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The politics of spatiality in experimental nonfiction cinema: Jonathan Perel’s ‘Toponimia’ (2016)
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Smith, P. B. (2016). The politics of spatiality in experimental nonfiction cinema: Jonathan Perel’s ‘Toponimia’. #Journal not on list, 5(2), 49-71. https://doi.org/10.25969/MEDIAREP/3356

This article maps out the presence of a spatio-political tendency within a diverse corpus of experimental nonfiction films. Within such works urban/rural landscapes and spaces – typically presented through protracted, deep focus shots – become the ce... Read More about The politics of spatiality in experimental nonfiction cinema: Jonathan Perel’s ‘Toponimia’.

Tragicomic presentations of self: starring Phil Silvers as Bilko: (2016)
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Wilkie, I. (2016). Tragicomic presentations of self: starring Phil Silvers as Bilko:. Comedy Studies, 7(2), 182-192. 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:.

Italy's new Prime Minister can't shake off the stench of a stitch-up (2016)
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Bull, M. (2016). Italy's new Prime Minister can't shake off the stench of a stitch-up

Only days after its prime minister resigned over a lost referendum, Italy found itself with a new government and a new prime minister, Paolo Gentiloni. But however smooth the transition was, the turbulent circumstances that led up to it were far from... Read More about Italy's new Prime Minister can't shake off the stench of a stitch-up.

What’s so social about Social Return on Investment? A critique of quantitative social accounting approaches drawing on experiences of international microfinance (2016)
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Vik, P. (2016). What’s so social about Social Return on Investment? A critique of quantitative social accounting approaches drawing on experiences of international microfinance. Social and Environmental Accountability Journal, 37(1), 6-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/0969160X.2016.1263967

Quantitative approaches figure prominently in social accounting and auditing. This is because of the preference among many investors for simple and ostensibly robust and comparative metrics. Social Return on Investment (SROI), which produces a moneti... Read More about What’s so social about Social Return on Investment? A critique of quantitative social accounting approaches drawing on experiences of international microfinance.

Is Italy about to feel the Trump effect? Matteo Renzi's referendum and the populist threat (2016)
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Bull, M. (2016). Is Italy about to feel the Trump effect? Matteo Renzi's referendum and the populist threat

This article, published in the run-up to a constitutional referendum held in Italy on 4 December 2016, analyses the impact of the election of Donald Trump to the American presidency on the unfolding referendum campaign in Italy. It argues that it has... Read More about Is Italy about to feel the Trump effect? Matteo Renzi's referendum and the populist threat.

Surviving the Middle Ages : notes on crafting gameplay for a digital historical game (2016)
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Hiriart, J. (2016). Surviving the Middle Ages : notes on crafting gameplay for a digital historical game. SAA Archaeological Record, 16(5), 34-37

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Book Review published in Journal of Contemporary Drama in English (JCDE 4/2) (2016)
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Peters, L. (2016). Book Review published in Journal of Contemporary Drama in English (JCDE 4/2). Journal of Contemporary Drama in English, 4(2), 461-463. https://doi.org/10.1515/jcde-2016-0036

Review of: Margaret Inchley. Voice and New Writing, 1997 – 2000: 'Articulating the Demos' Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015, vii + 204 pp., £55.00 (hardback), £55.25 (PDF ebook). Reviewed by Lloyd Peters, E ˗ Mail: L.Peters@salford.ac.uk D... Read More about Book Review published in Journal of Contemporary Drama in English (JCDE 4/2).

Giving service and provoking rupture : the post-Fordist performer at work (2016)
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Matthews, A. (2017). Giving service and provoking rupture : the post-Fordist performer at work. Studies in Theatre and Performance, 37(1), 139-154. https://doi.org/10.1080/14682761.2016.1252076

In this article, I examine my practice-as-research pieces What The Money Meant and SERVUS! in terms of how their design and delivery make visible those labour and exchange relations characteristic of late capitalism. After a brief introduction, I tak... Read More about Giving service and provoking rupture : the post-Fordist performer at work.

