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Kurdish armour against ISIS : YPG/SDF tanks, technicals and AFVs in the Syrian Civil War, 2014-2019 (2021)
Book
Nash, E., & Searle, D. (2021). Kurdish armour against ISIS : YPG/SDF tanks, technicals and AFVs in the Syrian Civil War, 2014-2019. Oxford: Osprey

One of the most remarkable mechanized campaigns of recent years pitted the brutal and heavily armed jihadists of the Islamic State against the improvised Kurdish force, the YPG (later the SDF). While some Kurdish vehicles originated from Syrian Army... Read More about Kurdish armour against ISIS : YPG/SDF tanks, technicals and AFVs in the Syrian Civil War, 2014-2019.

The ‘New Right’ and its legacy for British conservatism (2021)
Journal Article
Williams, B. (2021). The ‘New Right’ and its legacy for British conservatism. Journal of Political Ideologies, https://doi.org/10.1080/13569317.2021.1979139

New Right theories have had a major impact on British politics since the emergence of Thatcherism and the end of the so-called ‘years of consensus’ in the mid-1970s. In radically rejecting the conventions of postwar politics in terms of the managemen... Read More about The ‘New Right’ and its legacy for British conservatism.

Playing with Plants, Loving Computers: Queer Playfulness beyond the Human in Digital: A Love Story by Christine Love and Rustle Your Leaves to Me Softly by Jess Marcotte and Dietrich Squinkifer (2021)
Journal Article
Gáti, D. (2021). Playing with Plants, Loving Computers: Queer Playfulness beyond the Human in Digital: A Love Story by Christine Love and Rustle Your Leaves to Me Softly by Jess Marcotte and Dietrich Squinkifer. #Journal not on list, 12(1), https://doi.org/10.7557/23.6364

This article argues that queer playfulness sets up a utopian relationality based on desire and vulnerability between human players and their nonhuman Others. Specifically, using the indie games Rustle Your Leaves to Me Softly by Jess Marcotte and Die... Read More about Playing with Plants, Loving Computers: Queer Playfulness beyond the Human in Digital: A Love Story by Christine Love and Rustle Your Leaves to Me Softly by Jess Marcotte and Dietrich Squinkifer.

Book review : Contemporary British Television Drama (2021)
Journal Article
Hewett, R. (2021). Book review : Contemporary British Television Drama. Critical Studies in Television, 16(3), 330-332. https://doi.org/10.1177/17496020211015463b

Review of: Contemporary British Television Drama
James Chapman, Contemporary British Television Drama, London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2020; 187 pp.: ISBN 9781780765228, £63 (hbk), ISBN 9781526125859, £22.99 (pbk), ISBN 978135015250, £16.55 (EPUB/MOBI) Read More about Book review : Contemporary British Television Drama.

Yoruba Opera: A practice-based research enquiry into the idea of vocal composition in a non-European cultural framework. (2021)
Thesis
Oyewale, A. Yoruba Opera: A practice-based research enquiry into the idea of vocal composition in a non-European cultural framework. (Thesis). University of Salford

Yòrùbá professional traditional musicians and performers have been making music persistently for centuries. Therefore, in this project, I will investigate and explore their context, process and methods of compositions and put it to practise in perfor... Read More about Yoruba Opera: A practice-based research enquiry into the idea of vocal composition in a non-European cultural framework..

The esports question for the Olympic movement (2021)
Journal Article
Miah, A. (2021). The esports question for the Olympic movement. Journal of Olympic studies (Online), 2(2), 14-26. https://doi.org/10.5406/jofolympstud.2.2.0015

Ever since the Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, appeared as Super Mario in the Tokyo 2020 handover ceremony at the 2016 Rio Olympics, the scene was set for esports to become part of what the International Olympic Committee (IOC) defines as the ‘O... Read More about The esports question for the Olympic movement.

