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Methodological framework and design process for applying evolutionary simulation to musical interactions (2017)
Book Chapter
Choi, I. (2017). Methodological framework and design process for applying evolutionary simulation to musical interactions. In Proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Musical Metacreation (MUME 2017). MUME

This paper focuses on a methodological framework where the creative design process evolves through iterative cycles. The design process undertakes a complex network of tasks for integrating two domain models: dynamical simulation and musical interact... Read More about Methodological framework and design process for applying evolutionary simulation to musical interactions.

Mass Observation as a relational art practice (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Edge, C. (2017, July). Mass Observation as a relational art practice. Presented at Mass Observation 80th Anniversary Conference, University of Sussex

The visual artefacts and documents created during MO’s early incarnation seem to be possessed of a kind of latent energy which has continued to shape their function and interpretation. In particular, this quality can be traced through the history of... Read More about Mass Observation as a relational art practice.

Funny walking : the rise, fall and rise of the Anglo-American comic eccentric dancer (2017)
Journal Article
Wilkie, I. (2017). Funny walking : the rise, fall and rise of the Anglo-American comic eccentric dancer. Comedy Studies, 8(2), 182-196. https://doi.org/10.1080/2040610X.2017.1343971

This article will attempt to reposition comic eccentric dance as a metamorphic form that still, surprisingly, exists, and is to be found with reasonable ubiquity, in renewed incarna-tions within twenty first century media.
Tracing the origins of co... Read More about Funny walking : the rise, fall and rise of the Anglo-American comic eccentric dancer.

The Surface of Things (2017)
Exhibition / Performance
Fletcher, B. (2017). The Surface of Things. 1 July 2017 - 12 August 2017. (Unpublished)

The Surface of Things, Manifest Festival, Manchester and Salford, 1st July - 12th August 2017, New Adelphi Gallery, University of Salford and PAPER Gallery, Manchester.


An exhibition/collaboration between PAPER, Manchester and Durden & Ray... Read More about The Surface of Things.

‘Bubbles of joy’ : moments of pleasure in recent Northern Irish culture (2017)
Journal Article
Magennis, C. (2017). ‘Bubbles of joy’ : moments of pleasure in recent Northern Irish culture. Études irlandaises, 42-1, 155-168. https://doi.org/10.4000/etudesirlandaises.5183

This essay considers the representation of pleasure in three “post”-conflict Northern Irish texts: Glenn Patterson’s novel The Rest Just Follows (2014), Billy Cowan’s play Still Ill (2014) and Lucy Caldwell’s short story collection Multitudes (2016).... Read More about ‘Bubbles of joy’ : moments of pleasure in recent Northern Irish culture.

Gesture in modern South Arabian languages : variation in multimodal constructions during task-based interaction (2017)
Journal Article
Watson, J., & Wilson, J. (2017). Gesture in modern South Arabian languages : variation in multimodal constructions during task-based interaction. Brill's Annual of Afroasiatic Languages and Linguistics, 9(1-2), 49-72. https://doi.org/10.1163/18776930-00901006

Until fairly recently most linguistic fieldwork relied on written records of spoken data or audio-only recordings. The recent increase in research focusing on audio-visual data, with emphasis on the co-expressiveness of speech and gesture, has led to... Read More about Gesture in modern South Arabian languages : variation in multimodal constructions during task-based interaction.

Digital cultural participation in Malta (2017)
Book Chapter
Sant, T. (2017). Digital cultural participation in Malta. In Perspectives on Cultural Heritage in Malta (45-56). Malta: Arts Council Malta

I discussed participation levels and types in digital culture within a Maltese context on two previous occasions; both were published in books. The first of these was a chapter I contributed to Exploring the Maltese Media Landscape (2009) edited by J... Read More about Digital cultural participation in Malta.

brief brief : a riddle (2017)
Other
Kendall, J. (in press). brief brief : a riddle. Amsterdam

A creative prose-poetry exploration of the fragmentary process of translation, including a visual representation of translation in process of an anglo-saxon riddle.

