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A study of portable computers and interactive multimedia as a new tool for interpreting museum collections (1999)
Thesis
Evans, J. A study of portable computers and interactive multimedia as a new tool for interpreting museum collections. (Thesis). University of Salford

Over the last two decades the introduction of interactive multimedia applications complimenting existing interpretative techniques in museum displays has become a widely accepted practice. Indeed fixed interactive multimedia applications can commun... Read More about A study of portable computers and interactive multimedia as a new tool for interpreting museum collections.

Popular music on screen: From Hollywood musical to music video (1999)
Report
Mundy, J. (1999). Popular music on screen: From Hollywood musical to music video

A critical and historical overview of the place, role and function of popular music on film and television screens, describing what the author denotes as 'the visual economy of popular music'.

Signs of life (1999)
Digital Artefact
Knudsen, E. (1999). Signs of life

What happens when you want to die, but can't? What happens when you want to live, but can't? Sarah wanted to die - but didn't quite make it. Trapped in a body paralysed by immobility and silence, Sarah wants to live - but can't quite make it.... Read More about Signs of life.

The 19th century brass band in Northern England : musical and social factors in the development of a major amateur musical medium (1999)
Thesis
Newsome, R. The 19th century brass band in Northern England : musical and social factors in the development of a major amateur musical medium. (Thesis). University of Salford, UK

This thesis examines the development of the amateur wind band in Britain during the nineteenth century, with special reference to the increasing domination of the brass band, particularly in northern England. After a preliminary review of British a... Read More about The 19th century brass band in Northern England : musical and social factors in the development of a major amateur musical medium.

Archaeology of an acting style: Stanislavski, Brecht, and the subject (1998)
Journal Article
Buse, P. (1998). Archaeology of an acting style: Stanislavski, Brecht, and the subject. European Journal of Cultural Studies, 1(2), 219-238. https://doi.org/10.1177/136754949800100204

This article argues that different acting techniques depend on different theories of the 'subject', and that consequently, every theory of acting is also a theory of subjectivity. Recent Oscar-winning performances emphasize roles where the actor must... Read More about Archaeology of an acting style: Stanislavski, Brecht, and the subject.

The CFD assisted design and experimental testing of a wing-sail with high lift devices (1996)
Thesis
Atkins, D. The CFD assisted design and experimental testing of a wing-sail with high lift devices. (Thesis). University of Salford

A wingsail is a solid symmetrical aerofoil section which creates thrust in the same manner as a conventional sail. Wingsails may either be used as a sole power unit, e. g. for a yacht or catamaran, or as an auxiliary power unit on a larger craft, e... Read More about The CFD assisted design and experimental testing of a wing-sail with high lift devices.

Senseless acts of beauty: cultures of resistance since the sixties (1996)
Other
McKay, G. (1996). Senseless acts of beauty: cultures of resistance since the sixties. London and New York

McKay takes us on a vivid journey through the endlessly creative counterworld of punks, ravers, travellers, tribes, squatters and direct-action protesters of every kind. "The secret history of the last two decades.' Jon Savage

Reunion (1995)
Digital Artefact
Knudsen, E. (1995). Reunion

Reunion is a creative documentary exploring spirituality and our perception of the spiritual. Using a mixture of fiction and documentary genres, archive footage and animation, we are directed to look once again at nature and our relationship to it, a... Read More about Reunion.

Fusion - music graphics (1993)
Book Chapter
Dorrian, M. (1993). Fusion - music graphics. In Fusion - Music Graphics (26-30). Liverpool: Liverpool Design Initiative

The rise and fall of the LP cover

Polish yers in non-linear phonology (1992)
Book Chapter
Bekerman, M. (1992). Polish yers in non-linear phonology. In W. Dressler, H. Luschuetsky, O. Pfeiffer, & J. Rennison (Eds.), Phonologica 1988 (215-228). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (CUP)

The article examines the phanomenon of "flickering" or disappearing vowels in Polish in the framework of non-linear phonology and tries to find a conceptual solution by applying elements of the underspecification and redundancy theory in language.

One day Tafo (1991)
Digital Artefact
Knudsen, E. (1991). One day Tafo

One Day Tafo is a uniquely poetic film, transcending generally accepted form. Being half Danish, half Ghanaian - and thereby a consequence of a marriage of cultures - the filmmaker embarks on a spiritual exploration of what connects people and people... Read More about One day Tafo.

Terraces : a choreography
Book
Thurston, S. Terraces : a choreography. Co. Tipperary: Beir Bua press

This eighty poem sequence emerges as the latest product of my eighteen-year enquiry into the relationship between dance and poetry. I think of it as a kind of written choreography, or kinepoetics – a term I’ve adapted from the dance scholar Suzanne B... Read More about Terraces : a choreography.

How to be a “good” Anglo-Saxon : designing and using historical videogames in primary schools
Presentation / Conference
Hiriart, J. How to be a “good” Anglo-Saxon : designing and using historical videogames in primary schools. Presented at Communicating the Past in the Digital Age Proceedings of the International Conference on Digital Methods in Teaching and Learning in Archaeology (12th-13th October 2018), University of Cologne

In the last decades, digital games based on historical themes or settings have become an important form of historical engagement, with a great potential to influence popular conceptions about the past (Uricchio, 2005; Chapman, 2012). In spite of the... Read More about How to be a “good” Anglo-Saxon : designing and using historical videogames in primary schools.