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Branding, authorship and transmedia adaptation in the official products of Studio Ghibli : the "Miyazaki style" in the video games of Ni No Kuni saga (2011-2018) (2019)
Journal Article
Hernandez Perez, M. (2019). Branding, authorship and transmedia adaptation in the official products of Studio Ghibli : the "Miyazaki style" in the video games of Ni No Kuni saga (2011-2018). Con A de animación, 9, 102-117. https://doi.org/10.4995/caa.2019.11337

Anime is frequently the origin of media-mixes, that is, strategies of production and distribution of transmedia products in the Japanese global markets. Synergies can be formed through collaborative authorships and transmedia adaptations. While there... Read More about Branding, authorship and transmedia adaptation in the official products of Studio Ghibli : the "Miyazaki style" in the video games of Ni No Kuni saga (2011-2018).

Austerity Britain – a brief history (2019)
Journal Article

Austerity has been a recurring theme of post-war British politics, from the 1950s right up to the present day. But with voters increasingly weary after a decade of public spending reduction, Ben Williams looks back on the modern history of austerity.

Socially Networked Heterogeneity: The Influence of WhatsApp as a Social Networking Site on Polarisation in Kenya (2019)
Journal Article

Using a cross-sectional survey of two sampled counties in Kenya, this article analyses whether social networking sites reflect social network heterogeneity. It then examines how social network heterogeneity influences polarisation in Kenya. Three typ... Read More about Socially Networked Heterogeneity: The Influence of WhatsApp as a Social Networking Site on Polarisation in Kenya.

Reflections on The Eradication of Schizophrenia in Western Lapland : a conversation between David Woods and Jon Haynes of Ridiculusmus with commentary by Richard Talbot (2019)
Book Chapter

This is a collection of eight short sections of dialogue taken from a longer reflection on the creative process, of Ridiculusmus Theatre Company. The sections predominantly focus on the making and touring of The Eradication of Schizophrenia in Wester... Read More about Reflections on The Eradication of Schizophrenia in Western Lapland : a conversation between David Woods and Jon Haynes of Ridiculusmus with commentary by Richard Talbot.

Civil society activism, strategic alignment and international public policy making for spectrum (2019)
Journal Article
Rashid, I., & Simpson, S. (2019). Civil society activism, strategic alignment and international public policy making for spectrum. Journal of Civil Society, 15(1), 62-81. https://doi.org/10.1080/17448689.2019.1565181

Recent work in political science asserts a growth in prominence of civil society in international public policy processes, something that has been to this point under-addressed in the field of public policy research in communication. This article und... Read More about Civil society activism, strategic alignment and international public policy making for spectrum.

The Zoo (2019)
Data

"The Zoo" was a PaR creative writing investigation into the literary aesthetics and "working-through" (Reina Van Der Weil, 2014) of trauma published in the North American journal Déraciné (vol.III). It aimed to explore extreme maternal abuse - going... Read More about The Zoo.

To End With A Beginning (2019)
Data

“To End With A Beginning” was a PaR investigation into the work of international artist Gavin Turk in the form of a reflexive response to its core themes and approaches. Critically informed by Baudrillard’s theory of Endgame Capitalism (adapted from... Read More about To End With A Beginning.

Making visible an invisible trade : exploring the everyday experiences of doing social work and being a social worker (2019)
Journal Article
Leigh, J., Morriss, L., & Morriss, M. (2020). Making visible an invisible trade : exploring the everyday experiences of doing social work and being a social worker. Qualitative Social Work, 19(2), 267-283. https://doi.org/10.1177/1473325018824629

This article demonstrates that making art in conjunction with story-telling is a method which can elucidate the everyday working practices of social work practitioners. To date, the relationship between art and social workers has rarely been noted, i... Read More about Making visible an invisible trade : exploring the everyday experiences of doing social work and being a social worker.

Postcard from Rochdale (2019)
Exhibition / Performance

An exhibition of works (restricted to postcard size) that respond to the permanent collection of the Touchstones Art Gallery, Rochdale:


'Detail': acrylic on gesso, poplar panel,


'After'/in response to (and exhibited alongside)


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