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“Soldiers with stiff bodies” : rumors, stereotypes and the Chinese image of the British army during the First Opium War (1839-1842) (2020)
Journal Article
Searle, D., & Zhang, Y. (2020). “Soldiers with stiff bodies” : rumors, stereotypes and the Chinese image of the British army during the First Opium War (1839-1842). Journal of Modern Chinese History, 14(1), 86-110. https://doi.org/10.1080/17535654.2020.1759307

One of the more curious aspects of the First Opium War was the circulation of two claims about British soldiers among Chinese officials, instigated by Commissioner Lin Zexu: their uniforms were so tight, if they were to stumble they would not be able... Read More about “Soldiers with stiff bodies” : rumors, stereotypes and the Chinese image of the British army during the First Opium War (1839-1842).

Does the understanding of complex dynamic events at 10 months predict vocabulary development? (2020)
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Durrant, S., Jessop, A., Chang, F., Bidgood, A., Peter, M., Pine, J., & Rowland, C. (2021). Does the understanding of complex dynamic events at 10 months predict vocabulary development?. Language and Cognition, 13(1), 66-98. https://doi.org/10.1017/langcog.2020.26

By the end of their first year, infants can interpret many different types of complex dynamic visual events, such as caused-motion, chasing, and goal-directed action. Infants of this age are also in the early stages of vocabulary development, produci... Read More about Does the understanding of complex dynamic events at 10 months predict vocabulary development?.

Panzerkampfwagen V Panther (2020)
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Searle, D. (2020). Panzerkampfwagen V Panther. Desperta ferro. Especial, 4(XXIV), 20-27

“I will tell you a story about Jihad” : ISIS’s propaganda and narrative advertising (2020)
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Kruglova, A. (2020). “I will tell you a story about Jihad” : ISIS’s propaganda and narrative advertising. Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, 44(2), 115-137. https://doi.org/10.1080/1057610X.2020.1799519

This article further broadens the understanding of ISIS propaganda and its effectiveness by looking at the group’s social media through the prism of marketing. The group was found to rely on a narrative type of advertising while creating its propagan... Read More about “I will tell you a story about Jihad” : ISIS’s propaganda and narrative advertising.

Who's in charge? Changing character agency in early Doctor Who (2020)
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Hewett, R. (2020). Who's in charge? Changing character agency in early Doctor Who. Series: International Journal of TV Serial Narratives, 6(1), 5-15. https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.2421-454X/9805

This article investigates the impact of production process upon character agency in early Doctor Who, focusing on the period between 1963 and 1966, during which time William Hartnell starred as the Doctor. As originally conceived by Sydney Newman, Ve... Read More about Who's in charge? Changing character agency in early Doctor Who.

Russian intervention in Syria : exploring the nexus between regime consolidation and energy transnationalisation (2020)
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Maher, D., & Pieper, M. (2021). Russian intervention in Syria : exploring the nexus between regime consolidation and energy transnationalisation. Political Studies, 69(4), 944-964. https://doi.org/10.1177/0032321720934637

Interpretations of Russia’s military intervention in Syria overwhelmingly focus on Russia’s political motivations. An alternative view foregrounds Russia’s economic motivations, namely, the construction of a multi-billion-dollar gas pipeline traver... Read More about Russian intervention in Syria : exploring the nexus between regime consolidation and energy transnationalisation.

By any memes necessary? Small political acts, incidental exposure and memes during the 2017 UK general election (2020)
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McLoughlin, L., & Southern, R. (2021). By any memes necessary? Small political acts, incidental exposure and memes during the 2017 UK general election. British Journal of Politics and International Relations, 23(1), 60-84. https://doi.org/10.1177/1369148120930594

Following the 2017 UK general election, there was much debate about the so-called ‘youthquake’, or increase in youth turnout (YouGov). Some journalists claimed it was the ‘. . . memes wot won it’. This article seeks to understand the role of memes du... Read More about By any memes necessary? Small political acts, incidental exposure and memes during the 2017 UK general election.

