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What can we learn from play? A comparative analysis of creative play and ‘playing along’ in dementia care environments (2023)
Journal Article
McCormick, S. (2023). What can we learn from play? A comparative analysis of creative play and ‘playing along’ in dementia care environments. Applied Theatre Research, 11(2), 103-117. https://doi.org/10.1386/atr_00079_1

In this article, I explore play in dementia care settings, specifically two types: creative play (play that engages creativity and imagination) and ‘playing along’. Acknowledging debates on truth-telling in dementia care, I consider how engagement-fo... Read More about What can we learn from play? A comparative analysis of creative play and ‘playing along’ in dementia care environments.

Scoring the Unseen: Composition Film Music for Radio Drama (2023)
Book Chapter
Williams, A. (in press). Scoring the Unseen: Composition Film Music for Radio Drama. In P. Verhulst, & J. Mildorf (Eds.), Word, Sound and Music in Radio Drama. Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers

This book chapter, part of the volume Word, Sound and Music in Radio Drama, describes the process of writing an orchestral score for a BBC Radio drama (The Kraken Wakes, Savvy Productions/ BBC, 2015) designed to be performed live alongside the actors... Read More about Scoring the Unseen: Composition Film Music for Radio Drama.

Timbre and the "Zone of Entanglement" in Electronic Dance Music: Re-Thinking Musico-Social Ontologies with the Mycelial Turn (2023)
Journal Article
Perevedentseva, M. (2023). Timbre and the "Zone of Entanglement" in Electronic Dance Music: Re-Thinking Musico-Social Ontologies with the Mycelial Turn. #Journal not on list, 15(1), 13. https://doi.org/10.12801/1947-5403.2023.15.01.03

This article weaves together relational tendencies in recent scholarship spanning philosophy, mycology, psychopharmacology and timbre studies in order to argue that timbre's unbounded ontology and cyclical re-use across electronic dance music (EDM) h... Read More about Timbre and the "Zone of Entanglement" in Electronic Dance Music: Re-Thinking Musico-Social Ontologies with the Mycelial Turn.

‘See some of our Grievances Redressed’: What Patterns of Mutiny Tell Us About Morale in the Continental Army (2023)
Book Chapter
Blackstone, K. (2023). ‘See some of our Grievances Redressed’: What Patterns of Mutiny Tell Us About Morale in the Continental Army. In Waging War in America 1775-1783 (55-74). Helion Press

Studies of the campaigns of the 1775–1783 American War for Independence often suffer from a lack of understanding of the operational aspects of the armies involved. This collection of essays looks at many facets of military operations in America, sho... Read More about ‘See some of our Grievances Redressed’: What Patterns of Mutiny Tell Us About Morale in the Continental Army.

Reflective reels-student perspectives of using reflection. Reflective reels- the impact of embedding reflection into film and television production management training (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Beedles, P. (2023, November). Reflective reels-student perspectives of using reflection. Reflective reels- the impact of embedding reflection into film and television production management training. Paper presented at Teaching Beyond the Curriculum – Focus on Pedagogy 2023, Glasgow School of Art

While the origins of training for the creative industries are grounded in work-based apprenticeships, entry-level knowledge about television production is increasingly delivered in a university setting. This study asserts that what is often missing f... Read More about Reflective reels-student perspectives of using reflection. Reflective reels- the impact of embedding reflection into film and television production management training.

“WindVision: in conversation about a PhD journey from film theory to experimental essay (with PhD supervisor, Ursula Hurley)” (2023)
Digital Artefact
Hurley, U., & Neis, D. (2023). “WindVision: in conversation about a PhD journey from film theory to experimental essay (with PhD supervisor, Ursula Hurley)”. [Video]

Former candidate and supervisor hold a reflective conversation in which they consider their PhD journey from a conventional film theory thesis towards a spiralling constellation of unfilmable scripts, circular poems, and personal essay, with a casset... Read More about “WindVision: in conversation about a PhD journey from film theory to experimental essay (with PhD supervisor, Ursula Hurley)”.

Conversations on death and dying: exploring performance as a prompt. (2023)
Journal Article
McCormick, S. (2023). Conversations on death and dying: exploring performance as a prompt. Palliative Care and Social Practice, 17, 26323524231209059. https://doi.org/10.1177/26323524231209059

BackgroundDeath is inevitable, yet for some, conversations around death remain difficult. The stigmatisation of death amongst some cultures has a negative impact with studies showing societies least likely to discuss end of life openly remain the low... Read More about Conversations on death and dying: exploring performance as a prompt..

Changing Images Of Disability: from the 1970s to the Present (2023)
Thesis
Hall, T. (2023). Changing Images Of Disability: from the 1970s to the Present. (Thesis). University of Salford

Changing Images of Disability in British Television Drama: from the 1970s till the Present is a historical overview that works to discover whether representations of disability have changed and what has caused those changes. It establishes the relati... Read More about Changing Images Of Disability: from the 1970s to the Present.

The Emergence of the British ‘Security State’? An Evaluation of the Security Executive, 1940 – 1953 (2023)
Thesis
Duncan, E. (2023). The Emergence of the British ‘Security State’? An Evaluation of the Security Executive, 1940 – 1953. (Thesis). University of Salford

This thesis explores the origins and development of the Home Defence (Security) Executive (HD(S)E), a body set up in 1940 to address the supposed ‘Fifth Column’ threat present in Britain. Through a detailed examination of this organisation, hitherto... Read More about The Emergence of the British ‘Security State’? An Evaluation of the Security Executive, 1940 – 1953.