Communications and British Operations on the Western Front, 1914-1918 (2017)
Book
Hall, B. (2017). Communications and British Operations on the Western Front, 1914-1918. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (CUP). https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316771747

This is an important new study examining the military operations of the British Expeditionary Force in 1914–18 through the lens of its communications system. Brian Hall charts how new communications technology such as wireless, telephone and telegrap... Read More about Communications and British Operations on the Western Front, 1914-1918.

Journalism and the changing act of observation : writing about cities in the British press 1880–1940 (2017)
Book Chapter
O'Reilly, C. (2017). Journalism and the changing act of observation : writing about cities in the British press 1880–1940. In G. Aiello, K. Oakley, & M. Tarantino (Eds.), Communicating the City: Meanings, Practices, Interactions (3-16). New York: Peter Lang

Peter Fritzsche’s (1996) study of the social and literary texts of turn-of-the-century Berlin begins with the observation that the key point of fascination around the nexus of city and its literature is the tension between the city as narrated form a... Read More about Journalism and the changing act of observation : writing about cities in the British press 1880–1940.

Gothic returns : the Hound of the Baskervilles (2017)
Book Chapter
Allan, J. (2017). Gothic returns : the Hound of the Baskervilles. In J. Allan, & C. Pittard (Eds.), The Cambridge Companion to Sherlock Holmes. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (CUP)

In bringing together the scientific detective and the supernatural beast of ancient legend, The Hound of the Baskervilles occupies a liminal position, poised between the rational positivism of detective fiction and the uncanny ambiguity of the Gothic... Read More about Gothic returns : the Hound of the Baskervilles.

John Major : an unsuccessful Prime Minister? (2017)
Book
Williams, B., & Hickson, K. (2017). B. Williams, & K. Hickson (Eds.), John Major : an unsuccessful Prime Minister?. Biteback Publishing

This year marks the twentieth anniversary of one of the most momentous general elections this country has ever seen. John Major’s defeat in 1997 ended a record eighteen years of Tory government, prompting accusations of failure and ignominy.

A con... Read More about John Major : an unsuccessful Prime Minister?.

Urban transformation through creativity : applying the creative city concept to Makkah (2017)
Thesis
Alamoudy, S. Urban transformation through creativity : applying the creative city concept to Makkah. (Thesis). University of Salford

During the last decade, the rapidly growing prestige of so-called Creative Cities has inspired many other cities to enhance their attractiveness, creativity and success. However, the concept of a creative city is an elusive one because it reflects a... Read More about Urban transformation through creativity : applying the creative city concept to Makkah.

Virtual landscapes : a practice-based exploration of natural environment design (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Ali, U. (2017, May). Virtual landscapes : a practice-based exploration of natural environment design. Presented at DiGRA UK 2017 Conference & Meeting, Manchester, England

This paper presents a theoretical framework as well as a practical guide for a new design framework for virtual natural environment (VNE) design in computer and video games. By applying a practice-based research methodology areas of strong/weak pract... Read More about Virtual landscapes : a practice-based exploration of natural environment design.

Ireland v UK : the European Court of Human Rights and international relations, 1971–1978 (2017)
Journal Article
1971–1978. European Human Rights Law Review, 2017(3), 272-284

It is rare for states to lodge inter-state cases with the European Court of Human Rights because they fear damaging their relations with the respondent states. Yet in 1971 the government of the Republic of Ireland began a case against the United King... Read More about Ireland v UK : the European Court of Human Rights and international relations, 1971–1978.

Creating a collaborative Worktown Archive : photography, place and community (2017)
Thesis
Edge, C. Creating a collaborative Worktown Archive : photography, place and community. (Thesis). Bolton Museum and The University of Bolton

This practice-based thesis uses photography as a method to examine how photographic archives constitute community. It develops a case study of the Worktown photographs,
which were taken by Humphrey Spender during Mass Observation’s experimental stud... Read More about Creating a collaborative Worktown Archive : photography, place and community.