Eco-fashion adoption in the UAE : understanding consumer barriers and motivational factors (2020)
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Munir, S. (in press). Eco-fashion adoption in the UAE : understanding consumer barriers and motivational factors. Fashion Practice, 12(3), 371-393. https://doi.org/10.1080/17569370.2020.1777729

This paper explores the scope of eco-fashion and identifies the barriers and motivational factors to eco-fashion adoption in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The key objective is to identify strategies that will influence consumers to perceive eco-fas... Read More about Eco-fashion adoption in the UAE : understanding consumer barriers and motivational factors.

Materiality of Nothingness: Inspiration, Collaboration, and Craft in Devised Filmmaking (2020)
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Lichtenfels, A. (2020). Materiality of Nothingness: Inspiration, Collaboration, and Craft in Devised Filmmaking. #Journal not on list, 6(1), 17

If documentation is to have any value for practice, it begins by acknowledging that it is not capturing practice as objective knowledge, but according to its own craft of documentation. This article tries to document a workshop while performing a cra... Read More about Materiality of Nothingness: Inspiration, Collaboration, and Craft in Devised Filmmaking.

Strangled at birth : the One Nation ideology of Theresa May (2020)
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Hickson, K., Page, R., & Williams, B. (2020). Strangled at birth : the One Nation ideology of Theresa May. Journal of Political Ideologies, 25(3), 334-350. https://doi.org/10.1080/13569317.2020.1773074

Contemporary and retrospective evaluation of Theresa May’s premiership inevitably focuses on the division, drift and indecision which characterized it. However, this article argues that although such narratives have considerable validity, they miss a... Read More about Strangled at birth : the One Nation ideology of Theresa May.

Poetic Mending (2020)
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Cherniwchan, C. (2020). Poetic Mending. #Journal not on list, 29(114),

A Journey with Print (2020)
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Cherniwchan, C. (2020). A Journey with Print. #Journal not on list, 29(114),

Picturing resistance and resilience : South Asian identities in the work of Chila Kumari Burman (2020)
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Correia, A. (2020). Picturing resistance and resilience : South Asian identities in the work of Chila Kumari Burman. Visual Culture in Britain, 21(2), 199-226. https://doi.org/10.1080/14714787.2020.1760128

The issues of migration and the allocation of passports is a contentious issue in twenty-first-century Britain. This paper offers a timely assessment of Chila Kumari Burman’s diptych, Convenience, Not Love, 1986–7, which uses the passport motif to pr... Read More about Picturing resistance and resilience : South Asian identities in the work of Chila Kumari Burman.

Rich kids : a history of shopping malls in Tehran and the believers are but brothers - digital lack and excess in a postdigital age (2020)
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Scott, J. (2020). Rich kids : a history of shopping malls in Tehran and the believers are but brothers - digital lack and excess in a postdigital age. International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media, 16(2), 134-149. https://doi.org/10.1080/14794713.2020.1761680

This article addresses two recent performances by Javaad Alipoor and Kirsty Housley - Rich Kids: A History of Shopping Malls in Tehran (2019) and The Believers are but Brothers (2017). It argues that they represent a fresh, stripped back and interrog... Read More about Rich kids : a history of shopping malls in Tehran and the believers are but brothers - digital lack and excess in a postdigital age.

On the completeness of interface descriptions and the consistency of blocked forces obtained in-situ (2020)
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Meggitt, J., & Moorhouse, A. (2020). On the completeness of interface descriptions and the consistency of blocked forces obtained in-situ. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 145, 106850. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ymssp.2020.106850

Blocked forces can be used to describe, independently, the operational characteristics of a vibratory source. Their use within a computational model avoids the need to represent explicitly the complex mechanisms that lead to vibratory excitation. T... Read More about On the completeness of interface descriptions and the consistency of blocked forces obtained in-situ.

#digitalnomads, #solotravellers, #remoteworkers : a cultural critique of the travelling entrepreneur on Instagram (2020)
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Bozzi, N. (2020). #digitalnomads, #solotravellers, #remoteworkers : a cultural critique of the travelling entrepreneur on Instagram. Social Media + Society, 6(2), https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305120926644

As opposed to traditional nomads, backpackers, or tourists, digital nomads are defined as Internet-enabled remote workers, who maintain a focus on connectivity and productivity even in leisure. This essay discusses the relationship between Instagram... Read More about #digitalnomads, #solotravellers, #remoteworkers : a cultural critique of the travelling entrepreneur on Instagram.