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Community music: history and current practice, its constructions of ‘community’, digital turns and future soundings (2011)
Report
McKay, G., & Higham, B. (2011). Community music: history and current practice, its constructions of ‘community’, digital turns and future soundings

The UK has been a pivotal national player within the development of community music practice. In the UK community music developed broadly from the 1960s and had a significant burgeoning period in the 1980s. Community music nationally and internationa... Read More about Community music: history and current practice, its constructions of ‘community’, digital turns and future soundings.

Nostalgia (2011)
Book Chapter
Halligan, B. (2011). Nostalgia. In D. Southerton (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Consumer Culture. Sage

Metrosexual (2011)
Book Chapter
Halligan, B. (2011). Metrosexual. In D. Southerton (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Consumer Culture. Sage

Post-Fordism (2011)
Book Chapter
Halligan, B. (2011). Post-Fordism. In Encyclopedia of Consumer Culture. Sage

The sacred and profane (2011)
Book Chapter
Halligan, B. (2011). The sacred and profane. In D. Southerton (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Consumer Culture. Sage

Interpreting digital gaming practices: singstar as a technology of work (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Light, B. (2011, January). Interpreting digital gaming practices: singstar as a technology of work. Presented at European Conference on Information Systems, Helsinki, Finland

Embedded within discourses of the enactment of information and communications technologies (ICTs) at work is often a tightly constrained range of legitimate application areas of study, a rather thin concept of user-developer relations and a context... Read More about Interpreting digital gaming practices: singstar as a technology of work.

The European Union, multilateralism and the global governance of the Internet (2011)
Journal Article
Christou, G., & Simpson, S. (2011). The European Union, multilateralism and the global governance of the Internet. Journal of European Public Policy, 18(2), 241-257. https://doi.org/10.1080/13501763.2011.544505

Whilst the global governance architecture of the Internet has evolved at pace in the last 10 years, the European Union’s (EU) role and influence in its development has been relatively understudied. This article contributes to closing this gap in t... Read More about The European Union, multilateralism and the global governance of the Internet.

‘New’ governance in European Union policy making: Policy innovation or political compromise in European telecommunications? (2011)
Journal Article
Simpson, S. (2011). ‘New’ governance in European Union policy making: Policy innovation or political compromise in European telecommunications?. West European Politics, 34(5), 1114-1133. https://doi.org/10.1080/01402382.2011.591108

This article makes a contribution to research on soft or ‘new’ governance in EU policy making by examining the recent history of telecommunications policy as a case study, a sector hitherto not widely recognised for displaying this kind of governan... Read More about ‘New’ governance in European Union policy making: Policy innovation or political compromise in European telecommunications?.

Pensar el cine blockbuster : el rol de la educación y el conocimiento en Indiana Jones y el Reino de la Calavera de Cristal (2011)
Journal Article
Ferreras Rodríguez, J., & Hernandez Perez, M. (2011). Pensar el cine blockbuster : el rol de la educación y el conocimiento en Indiana Jones y el Reino de la Calavera de Cristal. Comunicación (Sevilla. Internet), 1(9), 175-188

The Indiana Jones series is on the foundation of the so called «blockbuster» phenomenon, a cinema that represents huge financial investments for the studios every year but is usually disregarded by scholars as empty. Despite that, it would be fair to... Read More about Pensar el cine blockbuster : el rol de la educación y el conocimiento en Indiana Jones y el Reino de la Calavera de Cristal.

The emotive city (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Rooney, J. (2010, December). The emotive city. Presented at Future Cities, London

How can a city, with its connections, people and architecture be viewed as a living cultural artefact? Every city has at least one ArtSpace; larger urban conurbations have a multitude of spaces devoted to art. The ArtSpace is a venue designed to con... Read More about The emotive city.

The silent accomplice (2010)
Digital Artefact
Knudsen, E. (2010). The silent accomplice. [Film]

Set in rural and urban Britain, The Silent Accomplice is a story seen through the perspective of water that flows from a spring to the sea. This ever-present silent protagonist engages with people in often intimate moments in their lives, giving us a... Read More about The silent accomplice.

Rebranding terror (2010)
Journal Article
Archetti, C. (2010). Rebranding terror

Ten years after its most devastating attack, al-Qaeda has turned into a franchiser, publisher, and occasional climate-change activist. Can the world’s most deadly terrorist group go mainstream and keep its edge?

Design industries and policies in the UK and China : a comparison (2010)
Journal Article
Sun, Q. (2010). Design industries and policies in the UK and China : a comparison. Design Management Review, 21(4), 70-77. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1948-7169.2010.00097.x

Design policy has been an area of heated debate in recent literature. It’s clear that it is highly relevant to national industries. For example, the Korean government’s manifesto in 1988, which put design at the center of the national strategy, has b... Read More about Design industries and policies in the UK and China : a comparison.

Cinema of poverty: Independence and simplicity in an age of abundance and complexity (2010)
Journal Article
Knudsen, E. (2010). Cinema of poverty: Independence and simplicity in an age of abundance and complexity. Wide Screen, 2(2),

Over the past 25 years of writing, producing and directing, my aspirations as a creative artist in film have shifted from a paradigm in which the scale and scope of financial and human resources shaped not only the creative intentions of a project, b... Read More about Cinema of poverty: Independence and simplicity in an age of abundance and complexity.

Transforming guns to goods at the Manchester Science Festival 2010 (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Ingleson, S. (2010, November). Transforming guns to goods at the Manchester Science Festival 2010. Presented at MANCHESTER BEACON Summit 2010, Museum of Science & Industry

How do you melt metal? Inspired by the Salford Scientist James Joule, this event is a combination of science experiments, art workshop and exhibition all based around the transformation of metals from one state to another. The event builds upon an... Read More about Transforming guns to goods at the Manchester Science Festival 2010.

Challenging the traditional culture vulture: Experiential marketing in the cultural tourism sector (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Leighton, D. (2010, November). Challenging the traditional culture vulture: Experiential marketing in the cultural tourism sector. Presented at ATLAS Annual Conference: Mass tourism vs Niche tourism, Limassol, Cyprus

This paper investigates experiential marketing as a means of promoting cultural heritage within a highly competitive leisure and tourism marketplace. It explores the role and significance of heritage tourism and the emergence of cultural heritage tou... Read More about Challenging the traditional culture vulture: Experiential marketing in the cultural tourism sector.

Shang-pool, Picnic in Arcadia (Urban Picnic) (2010)
Exhibition / Performance
Sermon, P., & Gould, C. Shang-pool, Picnic in Arcadia (Urban Picnic). [Interactive videoconference installation]. 23 October 2010. (Unpublished)

The Shang-pool project, conceived and co-ordinated by Peter Appleton of Liverpool John Moores University, began with a live event in which Stanley Park, Liverpool, became the setting for a virtual meeting place, enabling people from Liverpool and Sha... Read More about Shang-pool, Picnic in Arcadia (Urban Picnic).