Outputs (118)

DEI and improv: a conversation (2022)
Journal Article
McCabe, K. (2022). DEI and improv: a conversation. Comedy Studies, 13(2), 226-237. https://doi.org/10.1080/2040610x.2022.2091827

Diversity, equality, and inclusion are three values that would, on the outset, seem intrinsic to good improv practice. However, as many improv schools and communities have noted, especially over the past few years, though the ideals may seem like a n... Read More about DEI and improv: a conversation.

From Greenham Common to Red Square: women for life on Earth and cross-bloc activism in the 1980s (2022)
Journal Article
Barnett, N. (2022). From Greenham Common to Red Square: women for life on Earth and cross-bloc activism in the 1980s. Contemporary British History, 36(3), 459-481. https://doi.org/10.1080/13619462.2022.2100987

This article examines how the activist group Women for Life on Earth (WFLOE) attempted to persuade the USSR to ditch their nuclear weapons. The article finds that WFLOE began a women-led campaign and engaged with unofficial activists and ordinary... Read More about From Greenham Common to Red Square: women for life on Earth and cross-bloc activism in the 1980s.

Whatever happened to the Italian Five Star Movement? (2022)
Journal Article
Bull, M. (2022). Whatever happened to the Italian Five Star Movement?

The Italian Five Star Movement – Movimento 5 Stelle – has undergone a formidable split. This, and declining popularity in opinion polls, marks the twilight of Five Star’s decade-long success – and possibly the end of populist politics in Italy Read More about Whatever happened to the Italian Five Star Movement?.

Whatever happened to the Italian Five Star Movement? (2022)
Journal Article
Bull, M. (2022). Whatever happened to the Italian Five Star Movement?

The Italian Five Star Movement – Movimento 5 Stelle – has undergone a formidable split. This, and declining popularity in opinion polls, marks the twilight of Five Star’s decade-long success – and possibly the end of populist politics in Italy Read More about Whatever happened to the Italian Five Star Movement?.

Colour Flex (2022)
Exhibition / Performance
Fletcher, B. Colour Flex. [Painting]. Exhibited at The Terrace Gallery, London. 30 June 2022 - 24 July 2022. (Unpublished)

Colour Flex was an exhibition of contemporary painting curated by Dr Matthew Macauley (Coventry University) at the Terrace Gallery, London. The Terrace gallery is an independent art space established by Karl Bielik. The exhibition featured work by... Read More about Colour Flex.

Salford Open 03 (2022)
Exhibition / Performance
Fletcher, B. Salford Open 03. [Painting]. Exhibited at Salford. 18 June 2022 - 18 September 2022. (Unpublished)

An open exhibition at Salford Museum and Art Gallery held every two years.

Political economy, communications discourse and media policy : the case of online news commenting in Nigeria (2022)
Journal Article
Apejoye, A., & Simpson, S. (2022). Political economy, communications discourse and media policy : the case of online news commenting in Nigeria. International journal of digital television (Online), https://doi.org/10.1386/jdmp_00102_1

This article provides a contribution to knowledge on the growth of online news commenting in Nigeria. Specifically, it accounts for factors which influence the character of the often fractious online discursive behaviour in evidence and what commun... Read More about Political economy, communications discourse and media policy : the case of online news commenting in Nigeria.

Design capabilities for community resilience: Towards dialogic practices and policies (2022)
Conference Proceeding
Fonseca Braga, M., & Tsekleves, E. (in press). Design capabilities for community resilience: Towards dialogic practices and policies. . https://doi.org/10.21606/drs.2022.659

This paper draws on a pilot study insight into Brazilian informal-settlement communities’ problems, adaptative strategies and needs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Although communities play a noteworthy role in resilience, emergency and recovery plans... Read More about Design capabilities for community resilience: Towards dialogic practices and policies.

Values and challenges in rapid prototyping of global health policies (2022)
Conference Proceeding
Fonseca Braga, M., Yun Chong, S., Tsekleves, E., Penkunas, M. J., Mullagh, L., Joy Canlas Liwanag, H., …Tengku Adnan, N. (in press). Values and challenges in rapid prototyping of global health policies. . https://doi.org/10.21606/drs.2022.641

This paper identifies the value and challenges in introducing rapid prototyping of policy to design non-expert and expert groups by analysing an online workshop series that was conducted with early-career professionals, policy makers, and design r... Read More about Values and challenges in rapid prototyping of global health policies.

Sixty Artists + Ten (2022)
Exhibition / Performance
Fletcher, B. Sixty Artists + Ten. [Painting]. Exhibited at Whitaker Museum. 16 June 2022 - 11 August 2022. (Unpublished)

60 artists, from a variety of different disciplines who exhibited in an exhibition in 2012 in Manchester, were invited once more to submit a drawing alongside 10 new artists invited to exhibit alongside the original 60 at The Whitaker. The exhibit... Read More about Sixty Artists + Ten.