Fishermen to architects : how is new immersive technology shaping the 21st century documentary? (2016)
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Kirby, T. (2016). Fishermen to architects : how is new immersive technology shaping the 21st century documentary?. Cineaction!, 97, 60-66

This paper will explore technological developments in current documentary production, assessing how these are individually and comparatively immersing the audience in the film and the story and creating spectacle. The paper will track how spectacle... Read More about Fishermen to architects : how is new immersive technology shaping the 21st century documentary?.

Animation, branding and authorship in the construction of the ‘anti-Disney’ ethos : Hayao Miyazaki’s works and persona through Disney film criticism (2016)
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Hernandez Perez, M. (2016). Animation, branding and authorship in the construction of the ‘anti-Disney’ ethos : Hayao Miyazaki’s works and persona through Disney film criticism. Animation, 11(3), 297-313. https://doi.org/10.1177/1746847716660684

Walt Disney (1901-1966) is one of the most important figures in the history of cinema, but also he may also be one of the most criticized. Adjectives referring to Disney in their different forms (‘Japanese Disney’, ‘Asian Disney’, ‘Disney from the Or... Read More about Animation, branding and authorship in the construction of the ‘anti-Disney’ ethos : Hayao Miyazaki’s works and persona through Disney film criticism.

The transatlantic dialogue on Iran : the European subaltern and hegemonic constraints in the implementation of the 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran (2016)
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Pieper, M. (2017). The transatlantic dialogue on Iran : the European subaltern and hegemonic constraints in the implementation of the 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran. European Security, 26(1), 99-119. https://doi.org/10.1080/09662839.2016.1240676

This article analyses the US-EU transatlantic dialogue on the Iranian nuclear dossier with a particular view to implications for European Union (EU) foreign policy on Iran. Doing so, it uses neo-Gramscian scholarship to put the EU’s ‘over-compliance’... Read More about The transatlantic dialogue on Iran : the European subaltern and hegemonic constraints in the implementation of the 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran.

Allegory and animals in Olive Schreiner’s Undine : A Queer Little Child (1929) (2016)
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Munslow Ong, J. (2017). Allegory and animals in Olive Schreiner’s Undine : A Queer Little Child (1929). Journal of Postcolonial Writing, 53(4), 401-413. https://doi.org/10.1080/17449855.2016.1220667

Written and abandoned in the 1870s, and published posthumously in 1929, Undine: A Queer Little Child has remained on the margins of Olive Schreiner (1855-1920) studies, repeatedly dismissed as a juvenile and poor antecedent to The Story of An African... Read More about Allegory and animals in Olive Schreiner’s Undine : A Queer Little Child (1929).

Accommodating the mess : the politics of appropriation in it for others (2016)
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Blair, P. (2016). Accommodating the mess : the politics of appropriation in it for others. Acta Universitatis Sapientiae. Social Analysis (Online), 12(1), 149-165. https://doi.org/10.1515/ausfm-2016-0008

In response to Chris Marker and Alain Resnais’s collaborative meditation on art and colonialism in Statues Also Die (1953), Duncan Campbell’s video installation It For Others (2013) takes a complex approach to presenting a Marxist criticism of the co... Read More about Accommodating the mess : the politics of appropriation in it for others.

Another step up the ladder or another foot in the grave? Re-evaluating the role of formal and informal training in the career development process within Barclays Bank, 1945–80 (2016)
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Hollow, M., & Vik, P. (2016). Another step up the ladder or another foot in the grave? Re-evaluating the role of formal and informal training in the career development process within Barclays Bank, 1945–80. Management and Organizational History, 11(4), 345-363. https://doi.org/10.1080/17449359.2016.1230068

This paper uses a combination of archival sources and oral testimonies to evaluate the role that training (both internal and external) played in determining the promotion prospects of those employed by Barclays Bank during the post-World War II era.... Read More about Another step up the ladder or another foot in the grave? Re-evaluating the role of formal and informal training in the career development process within Barclays Bank, 1945–80.