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Pinski Zoo (2006)
Other
Kopinski, J., Bingham, K., Illingworth, P., Kopinski, S., & Iliffe, S. (2006). Pinski Zoo. [CD]

A truly original contemporary jazz outfit from the UK. Almost impossible to categorize they swing from virtuosic jazz to gritty funk with freedom and movement, veering into leftfleld territory and returning with snappy anthem-like tunes. Unpredictabl... Read More about Pinski Zoo.

Heart of gold (2006)
Digital Artefact
Knudsen, E. (2006). Heart of gold. [DVD]

Set in the Akim Abuakwa region of Ghana, Heart of Gold is a poetic documentary exploring the changing relationship people in the region have with gold. Traditionally considered to possess a spirit like any other sentient being, gold has played an imp... Read More about Heart of gold.

Television, the pop industry and the Hollywood musical (2006)
Book Chapter
Mundy, J. (2006). Television, the pop industry and the Hollywood musical. In I. Conrich, & E. Tincknell (Eds.), Film's musical moments (42-55). Edinburgh, Scotland, UK: Edinburgh University Press

On Tarkovsky's aesthetic strategies (2006)
Book Chapter
Halligan, B., & McSweeney, T. (2006). On Tarkovsky's aesthetic strategies. In G. Jónsson, & T. Óttarsson (Eds.), Through the mirror: reflections on the films of Andrei Tarkovsky (40-64). Newcastle, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Reflections on issues of power in packaged software selection (2006)
Journal Article
Light, B., & Howcroft, D. (2006). Reflections on issues of power in packaged software selection. Information Systems Journal, 16(3), 215-235. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2575.2006.00216.x

The adoption of packaged software is becoming increasingly common in a variety of organizations and much of the packaged software literature presents this as a straightforward, linear process based on rationalistic evaluation. This paper applies the... Read More about Reflections on issues of power in packaged software selection.

User resistance strategies and the problems of blanket prescriptions: a case study of resistance success (2006)
Presentation / Conference
Griffiths, M., & Light, B. (2006, June). User resistance strategies and the problems of blanket prescriptions: a case study of resistance success. Presented at 14th European Conference on Information Systems, Gotenberg, Sweden

There is a growing body of research on resistance in IS projects, a good deal of which focuses on strategies for overcoming resistance. However, within this strand of research, it appears that there is a ‘blanket prescription’ approach that does not... Read More about User resistance strategies and the problems of blanket prescriptions: a case study of resistance success.

Singing detected: Blackpool and the strange case of the missing television musical dramas (2006)
Journal Article
Mundy, J. (2006). Singing detected: Blackpool and the strange case of the missing television musical dramas. Journal of British Cinema and Television, 3(1), 59-71. https://doi.org/10.3366/JBCTV.2006.3.1.59

Acknowledging the critical acclaim that surrounds the work of Dennis Potter in televised musical dramas including Pennies From Heaven and The Singing Detective, this article argues that the 'new television language' invented by Potter has been largel... Read More about Singing detected: Blackpool and the strange case of the missing television musical dramas.

Sea of madness (2006)
Digital Artefact
Knudsen, E. (2006). Sea of madness. [DVD]

Identical teenage twin girls, one of whom has cancer, escape their stifling middle-class home life in search of their natural father, whom they have not seen since infancy. Their adventure, fuelled by a unique spiritual bond and aspiration, leads t... Read More about Sea of madness.

Almost 2006 (2006)
Exhibition / Performance
Oliver, M. (2006). Almost 2006. 10 May 2006. (Unpublished)

Birth of the school: discursive methodologies in jazz education (2006)
Journal Article
Whyton, T. (2006). Birth of the school: discursive methodologies in jazz education. Music Education Research, 8(1), 65-81. https://doi.org/10.1080/14613800600570744

This study examines the politics of jazz education and the implications of canon forming, and proposes a critical methodology that opens up the field of study to broader cultural analysis. In this context, I discuss the unique problems faced by jazz... Read More about Birth of the school: discursive methodologies in jazz education.

The modern brass band from the 1930s to the new millennium (2006)
Book
Newsome, R. (2006). The modern brass band from the 1930s to the new millennium. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate Publishing Ltd

Following Roy Newsome's highly acclaimed study Brass Roots: One Hundred Years of Brass Bands and their Music, this book takes up the story of bands and their development from the 1930s to the start of the new millennium. Brass band contests conti... Read More about The modern brass band from the 1930s to the new millennium.

Sediment stratigraphy and heavy metal fluxes to reservoirs in the southern Pennines uplands, UK. (2006)
Journal Article
Shotbolt, L., Hutchinson, S., & Thomas, A. (2006). Sediment stratigraphy and heavy metal fluxes to reservoirs in the southern Pennines uplands, UK. Journal of Paleolimnology, 35(2), 305-322. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10933-005-1594-2

Reservoir sediments are rarely used as environmental archives because of the potential for sediment disturbance by fluctuating water levels. However, rapid rates of sedimentation, proximity to urban centres and often the existence of management recor... Read More about Sediment stratigraphy and heavy metal fluxes to reservoirs in the southern Pennines uplands, UK..

Cultural studies and digital games (2006)
Book Chapter
Crawford, G., & Rutter, J. (2006). Cultural studies and digital games. In J. Bryce, & J. Rutter (Eds.), Understanding Digital Games. London: Sage

Global knowledge capitalism, self-woven safety nets, and the crisis of employability (2006)
Journal Article
Moore, P. (2006). Global knowledge capitalism, self-woven safety nets, and the crisis of employability. Global Society, 20(4), 453-473. https://doi.org/10.1080/13600820600929812

In the global economy, workers are increasingly expected to cultivate an unprecedented repertoire of abilities in an immaterial world of work. This signifies a limited shift in capitalist expansion in the post-Fordist world in relation to workers' em... Read More about Global knowledge capitalism, self-woven safety nets, and the crisis of employability.