004 | Book Reviews in Sociology & Disability and Society | University of Leicester / Leeds |
| 1995 | University of Leeds / Yorkshire TV | |
| 1994 | The Elephant Man: an Analysis from a Disabled Perspective - pp.327 - 342 | in Disability and Society, Vol. 9, No. 3:327-342 (University of Leeds) |
| 1994 | Distance Learning Module Writer on Special Education | University of Sheffield |
Employment & Journalism
Birmingham City Council |
Lecturing: |
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1991-1992: Resource Library Officer |
1991/2: Wulfrun College, W'ton |
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1994/5: Social Services Inspectorate |
1992: Light House Cinema, W'ton |
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| 1996/7: Advisor on Lottery Application
1995 |
1993: University of Warwick |
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| Birmingham Film Festival 1995 |
Medical Sch., Uni. of Newcastle 1998-2000 |
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West Midlands Disability Arts Forum (WMDAF) |
1996: Hackney
Shape, London |
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1992: Founding Management Committee |
1998: Deaf Film Festival Advisor/Chair |
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| 1994: Disability Arts Festival Curator |
1999: Coventry
University |
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| 1994 - 97: ArtLink Director |
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2001: Munich
Film Festival Seminar/Paper |
| 1994 - 97:Art Link 18th Event Consultant
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2001 & 2: De
Montford University |
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1997: Finance & Policy Committee Member |
Arts Council of England (ACE) |
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1997: WMDAF Arts Lottery Application |
1995: : Disability Video Arts Project |
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1997-9: Director |
1995: DVAP Presentation in Paris |
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| 1998: Disability Festival Exhibition |
1997: Travel Bursary - Brussels |
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| 1998: National Disability Film and Video Project Co-ordinator for ACE |
2000 - 2005: Live Art Funding - www.outside-centre.com
web site |
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| 1999-2000: Film-Maker/ Consultant on AVC
Project |
British Film Institute (bfi) |
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1999: London Institute Presentation |
1995: Production Initiative |
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2002: Advisor to Director |
1996 - 1999: Disability Committee |
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Journalism |
1998: Writer of £500,000
Lottery Application |
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1994 - 96: DAM
(incl. Nabil Shaban Interview) |
1995: WECIL - Screening Lies? |
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| 1995: Venue 1994 |
2001: Disability Film Festival Appraiser |
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1995: Chariot
Magazine |
2003: Disability Catalogue |
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| 1994 - 96: Partnership
(ArtLink Magazine) |
2003: Disability Education Pack IYDP |
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Other |
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1997: Disability and Parenting |
1995/99: Munich Film Festival Jury |
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1997: Advisor to BBFC (CRASH) |
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1998 - 00: Disability Now (TV Reviewer) |
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1998: The
Scotsman - RADAR INTERVIEW: 2004 |
1999: Digital Art Film R&D (£5000) |
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| 1999: Artists Newsletter / 2001: SCOPE |
1998/00: Leonard Cheshire Foundation: National Advocacy
Officer |
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Media Work - Contributor to: |
Outside Centre - Chief Executive |
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1994: Poor Dear (BBC 1) |
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2000: £30,000 Millennium Award / Site Gallery
- Sheffield - Consultancy |
| 1996: From the Edge, Over the Edge (BBC 2) | 2001 The Hood (The Chair) Public Sculpture - on going | |
| 1996: Learning Zone, Open University (BBC 2) | 2001: YHA Funding / 2001: YOTA - 2 Successful Projects |
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| 1996 - 97: Without Walls & English Programme (C4) | 2002: www.ayada.net & brochure- ACE / YOTA | |
| 1995 - 98: Does He Take Sugar?; Woman's Hour, | 2003: www.outside-centre.com | |
| 1995 - 2004: You and Yours (Radio 4); BBCWM | 2004: www.disability-equality.com - UnLtd / Scope | |
| 1998: Edwina Curry Show (Radio 5) | 2005: bfi Commissions -available | |
| 2002: The Message / Today Programme (Radio 4) | 2006: Dis-Cover Conference / | |
| 1997 R&D of Documentary for Channel 4 on Disability and Spanish Film | 2007: www.outside-centre.info | |
| 2001: Channel 4 The Idiots Season | more information available upon request |
Education, Training and Professional
Qualifications
(plus some Referees) -
Higher Education: |
Warwick University (PT) 1993 - 1996 |
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Birmingham University (FT) 1995 - 1997 |
Dip. S.W. (CCETSW) - Diploma in Social Work (sample
essays) |
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Keele University (FT) 1989 - 1990 |
M.A. in American Literature |
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Wolverhampton Polytechnic (FT) 1988 -
1989 |
BA (Honours) Humanities 2:2 |
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Wolverhampton Polytechnic (FT) 1986 -
1988 |
Dip. H.E. |
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Other Courses: |
Consultancy Skills for Training and Development
Professionals 2002 |
CMPS - Sunningdale |
Project Management for Practioniors -
PRINCE 2002 |
CMPS - Sunningdale |
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Training the Trainer (DET in Education)
2002 |
Disability Equality in Education |
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Related Others: |
Disability Partnership Leadership Bursary
2001 |
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Millennium Commission Fellowship 2001 |
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Winston Churchill Travel Fellowship 2000 |
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Arts Council of England Digital Arts
Bursary 1999 |
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Wingate Scholarship 1997 |
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Further Education (PT): |
Disabiity Art Training & Employment
1996 |
University of Hertfordshire |
Further and Adult Education Teachers
Certificate 1991 |
City & Guilds 7307 |
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Secondary Education: |
France Hill Comprehensive 1978 - 1979 |
2 O'Levels: English, Government & Politics |
Lord Mayor Treloar College 1977 - 1978 |
RSA (Typewriting) |
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Coney Hill School 1970 - 1977 |
5 CSE |
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Referees: |
Professor Colin Barnes
(Professor of Disability) |
details available on request |
Director of the Disability Studies Centre - Leeds - UK |
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David Colley (Former
Chair of the BCODP) |
details available on request |
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National Disability Arts Forum - Newcastle
- UK |
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Ann Whitehurst (Artist) |
details available on request |
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Outside Centre Limited - Wolverhampton
- UK |
- and finally - some facts surreal about Dr Paul Anthony Darke -
| Contact: | E-mail: paul@darke.info |
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| telephone & fax No. (+ 00 44 1902) 716747 | ||
| mobile (UK only) 07949 625 482 | ||
| Facts: | youngest of the five sons of the late Sydney John Darke | |
| nicknamed Ironside or Mother | ||
| a wheelchair user | ||
| born in Camberley, Surrey, UK on 20 January1962 | ||
| married for 25 Years | ||
| full driving licence and own car | ||
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