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Media impact on diplomatic practice: An evolutionary model of change (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Archetti, C. (2010, September). Media impact on diplomatic practice: An evolutionary model of change. Presented at American Political Science Association (APSA) Annual Convention, Washington, DC

Based on a range of interviews with foreign diplomats in London, the paper explains the considerable variation in the way communication technologies both affect diplomatic practices and are appropriated by diplomats to pursue the respective countries... Read More about Media impact on diplomatic practice: An evolutionary model of change.

From ‘the people’ to ‘the citizen’: Municipal leisure in Manchester’s urban parks (2010)
Presentation / Conference
O'Reilly, C. (2010, September). From ‘the people’ to ‘the citizen’: Municipal leisure in Manchester’s urban parks. Presented at City and Society in European History: Conference of the European Association for Urban History, Ghent, Belgium

This paper examines the evolution of the municipal public park in Manchester from the Victorian people’s park to the Edwardian (and later) citizen’s park. The linguistic shift from the people to the citizen is mirrored in the change of emphasis from... Read More about From ‘the people’ to ‘the citizen’: Municipal leisure in Manchester’s urban parks.

Lateral fricatives and lateral emphatics in southern Saudi Arabia and Mehri (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Watson, J., & Al-Azraqi, M. (2010, July). Lateral fricatives and lateral emphatics in southern Saudi Arabia and Mehri. Presented at Seminar for Arabian Studies, London

Arabic was traditionally described as lughat al-Ρād ‘the language of Ρād’ due to the perceived unusualness of the sound. From Sībawayhi’s description, early Arabic Ρād was clearly a lateral or lateralized emphatic. Lateral fricatives are assumed to h... Read More about Lateral fricatives and lateral emphatics in southern Saudi Arabia and Mehri.

The narrative of creativity in the city (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Rooney, J. (2010, July). The narrative of creativity in the city. Presented at PARC North West, Manchester Metropolitan University

The subject is to study expression of creativity in the city with the recording of the creative gesture presented as visible narratives. The first phase will focus on Manchester and Salford. Both cities are locations are significant centres for cultu... Read More about The narrative of creativity in the city.

Recording the creative gesture (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Rooney, J. (2010, July). Recording the creative gesture. Presented at Electronic Visualisation and the Arts, London

Visible Narratives The digital pathway of gesture This project is created from digital recordings of the gesture. A Visible Narrative is the unseen path created by the pattern of gesture we make during the moment language. This is a deliberate st... Read More about Recording the creative gesture.

Sshhh : the commodification of silence (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Cookney, D. (2010, July). Sshhh : the commodification of silence. Presented at Bigger than Words, Wider than Pictures: Noise, Affect, Politics Conference, University of Salford

This chapter documents a process undertaken by the author in summer 2010. Submitted as part of the University of Salford’s MA Communication Design programme, the study resulted in a practice-based outcome – a compact disc of audio recordings housed w... Read More about Sshhh : the commodification of silence.

New governance as political compromise in European telecommunications: the amended European Union electronic communications regulatory framework (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Simpson, S. (2010, June). New governance as political compromise in European telecommunications: the amended European Union electronic communications regulatory framework. Presented at International Telecommunications Society Conference, Tokyo

This paper explores the regulatory character of key parts of the latest incarnation of the EU telecommunications regulatory package, finalised at the end of 2009. Its core argument is that whilst the broad parameters of the modified Electronic Commun... Read More about New governance as political compromise in European telecommunications: the amended European Union electronic communications regulatory framework.

Recording the creative gesture (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Rooney, J. (2010, June). Recording the creative gesture. Presented at Art Promotes Science, Science Promotes Art, University of Salford

The project will posit a question of how to visualise the creative gesture of a city. Every city has its own creative story. The subject matter to be explored in this project will be curated from recordings of past and present narratives. Data will t... Read More about Recording the creative gesture.

The hive in the cliff: an innovative case study for culturally led, cross-sector approaches to sustainable socio-economical development (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Slee, S., Bowker, S., Hamilton, A., & Wilkie, T. (2010, May). The hive in the cliff: an innovative case study for culturally led, cross-sector approaches to sustainable socio-economical development. Presented at Regional Studies Association Annual International Conference 2010, Pecs, Hungary

There is long-standing recognition of the role cultural and creative industries play in regional development . Creative and cultural activities contribute to development in regeneration, social inclusion, education, vocational training, social entre... Read More about The hive in the cliff: an innovative case study for culturally led, cross-sector approaches to sustainable socio-economical development.

