Outputs (122)

Using interactive 3d block models of geological maps in geoscience education (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Houghton, J. J., University of Leeds, Robinson, A., Gordon, C. E., Lloyd, G. E., & Morgan, D. J. (2016, September). Using interactive 3d block models of geological maps in geoscience education. Poster presented at Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, USA

We have created a series of video game-style worlds, using the Unity 3D game engine, which show geological maps draped over virtual landscapes. These are interactive block models that can be rotated, enlarged, walked and flown around to understand th... Read More about Using interactive 3d block models of geological maps in geoscience education.

Accommodating the mess : the politics of appropriation in it for others (2016)
Journal Article
Blair, P. (2016). Accommodating the mess : the politics of appropriation in it for others. Acta Universitatis Sapientiae. Social Analysis (Online), 12(1), 149-165. https://doi.org/10.1515/ausfm-2016-0008

In response to Chris Marker and Alain Resnais’s collaborative meditation on art and colonialism in Statues Also Die (1953), Duncan Campbell’s video installation It For Others (2013) takes a complex approach to presenting a Marxist criticism of the co... Read More about Accommodating the mess : the politics of appropriation in it for others.

Concept note : a democratisation programme in Ukraine (2016)
Report
Bekerman, M., Motamed-Afshari, B., & Riber, D. (2016). Concept note : a democratisation programme in Ukraine

A technical report on field research in Ukraine identifying the most promising areas in the sphere of the media and civil society for deployment of DANIDA resources in future development and democratisaton programmes funded by the Danish Foreign Mini... Read More about Concept note : a democratisation programme in Ukraine.

Concept note : a democratisation programme in Georgia (2016)
Report
Bekerman, M., Motamed-Afshari, B., & Riber, D. (2016). Concept note : a democratisation programme in Georgia

A technical report identifying optimal ways of engagement with the Georgian civil society to promote democracy and human rights as part of development programmes funded by DANIDA - the development arm of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark.

Atomisation of sound (2016)
Journal Article
Davismoon, S. (2016). Atomisation of sound. Contemporary Music Review, 35(2), 263-274. https://doi.org/10.1080/07494467.2016.1221629

The following paper seeks to draw attention to the significant and increasing amount of creative enquiry - over the last two decades or so – converging about the fulcrum of microsound. This is as true for electroacoustic, acousmatic or soundscape co... Read More about Atomisation of sound.

Another step up the ladder or another foot in the grave? Re-evaluating the role of formal and informal training in the career development process within Barclays Bank, 1945–80 (2016)
Journal Article
Hollow, M., & Vik, P. (2016). Another step up the ladder or another foot in the grave? Re-evaluating the role of formal and informal training in the career development process within Barclays Bank, 1945–80. Management and Organizational History, 11(4), 345-363. https://doi.org/10.1080/17449359.2016.1230068

This paper uses a combination of archival sources and oral testimonies to evaluate the role that training (both internal and external) played in determining the promotion prospects of those employed by Barclays Bank during the post-World War II era.... Read More about Another step up the ladder or another foot in the grave? Re-evaluating the role of formal and informal training in the career development process within Barclays Bank, 1945–80.

Examining the effects of experimental/academic electroacoustic and popular electronic musics on the evolution and development of human–computer interaction in music (2016)
Journal Article
Meikle, G. (2016). Examining the effects of experimental/academic electroacoustic and popular electronic musics on the evolution and development of human–computer interaction in music. Contemporary Music Review, 35(2), 224-241. https://doi.org/10.1080/07494467.2016.1221634

This article focuses on how the development of human–computer interaction in music has been aided and influenced by both experimental/academic electroacoustic art music and popular electronic music. These two genres have impacted upon this ever-chang... Read More about Examining the effects of experimental/academic electroacoustic and popular electronic musics on the evolution and development of human–computer interaction in music.

‘Constituting a problem in themselves’ : countering covert Chinese activity in India : the life and death of the Chinese Intelligence Section, 1944-1946 (2016)
Journal Article
Murphy, C. (2016). ‘Constituting a problem in themselves’ : countering covert Chinese activity in India : the life and death of the Chinese Intelligence Section, 1944-1946. Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, 44(6), 928-951. https://doi.org/10.1080/03086534.2016.1227029

This article explores the actions taken to address the issue of covert Chinese activities in India during the Second World War identified by Force 136, the Far East incarnation of the Special Operations Executive (SOE), which resulted in the creation... Read More about ‘Constituting a problem in themselves’ : countering covert Chinese activity in India : the life and death of the Chinese Intelligence Section, 1944-1946.

Al-Munqidh mina al-Ḍalāl in English with special focus on retranslation (2016)
Thesis
with special focus on retranslation. (Thesis). University of Salford

Al-Munqidh mina al-Ḍalāl (Munqidh) is a well-known autobiography that was written by Abū Ḥāmid al-Ghazālī (d.505/1111), one of the most influential theologians and philosophers in medieval Islamic thought. This text has received much attention in the... Read More about Al-Munqidh mina al-Ḍalāl in English with special focus on retranslation.

MPs, Twitter & the EU referendum campaign (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Ward, S., Mcloughlin, L., Gibson, R., & Southern, R. (2016, September). MPs, Twitter & the EU referendum campaign. Presented at Elections Parties and Opinion Polls Annual Conference, University of Kent, UK

In the UK, as in many democracies there has been a rapid rise of MPs using Twitter over the past six years. From being a relative novelty in 2010, over one parliamentary cycle, the technology had been normalized by 2015 with 576 MPs having Twitter ac... Read More about MPs, Twitter & the EU referendum campaign.