School of Arts, Media and Creative Technologies

Sustaining independent filmmaking in the age of the internet : the case of audience building (2012)
Thesis
MeiBner, N. Sustaining independent filmmaking in the age of the internet : the case of audience building. (Thesis). University of Salford

The Internet has brought new hope to independent filmmakers - hope of turning
filmmaking into a sustainable undertaking. The Hunt for Gollum recreates and extends
a blockbuster movie on little financial resources. The Cosmonaut is funded with
the... Read More about Sustaining independent filmmaking in the age of the internet : the case of audience building.

The age of maps : cartography, imperialism and nationalism in Great Britain and France, 1870-1914 (2012)
Thesis
Avila, I. The age of maps : cartography, imperialism and nationalism in Great Britain and France, 1870-1914. (Thesis). Universite Paris XIII/University of Salford

How are maps used in a specific country at a given time? In this thesis, I argue that maps
should be given greater prominence in historical analysis because they give us a fresh outlook on the
past by informing us about representations of the world... Read More about The age of maps : cartography, imperialism and nationalism in Great Britain and France, 1870-1914.

Understanding the transnational and the domestic : the case of the neoliberal restructuring in Chile, 1973-1989 (2012)
Thesis
Kowalczyk, A. Understanding the transnational and the domestic : the case of the neoliberal restructuring in Chile, 1973-1989. (Thesis). University of Salford

The thesis makes a contribution to a body of flourishing globalisation literature, which
examines the role of transnational forces and processes in changes of domestic
economic policy and the nature of regime, and which is associated with a broad a... Read More about Understanding the transnational and the domestic : the case of the neoliberal restructuring in Chile, 1973-1989.

20th century lipogrammatic novels and their translations (2012)
Thesis
Radionovas, I. 20th century lipogrammatic novels and their translations. (Thesis). University of Salford

A lipogram is a text that is written without the use of one or several letters of the
alphabet, which means that words that contain the "forbidden" letter(s) are avoided. This formal
constraint implies a strong link between source text and source l... Read More about 20th century lipogrammatic novels and their translations.

The Darkest Corner: documenting institutional abuse and its consequences at the Abbey Theatre (2012)
Journal Article
McCormick, S. (2012). The Darkest Corner: documenting institutional abuse and its consequences at the Abbey Theatre. Irish Studies Review, 20(2), 179-191. https://doi.org/10.1080/09670882.2012.679216

Documentary theatre, as a theatrical genre, has not maintained a continuous presence in Irish theatre. The Darkest Corner series, produced in 2010 by the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, Ireland's National Theatre is, therefore, one of the first examples of Ir... Read More about The Darkest Corner: documenting institutional abuse and its consequences at the Abbey Theatre.

Geolocation and voting : candidate-voter distance effects on party choice in the 2010 UK general election in England (2012)
Journal Article
Arzheimer, K., & Evans, J. (2012). Geolocation and voting : candidate-voter distance effects on party choice in the 2010 UK general election in England. Political Geography, 31(5), 301-310. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2012.04.006

The effect of geographical distance between candidate and voter on vote-likelihood in the UK is essentially untested. In systems where constituency representatives vie for local inhabitants' support in elections, candidates living closer to a voter w... Read More about Geolocation and voting : candidate-voter distance effects on party choice in the 2010 UK general election in England.

‘As if from the sky’: Divine and secular dramaturgies of noise (2012)
Book Chapter
Halligan, B. (2012). ‘As if from the sky’: Divine and secular dramaturgies of noise. In B. Halligan, M. Goddard, & N. Spelman (Eds.), Reverberations: The philosophy, aesthetics and politics of noise. London and New York: Continuum/Bloomsbury

Noise permeates our highly mediated and globalised cultures. Noise as art, music, cultural or digital practice is a way of intervening so that it can be harnessed for an aesthetic expression not caught within mainstream styles or distribution.This wi... Read More about ‘As if from the sky’: Divine and secular dramaturgies of noise.

Sino-Indian climate cooperation : implications for the international climate change regime (2012)
Journal Article
Wu, F. (2012). Sino-Indian climate cooperation : implications for the international climate change regime. Journal of Contemporary China, 21(77), 827-843. https://doi.org/10.1080/10670564.2012.684966

The international climate change regime is comprised of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and its Kyoto Protocol. Under the regime, China and India, two of the largest developing countries, have been exempted from any binding... Read More about Sino-Indian climate cooperation : implications for the international climate change regime.

Popular music and the myths of madness (2012)
Book
Spelman, N. (2012). Popular music and the myths of madness. Farnham: Routledge- Taylor & Francis (first published 2012 by Ashgate Publishing)

Studies of opera, film, television, and literature have demonstrated how constructions of madness may be referenced in order to stigmatise but also liberate protagonists in ways that reinforce or challenge contemporaneous notions of normality. But to... Read More about Popular music and the myths of madness.

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