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Sshhh (2012)
Book Chapter
Cookney, D. (2012). Sshhh. In M. Goddard, B. Halligan, & P. Hegarty (Eds.), The Philosophy, Aesthetics and Politics of Noise (147-163). London: Continuum (Bloomsbury)

This chapter documents a process undertaken by the author in summer 2010. Submitted as part of the University of Salford’s MA Communication Design programme, the study resulted in a practice-based outcome – a compact disc of audio recordings housed w... Read More about Sshhh.

Dead and buried : the worker and dubstep (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Cookney, D. (2012, July). Dead and buried : the worker and dubstep. Presented at New Critical Concepts of Work: Anonymous Labour, Precarious Labour, Immaterial Labour panel (CASS PGR Summer School), MediaCity, Salford, UK

In The Ecstasy of Disappearance, Melechi suggested that it was the "invisibility" of the acid house subculture that moved it to a "new order of politics and resistance" (Melechi, in Redhead [ed.], 1993, pp. 34-35). Whilst seemingly mindful of "subcul... Read More about Dead and buried : the worker and dubstep.

Post-human pop : from simulation to assimilation (2012)
Book Chapter
Cookney, D. (2012). Post-human pop : from simulation to assimilation. In E. Taylor, J. Darlington, D. Cookney, & G. Bevan (Eds.), Extremity and excess : proceedings of the 2011 University of Salford College of Arts and Social Sciences postgraduate research conference (19-41). Salford, UK: University of Salford

The following chapter discusses the adoption of the robot as a primary representational form by, two music acts, Kraftwerk and Daft Punk. While this process might be interpreted as one of extreme dehumanisation and sacrifice, the paper questions whet... Read More about Post-human pop : from simulation to assimilation.

Extremity and excess : proceedings of the 2011 University of Salford College of Arts and Social Sciences postgraduate research conference (2012)
Book
Darlington, J., Cookney, D., Gasllagher, R., Brammer, L., Whitcroft, E., O'Neill, V., …Bosward, M. (2012). E. Taylor, J. Darlington, D. Cookney, & G. Bevan (Eds.), Extremity and excess : proceedings of the 2011 University of Salford College of Arts and Social Sciences postgraduate research conference. Salford, UK: University of Salford

The essays gathered in this volume explore the difficulties of classifying and conceptualizing the extreme and the excessive. Uniting a broad selection of new research (initially presented as part of the University of Salford’s annual College of Arts... Read More about Extremity and excess : proceedings of the 2011 University of Salford College of Arts and Social Sciences postgraduate research conference.