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Mapping Eurasia : contrasting the public diplomacies of Russia’s ‘Greater Eurasia’ and China’s ‘Belt and Road’ initiative (2018)
Journal Article

This paper contrasts the public diplomacies behind China and Russia’s approaches to Eurasian Order and process-traces the gradual interaction between the two. It argues that Russia’s ‘Greater Eurasia’ vision seeks to create a common space in Eurasia... Read More about Mapping Eurasia : contrasting the public diplomacies of Russia’s ‘Greater Eurasia’ and China’s ‘Belt and Road’ initiative.

China’s cinema watchdogs on the world wide web (2018)
Journal Article
Herring, L. (2018). China’s cinema watchdogs on the world wide web. Networking knowledge, 11(2), 39-59. https://doi.org/10.31165/nk.2018.112.532

Online communities play an important role in the development of the Chinese film industry in several significant ways. Taking social media as its focus, this article explores three areas of influence; promoting transparency, critiquing and policing.... Read More about China’s cinema watchdogs on the world wide web.

A precarious peace? The threat of paramilitary violence to the peace process in Colombia (2018)
Journal Article
Maher, D., & Thomson, A. (2018). A precarious peace? The threat of paramilitary violence to the peace process in Colombia. Third World Quarterly, 39(11), 2142-2172. https://doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2018.1508992

This article provides an investigation into claims that paramilitary violence in Colombia can pose a threat to the peace agreement signed in 2016 between the Colombian government and the FARC rebels. These claims highlight the capacity for paramilita... Read More about A precarious peace? The threat of paramilitary violence to the peace process in Colombia.

Book review : Manga and anime go to Hollywood : the amazing rapidly evolving relationship between Hollywood and Japanese animation, manga, television, and film (2018)
Journal Article
Hernandez Perez, M. (2018). Book review : Manga and anime go to Hollywood : the amazing rapidly evolving relationship between Hollywood and Japanese animation, manga, television, and film. Animation, 13(3), 252-254. https://doi.org/10.1177/1746847718799406

Review of : Northrop Davis, Manga and Anime Go to Hollywood: The Amazing Rapidly Evolving Relationship between Hollywood and Japanese Animation, Manga, Television, and Film, Bloomsbury: London, 2016: 410 pp.: ISBN 9781623562489, £80 (hbk); ISBN 97816... Read More about Book review : Manga and anime go to Hollywood : the amazing rapidly evolving relationship between Hollywood and Japanese animation, manga, television, and film.

Onomastics (2018)
Journal Article

Section 8 of a multi-part journal chapter.

Creating a critical civic consciousness : reporting local government in the nineteenth century provincial press (2018)
Journal Article

This paper examines two themes in local government reporting in the nineteenth century – municipal governance and social reform and the reporting of municipal elections, electioneering and scandals. These themes formed part of the discourse of politi... Read More about Creating a critical civic consciousness : reporting local government in the nineteenth century provincial press.

Urban poachers : cosplay, playful cultures, and the appropriation of urban space (2018)
Journal Article
Crawford, G., & Hancock, D. (2018). Urban poachers : cosplay, playful cultures, and the appropriation of urban space. Journal of Fandom Studies, 6(3), 301-318. https://doi.org/10.1386/jfs.6.3.301_1

This article considers cosplayers’ use and transformation of urban space. Cosplay provides an important subcultural embodiment of contemporary popular culture, through which we can learn a great deal about contemporary forms of fandom, participatory... Read More about Urban poachers : cosplay, playful cultures, and the appropriation of urban space.

Effect of fatigue on functional movement screening performance in dancers (2018)
Journal Article
Armstrong, R., Brogden, C., Milner, D., Norris, D., & Greig, M. (2018). Effect of fatigue on functional movement screening performance in dancers. Medical problems of performing artists, 33(3), 213-219. https://doi.org/10.21091/mppa.2018.3032

OBJECTIVE: Dance is associated with a high risk of injury, with fatigue identified as a contributing factor. Functional movement screening (FMS) has been used to identify alterations in normal movement which may contribute to injury risk, though this... Read More about Effect of fatigue on functional movement screening performance in dancers.

The tablet as a classroom musical instrument (2018)
Journal Article
Hart, A. (2018). The tablet as a classroom musical instrument. Athens Journal of Education (online), 5(3), 299-324. https://doi.org/10.30958/aje.5-3-5

Music education is rightly recognised as an important part of children’s social, creative
and academic development. Current UK policy holds that all children should have the opportunity to learn a musical instrument and have access to quality music... Read More about The tablet as a classroom musical instrument.