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Examining the effects of experimental/academic electroacoustic and popular electronic musics on the evolution and development of human–computer interaction in music (2016)
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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)
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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.

Microtonal tunings in electronic dance music : a survey of precedent and potential (2016)
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Hart, A. (2016). Microtonal tunings in electronic dance music : a survey of precedent and potential. Contemporary Music Review, 35(2), 242-262. https://doi.org/10.1080/07494467.2016.1221635

While numerous contemporary composers have explored the endless possibilities afforded by microtonal tuning systems, Western popular music has hitherto rarely ventured from the harmonic comfort zone of 12-tone equal temperament. This article highligh... Read More about Microtonal tunings in electronic dance music : a survey of precedent and potential.

Intervention, net neutrality and European Union media policy (2016)
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Simpson, S. (2016). Intervention, net neutrality and European Union media policy. International Journal of Digital Television, 7(3), 331-346. https://doi.org/10.1386/jdtv.7.3.331_1

Net Neutrality was once in Europe thought to be a technically arcane subject with little policy relevance beyond the USA. However, its dominant articulation as the idea that Internet Service Providers should treat equally communication traffic of a b... Read More about Intervention, net neutrality and European Union media policy.

The Roma in new millennium Italian fiction films : dissensus, liminality, emancipation. (2016)
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Hope, W. (2016). The Roma in new millennium Italian fiction films : dissensus, liminality, emancipation. Italianist, 36(2), 266-286. https://doi.org/10.1080/02614340.2016.1178889

The Roma endow films with a strong political resonance through their exposure to micro- and macro-level discrimination and reactionary populism in contemporary Italy. A socio-political evolution can be traced in the way new millennium Italian fiction... Read More about The Roma in new millennium Italian fiction films : dissensus, liminality, emancipation..

Mobile, wearable and ingestible health technologies : towards a critical research agenda (2016)
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Rich, E., & Miah, A. (2017). Mobile, wearable and ingestible health technologies : towards a critical research agenda. Health Sociology Review, 26(1), 84-97. https://doi.org/10.1080/14461242.2016.1211486

In this article, we review critical research on mobile and wearable health technologies focused on the promotion of ‘healthy lifestyles’. We begin by discussing key governmental and policy interests which indicate a shift towards greater digital inte... Read More about Mobile, wearable and ingestible health technologies : towards a critical research agenda.

Integrating crime prevention into urban design and planning (2016)
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Davey, C., & Wootton, A. (2016). Integrating crime prevention into urban design and planning. Journal of Place Management and Development, 9(2), 153-165. https://doi.org/10.1108/JPMD-09-2015-0043

Purpose: This paper aims to understand the delivery of Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) across Europe—from European-wide procedures, through national schemes to effective local strategies. Methodology: The findings come from a... Read More about Integrating crime prevention into urban design and planning.

Insights from psychology about the design and implementation of energy interventions using the behaviour change wheel (2016)
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Wilson, C., & Marselle, M. (2016). Insights from psychology about the design and implementation of energy interventions using the behaviour change wheel. Energy Research and Social Science, 19, 177-191. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2016.06.015

Improving the design and implementation of interventions to encourage end-use energy efficiency has the potential to contribute a substantive reduction in carbon emissions. A plethora of behaviour change frameworks is available to guide policymakers... Read More about Insights from psychology about the design and implementation of energy interventions using the behaviour change wheel.

'Affective encounters' : live intermedial spaces in sites of trauma (2016)
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Scott, J. (2016). 'Affective encounters' : live intermedial spaces in sites of trauma. Research in Drama Education: The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance, 21(3), 332-336. https://doi.org/10.1080/13569783.2016.1191337

This article addresses live intermediality as a tool for creative learning in the context of workshops carried out with young people in the town of Terezin, in the Czech Republic, site of the Nazi concentration camp, Theresienstadt. Live intermediali... Read More about 'Affective encounters' : live intermedial spaces in sites of trauma.

Siobhán O'Gorman and Charlotte McIvor, ed. Devised Performance in Irish Theatre: Histories and Contemporary PracticeDublin: Carysfort Press, 2015. 288 p. £19.00. ISBN: 978-1-909325-78-4. (2016)
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Daly, D. (2016). Siobhán O'Gorman and Charlotte McIvor, ed. Devised Performance in Irish Theatre: Histories and Contemporary PracticeDublin: Carysfort Press, 2015. 288 p. £19.00. ISBN: 978-1-909325-78-4. New Theatre Quarterly, 32(3), 301-302. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266464X16000324

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The construction of crisis : the ‘internal‑identitarian’ nexus in Russian‑European relations and its significance beyond the Ukraine crisis (2016)
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beyond the Ukraine crisis. Politics in Central Europe (Print), 12(1), 95-110. https://doi.org/10.1515/pce-2016-0006

Since 2012 and with Putin’s return to the presidency, Russian politics underwent a process of securitization of domestic politics. This laid the groundwork for the crisis in European‑Russian relations that culminated in the ‘Ukraine crisis’ from late... Read More about The construction of crisis : the ‘internal‑identitarian’ nexus in Russian‑European relations and its significance beyond the Ukraine crisis.

