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Dal referendum costituzionale alle dimissioni di Renzi (2017)
Book Chapter
Bull, M. (2017). Dal referendum costituzionale alle dimissioni di Renzi. In A. Chiaramonte, & A. Wilson (Eds.), Politica in Italia. I fatti dell'anno e le interpretazioni. Edizione 2017 (143-166). Bologna: Il Mulino

On 4 December 2016, Italians voted on a significant constitutional reform proposal, only the third constitutional reform proposal in the history of the Italian Republic. The proposal promised to rewrite about a third of the Constitution. They were pr... Read More about Dal referendum costituzionale alle dimissioni di Renzi.

Mismapping (2017)
Book Chapter
Kendall, J. (2017). Mismapping. In The Lie of the Land (1-9). Blaenau Ffestiniog: Liquorice Fish Books

A creative piece involving a mismapping methodology created by the author -mapping one walk onto another and creating a visual record of the result

Professional practice : 20 questions (2016)
Book Chapter
Vivian, P. (2016). Professional practice : 20 questions. In J. Allen, & S. Rowles (Eds.), Q ART Presents : Professional Practice: 20 Questions - Interviews with UK Undergraduate Fine Art Staff Exploring How Students are Prepared for Life after Art School. London, England: Q Art

PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE: 20 QUESTIONS – Interviews with UK undergraduate Fine Art staff exploring how students are prepared for life after art school. Interviews collected and edited by Jo Allen and Sarah Rowles When it comes to an undergraduate f... Read More about Professional practice : 20 questions.

Professional practice : 20 questions (2016)
Book Chapter
Fletcher, B. (2016). Professional practice : 20 questions. In J. Allen, & S. Rowles (Eds.), Q ART Presents : Professional Practice: 20 Questions - Interviews with UK Undergraduate Fine Art Staff Exploring How Students are Prepared for Life after Art School. London: Q-Art

An interview with Brendan Fletcher conducted by Jo Allen and Sarah Rowles exploring the support for professional practice on the BA (Hons) Visual Arts programme at the University of Salford.

Taking stock of the ‘Common’ in the European Union’s Common Foreign and Security Policy (2016)
Book Chapter
Pieper, M. (2016). Taking stock of the ‘Common’ in the European Union’s Common Foreign and Security Policy. In J. de Zwaan, M. Lak, A. Makinwa, & P. Willems (Eds.), Governance and Security Issues of the European Union. Challenges Ahead (273-290). The Hague: Springer/Asser Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6265-144-9_15

This chapter takes stock of ‘the common’ in the European Union’s Common Foreign and Security Policy. It thereby asks to what extent common political visions exist that are the bedrock for common foreign policies. Doing so, the chapter analyses CFSP b... Read More about Taking stock of the ‘Common’ in the European Union’s Common Foreign and Security Policy.

She wants you to kiss her : negotiating risk in the immersive theatre contract (2016)
Book Chapter
Talbot, R. (2016). She wants you to kiss her : negotiating risk in the immersive theatre contract. In J. Frieze (Ed.), Reframing immersive theatre : the politics and pragmatics of participatory performance (171-191). London: Palgrave. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-36604-7_13

The four performances discussed in this chapter were presented together as part of the InOnTheAct festival produced by The Lowry Theatre, Salford, in Autumn 2012. Advertised (in the festival flyer) as ‘intimate’ and ‘risk-taking’, they can be broadly... Read More about She wants you to kiss her : negotiating risk in the immersive theatre contract.

International students, gender and group work : the case of Saudi students in an MA TESOL class (2016)
Book Chapter
Etherington, S. (2016). International students, gender and group work : the case of Saudi students in an MA TESOL class. In J. Whatley, & C. Nerantzi (Eds.), Teaching with Team Projects in Higher Education (183-192). Informing Science Press

This case study looks at a particular issue which may arise when using group work in classes with high numbers of international students; namely the segregation of groups along gender lines. A recent article (May 2013) in The Guardian Education sect... Read More about International students, gender and group work : the case of Saudi students in an MA TESOL class.

Conclusion (2016)
Book Chapter
Flanagan, M. (2016). Conclusion. In The Marvel Studios Phenomenon: Inside a Transmedia Universe (197-206). New York and London: Bloomsbury Academic

Having identified a number of important features to the Marvel Studios approach - as its ‘cinematic universe’ escalates, with television the latest frontier - it might seem unstoppable. But even as Marvel Studios renews ideas about how Hollywood can... Read More about Conclusion.