The influence of global internet governance institutions on the EU (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Christou, G., & Simpson, S. (2010, May). The influence of global internet governance institutions on the EU. Presented at The Influence of International Institutions on the EU, Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals, Barcelona

Since the mid-1990s, the EU has sought to engage in the formation and development of the most important multilateral Internet governance institutions, and, in doing so, has portrayed itself as a leading and influential player in the evolving global I... Read More about The influence of global internet governance institutions on the EU.

Shaping the global communications milieu: The EU's influence on internet and telecommunications governance (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Christou, G., & Simpson, S. (2010, April). Shaping the global communications milieu: The EU's influence on internet and telecommunications governance. Presented at GARNET (Global Governance, Regionalisation and Regulation: The Role of the EU ) conference ‘The European Union in International Affairs’, Institute for European Studies, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels

This paper evaluates the EU’s influence in shaping the global governance for telecommunications and the Internet. Through analyzing EU behavior within an actorness framework, we demonstrate how the external opportunity structure and the EU’s internal... Read More about Shaping the global communications milieu: The EU's influence on internet and telecommunications governance.

‘Visualising the invisible’: Arts and science collaboration (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Heald, K., Liggett, S., Tranter, R., & Poole, R. (2010, April). ‘Visualising the invisible’: Arts and science collaboration. Presented at Claiming Creativity: Art Education in Cultural Transition, Chicago, USA

This research explores, psychoanalyst/linguist/philosopher, Julia Kristeva’s concept that female subjectivity seems linked to both cyclical time (menstruation/pregnancy/repetition) and monumental time in sense of eternity (motherhood/reproduction/gen... Read More about ‘Visualising the invisible’: Arts and science collaboration.

"Speculating for gold"; Socio-geographic painting and the artist as researcher working within regeneration and urban renewal (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Haywood, P., & Ingleson, S. (2010, April). "Speculating for gold"; Socio-geographic painting and the artist as researcher working within regeneration and urban renewal. Presented at Claiming Creativity: Art Education in Cultural Transition, Chicago, USA

Ambitious and elusive goals are becoming common place in the artists’ brief and yet the core motive of the practitioner remains the process and discovery of new creativity and artistic output. This paper will draw on the experience of a number of pro... Read More about "Speculating for gold"; Socio-geographic painting and the artist as researcher working within regeneration and urban renewal.

Sex, lies and public money: Recent scandals in Britain and Italy’ (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Newell, J. (2010, March). Sex, lies and public money: Recent scandals in Britain and Italy’. Presented at 60th Annual Conference of the UK Political Studies Association, Edinburgh

Paper presented to the panel ‘Morality, political scandals and the detachment of citizens from the political process I’ at the 60th Annual Conference of the UK Political Studies Association, Edinburgh, 29 March – 1 April 2010.

Getting personal? The case of Rifondazione Comunista (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Newell, J. (2010, March). Getting personal? The case of Rifondazione Comunista. Presented at 60th Annual Conference of the UK Political Studies Association, Edinburgh

Paper prepared for presentation at the workshop, ‘Party leadership in Western Europe: Strictly Personal?’ at the 60th Annual Conference of the UK Political Studies Association, Edinburgh, 29 March – 1 April 2010.

'Theatres of transgression’: Municipal public parks in Edwardian Manchester. (2010)
Presentation / Conference
O'Reilly, C. (2010, March). 'Theatres of transgression’: Municipal public parks in Edwardian Manchester. Presented at Transgressive Cities: Practices and Place, Urban History group conference, University of Durham, UK

This paper argues that municipal public parks in Manchester provided the citizens with the space not solely for recreation and sporting facilities but for a whole range of often transgressive behaviours. Despite the efforts of the civic authorities,... Read More about 'Theatres of transgression’: Municipal public parks in Edwardian Manchester..

Women in Manchester’s Edwardian parks 1900 – 1935 (2009)
Presentation / Conference
O'Reilly, C. (2009, November). Women in Manchester’s Edwardian parks 1900 – 1935. Presented at Women's Life and Leisure in the Twentieth Century, Staffordshire University

This paper examines women’s use of public parks in Edwardian Manchester. It addresses both leisure and non-leisure activities. Like many cities at this time, Manchester City Council was investing in municipal public parks, the high point of which was... Read More about Women in Manchester’s Edwardian parks 1900 – 1935.

Visible narratives (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Rooney, J. (2009, November). Visible narratives. Presented at Typographic Horizons, Birmingham City University

This project is created from digital recordings of the gesture. A Visible Narrative is the unseen path created by the pattern of gesture we make during the moment language. This is a deliberate strategy to place the focus of the viewer on images crea... Read More about Visible narratives.