Tragicomic presentations of self : starring Phil Silvers as Bilko : the incomplete comic human (2016)
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Wilkie, I. (2016). Tragicomic presentations of self : starring Phil Silvers as Bilko : the incomplete comic human. Comedy Studies, 7(2), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1080/2040610X.2016.1197663

When a performer becomes over-associated with a particular, celebrated comic character can this lead to problems, not merely in terms of type-casting, but in creating confusions for the actor’s own perception of self? In instances where a comic crea... Read More about Tragicomic presentations of self : starring Phil Silvers as Bilko : the incomplete comic human.

The UK, interrogation and Iraq, 2003-8 (2016)
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Newbery, S. (2016). The UK, interrogation and Iraq, 2003-8. Small Wars and Insurgencies, 27(4), 659-680. https://doi.org/10.1080/09592318.2016.1189519

The UK’s interrogation operations during the conflict in Iraq (2003-8) are often portrayed by the media as involving significant amounts of mistreatment. The article demonstrates that these practices are not necessarily representative of the UK’s in... Read More about The UK, interrogation and Iraq, 2003-8.

“I’m only a dog!” : the Rwandan genocide, dehumanisation and the graphic novel (2016)
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Munslow Ong, J. (2016). “I’m only a dog!” : the Rwandan genocide, dehumanisation and the graphic novel. Journal of Commonwealth Literature, 51(2), 211-225. https://doi.org/10.1177/0021989415624958

Graphic novels written in response to the 1994 Rwandan genocide do not confine their depictions of traumatic violence to humans, but extend their coverage to show how the genocide impacted on animals and the environment. Through analysis of the prese... Read More about “I’m only a dog!” : the Rwandan genocide, dehumanisation and the graphic novel.

The eye of Persepolis’ tiger : how melancholy and nostalgia resonate through Satrapi’s animated film (2016)
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Kosmidou, S., & Corbin, K. (2016). The eye of Persepolis’ tiger : how melancholy and nostalgia resonate through Satrapi’s animated film. Scene, 4(1), 51-61. https://doi.org/10.1386/scene.4.1.51_1

Will Eisner coined the term sequential art to refer to comic strips/books and graphic novels, while arguing that this distinct discipline not only has much in common with film-making but it is in fact a forerunner to film-making. Sequential art is a... Read More about The eye of Persepolis’ tiger : how melancholy and nostalgia resonate through Satrapi’s animated film.

"The computer says no” : the demise of the traditional bank manager and the depersonalisation of British banking, 1960-2010 (2016)
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Vik, P. (2016). "The computer says no” : the demise of the traditional bank manager and the depersonalisation of British banking, 1960-2010. Business History, 59(2), 231-249. https://doi.org/10.1080/00076791.2016.1177024

This article examines the role of the British bank branch manager in the context of the transformation of banking since the 1980s and discusses its implications for British banking. The analysis was based on interviews with retired bank managers and... Read More about "The computer says no” : the demise of the traditional bank manager and the depersonalisation of British banking, 1960-2010.

Branded app implementation at the London symphony orchestra (2016)
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Gosling, V., Crawford, G., Bagnall, G., & Light, B. (2016). Branded app implementation at the London symphony orchestra. Arts and the Market, 6(1), 2-16. https://doi.org/10.1108/AAM-08-2013-0012

This paper considers the key findings of a yearlong collaborative research project focusing on the London Symphony Orchestra’s development, implementation and testing of a branded smartphone app. This app was designed to primarily sell discounted tic... Read More about Branded app implementation at the London symphony orchestra.

Shaping China’s climate diplomacy : wealth, status, and asymmetric interdependence (2016)
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Wu, F. (2016). Shaping China’s climate diplomacy : wealth, status, and asymmetric interdependence. Journal of Chinese Political Science, 21, 199-215. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11366-016-9404-4

China’s diplomacy in the post-Kyoto Protocol international climate change negotiations (ICCN) under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) bears proactive and reactive feature. On the one hand, China has proactively built... Read More about Shaping China’s climate diplomacy : wealth, status, and asymmetric interdependence.