Chapter 7 : ‘A little old-fashioned…’ : Marvel Studios and Pixar (2016)
Book Chapter
Marvel Studios and Pixar. In The Marvel Studios Phenomenon: Inside a Transmedia Universe (159-176). New York and London: Bloomsbury Academic

Marvel Studios has provided some of the biggest worldwide cinematic hits of the last eight years, from 'Iron Man' (2008) to the record-breaking 'The Avengers' (2012) and beyond. Having announced plans to extend its production of connected texts acros... Read More about Chapter 7 : ‘A little old-fashioned…’ : Marvel Studios and Pixar.

Chapter 5 : Teams/screens (2016)
Book Chapter
Flanagan, M. (2016). Chapter 5 : Teams/screens. In The Marvel Studios Phenomenon: Inside a Transmedia Universe (119-136). New York and London: Bloomsbury Academic

Marvel Studios has provided some of the biggest worldwide cinematic hits of the last eight years, from 'Iron Man' (2008) to the record-breaking 'The Avengers' (2012) and beyond. Having announced plans to extend its production of connected texts acros... Read More about Chapter 5 : Teams/screens.

Chapter 1 : ‘Films lead policy’ : Marvel's industrial (R)evolution and the birth of a studio (2016)
Book Chapter
Marvel's industrial (R)evolution and the birth of a studio. In The Marvel Studios Phenomenon: Inside a Transmedia Universe. New York and London: Bloomsbury Academic

Marvel Studios has provided some of the biggest worldwide cinematic hits of the last eight years, from 'Iron Man' (2008) to the record-breaking 'The Avengers' (2012) and beyond. Having announced plans to extend its production of connected texts acros... Read More about Chapter 1 : ‘Films lead policy’ : Marvel's industrial (R)evolution and the birth of a studio.

Chapter 4 : Captains America (2016)
Book Chapter
Flanagan, M. (2016). Chapter 4 : Captains America. In The Marvel Studios Phenomenon: Inside a Transmedia Universe (97-118). New York and London: Bloomsbury Academic

Marvel Studios has provided some of the biggest worldwide cinematic hits of the last eight years, from 'Iron Man' (2008) to the record-breaking 'The Avengers' (2012) and beyond. Having announced plans to extend its production of connected texts acros... Read More about Chapter 4 : Captains America.

'Crossing Hennessy', 'Big Blue Lake' and 'Flowing Stories': Re-centring the local in recent Hong Kong Cinema (2016)
Book Chapter
Willis, A. (2016). 'Crossing Hennessy', 'Big Blue Lake' and 'Flowing Stories': Re-centring the local in recent Hong Kong Cinema. In F. Chan, & A. Willis (Eds.), Chinese Cinemas : International Perspectives (84-95). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315691893-7

A number of observers of the Hong Kong film industry have identified and discussed the seemingly inexorable drift of major Hong Kong creative talents towards the perceived riches and box office rewards on offer in mainland China. At the same time as... Read More about 'Crossing Hennessy', 'Big Blue Lake' and 'Flowing Stories': Re-centring the local in recent Hong Kong Cinema.

'My narrative falters, as it must' : rethinking memory in recent Northern Irish fiction (2016)
Book Chapter
Magennis, C. (2016). 'My narrative falters, as it must' : rethinking memory in recent Northern Irish fiction. In C. Andrews, & M. McGuire (Eds.), Post-Conflict Literature: Human Rights, Peace, Justice (43-55). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315689746

This chapter explores Nadine Gordimer's profound commitment to change and transformation in South Africa. Aware of the profound impact of colonialism and racism on all South Africans, she used her position as a white South African writer, to bear wit... Read More about 'My narrative falters, as it must' : rethinking memory in recent Northern Irish fiction.

Jo Ha Kyū and Fu Bi Xing; Reading|Viewing Haiku (2016)
Book Chapter
Kendall, J. (2016). Jo Ha Kyū and Fu Bi Xing; Reading|Viewing Haiku. In JuxtaTwo: The Journal of Haiku Research and Scholarship (37-58). The Haiku Foundation

Theorists and critics such as John Berger, Sabine Gross and Michel Foucault have emphasized the very different experience that occurs when a text is approached through a viewing or a reading mode. The extent to which both modes are used alters the ex... Read More about Jo Ha Kyū and Fu Bi Xing; Reading|Viewing Haiku.

Mind usurps program : virtuality and the “new machine aesthetic” of electronic dance music (2016)
Book Chapter
Halligan, B. (2016). Mind usurps program : virtuality and the “new machine aesthetic” of electronic dance music. In S. Whiteley, & S. Rambarran (Eds.), Oxford University Press Handbook of Music and Virtuality. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press

This chapter outlines the changes in perceptions of Electronic Dance Music across the phase of the introduction of virtuality. The chapter argues that such music must be read in relation to its conception of its audience, and that the audience, often... Read More about Mind usurps program : virtuality and the “new machine aesthetic” of electronic dance music.