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“Soldiers with stiff bodies” : rumors, stereotypes and the Chinese image of the British army during the First Opium War (1839-1842) (2020)
Journal Article
Searle, D., & Zhang, Y. (2020). “Soldiers with stiff bodies” : rumors, stereotypes and the Chinese image of the British army during the First Opium War (1839-1842). Journal of Modern Chinese History, 14(1), 86-110. https://doi.org/10.1080/17535654.2020.1759307

One of the more curious aspects of the First Opium War was the circulation of two claims about British soldiers among Chinese officials, instigated by Commissioner Lin Zexu: their uniforms were so tight, if they were to stumble they would not be able... Read More about “Soldiers with stiff bodies” : rumors, stereotypes and the Chinese image of the British army during the First Opium War (1839-1842).

Does the understanding of complex dynamic events at 10 months predict vocabulary development? (2020)
Journal Article
Durrant, S., Jessop, A., Chang, F., Bidgood, A., Peter, M., Pine, J., & Rowland, C. (2021). Does the understanding of complex dynamic events at 10 months predict vocabulary development?. Language and Cognition, 13(1), 66-98. https://doi.org/10.1017/langcog.2020.26

By the end of their first year, infants can interpret many different types of complex dynamic visual events, such as caused-motion, chasing, and goal-directed action. Infants of this age are also in the early stages of vocabulary development, produci... Read More about Does the understanding of complex dynamic events at 10 months predict vocabulary development?.

Panzerkampfwagen V Panther (2020)
Journal Article
Searle, D. (2020). Panzerkampfwagen V Panther. Desperta ferro. Especial, 4(XXIV), 20-27

“I will tell you a story about Jihad” : ISIS’s propaganda and narrative advertising (2020)
Journal Article
Kruglova, A. (2020). “I will tell you a story about Jihad” : ISIS’s propaganda and narrative advertising. Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, 44(2), 115-137. https://doi.org/10.1080/1057610X.2020.1799519

This article further broadens the understanding of ISIS propaganda and its effectiveness by looking at the group’s social media through the prism of marketing. The group was found to rely on a narrative type of advertising while creating its propagan... Read More about “I will tell you a story about Jihad” : ISIS’s propaganda and narrative advertising.

Who's in charge? Changing character agency in early Doctor Who (2020)
Journal Article
Hewett, R. (2020). Who's in charge? Changing character agency in early Doctor Who. Series: International Journal of TV Serial Narratives, 6(1), 5-15. https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.2421-454X/9805

This article investigates the impact of production process upon character agency in early Doctor Who, focusing on the period between 1963 and 1966, during which time William Hartnell starred as the Doctor. As originally conceived by Sydney Newman, Ve... Read More about Who's in charge? Changing character agency in early Doctor Who.

Russian intervention in Syria : exploring the nexus between regime consolidation and energy transnationalisation (2020)
Journal Article
Maher, D., & Pieper, M. (2021). Russian intervention in Syria : exploring the nexus between regime consolidation and energy transnationalisation. Political Studies, 69(4), 944-964. https://doi.org/10.1177/0032321720934637

Interpretations of Russia’s military intervention in Syria overwhelmingly focus on Russia’s political motivations. An alternative view foregrounds Russia’s economic motivations, namely, the construction of a multi-billion-dollar gas pipeline traver... Read More about Russian intervention in Syria : exploring the nexus between regime consolidation and energy transnationalisation.

By any memes necessary? Small political acts, incidental exposure and memes during the 2017 UK general election (2020)
Journal Article
McLoughlin, L., & Southern, R. (2021). By any memes necessary? Small political acts, incidental exposure and memes during the 2017 UK general election. British Journal of Politics and International Relations, 23(1), 60-84. https://doi.org/10.1177/1369148120930594

Following the 2017 UK general election, there was much debate about the so-called ‘youthquake’, or increase in youth turnout (YouGov). Some journalists claimed it was the ‘. . . memes wot won it’. This article seeks to understand the role of memes du... Read More about By any memes necessary? Small political acts, incidental exposure and memes during the 2017 UK general election.

Eco-fashion adoption in the UAE : understanding consumer barriers and motivational factors (2020)
Journal Article
Munir, S. (in press). Eco-fashion adoption in the UAE : understanding consumer barriers and motivational factors. Fashion Practice, 12(3), 371-393. https://doi.org/10.1080/17569370.2020.1777729

This paper explores the scope of eco-fashion and identifies the barriers and motivational factors to eco-fashion adoption in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The key objective is to identify strategies that will influence consumers to perceive eco-fas... Read More about Eco-fashion adoption in the UAE : understanding consumer barriers and motivational factors.

Materiality of Nothingness: Inspiration, Collaboration, and Craft in Devised Filmmaking (2020)
Journal Article
Lichtenfels, A. (2020). Materiality of Nothingness: Inspiration, Collaboration, and Craft in Devised Filmmaking. #Journal not on list, 6(1), 17

If documentation is to have any value for practice, it begins by acknowledging that it is not capturing practice as objective knowledge, but according to its own craft of documentation. This article tries to document a workshop while performing a cra... Read More about Materiality of Nothingness: Inspiration, Collaboration, and Craft in Devised Filmmaking.