Tiger II : el coloso (2021)
Journal Article
Searle, D. (2021). Tiger II : el coloso. Desperta ferro. Especial, 5(28), 6-13

El Tiger II fue, en muchos aspectos, el carro de combate pesado definitivo de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Alcanzaba los 54 500 kg sin la torreta y unos apabullantes 69 800 kg con la Serien Turm –La torreta básica del modelo–. Con una coraza delantera... Read More about Tiger II : el coloso.

Incarnations: When Photography Takes Shape (2021)
Exhibition / Performance
Cherniwchan, C. Incarnations: When Photography Takes Shape. [Exhibition]. Exhibited at Rencontres d’Arles, Arles, France. 21 August 2021. (Unpublished)

With the emergence of new technologies such as photogrammetry and LiDAR, a photographic image becomes a volume, a space, an experience. The Incarnation exhibition shows these new image-worlds, by presenting the work of a generation of artists who, wi... Read More about Incarnations: When Photography Takes Shape.

The biology of heavy metal : evolutionary links between science and culture (2021)
Thesis
Skeech, M. The biology of heavy metal : evolutionary links between science and culture. (Thesis). University of Salford

The modern landscape of heavy metal can be seen as a splintered and interconnected mass of seemingly disparate styles and sub-styles. Literature that examines the history and culture of this music is increasingly common, but musicological study into... Read More about The biology of heavy metal : evolutionary links between science and culture.

Журналістська освіта в Киргизстані : проблем багато, але поетапні зміни можливі (Journalism education in Kyrgyzstan : there are many problems, but gradual changes are possible) (2021)
Journal Article
Bekerman, M., Dutsyk, D., & Kuvatova, J. (2021). Журналістська освіта в Киргизстані : проблем багато, але поетапні зміни можливі (Journalism education in Kyrgyzstan : there are many problems, but gradual changes are possible)

An article in Ukrainian based on a needs assessment commissioned by the "Media Dialogue" project funded by the European Union which was conducted in April 2021 taking stock of the state of journalism education in Kyrgyzstan with the view to the best... Read More about Журналістська освіта в Киргизстані : проблем багато, але поетапні зміни можливі (Journalism education in Kyrgyzstan : there are many problems, but gradual changes are possible).

Журналистское образование в Кыргызстане: проблем много, но поэтапные изменения возможны (Journalism education in Kyrgyzstan : there are many problems, but gradual changes are possible) (2021)
Journal Article
(Journalism education in Kyrgyzstan : there are many problems, but gradual changes are possible)

An article based on a needs assessment commissioned by the "Media Dialogue" project funded by the European Union which was conducted in April 2021 taking stock of the state of journalism education in Kyrgyzstan with the view to the best ways of moder... Read More about Журналистское образование в Кыргызстане: проблем много, но поэтапные изменения возможны (Journalism education in Kyrgyzstan : there are many problems, but gradual changes are possible).

Nonhuman flow : audio-visual affects and the expressive potential of film (2021)
Journal Article
Prokopic, P. (2021). Nonhuman flow : audio-visual affects and the expressive potential of film. Sightlines (Hawthorn, VIC), 3,

Nonhuman Flow emerged from a wider AHRC-funded research in Affective Cinema, which seeks to experiment with and explore the unique expressive potential of film linked to its direct capturing of the real (light). This can give rise to affects: imperso... Read More about Nonhuman flow : audio-visual affects and the expressive potential of film.

A space for making : collaborative composition as social participation (2021)
Journal Article
Hart, A., & Williams, A. (2021). A space for making : collaborative composition as social participation. Organised Sound, 26(2), 240-254. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1355771821000285

Music composition is traditionally regarded as an act of individual creation and expression, but can be approached, through the aid of digital platforms, as an activity which encourages learning through social participation. This article describes th... Read More about A space for making : collaborative composition as social participation.

The social and economic context (2021)
Book Chapter
Hickson, K., & Williams, B. (2021). The social and economic context. In B. Jones, P. Norton, & I. Hertner (Eds.), Politics UK (Tenth edition) (62-81). UK: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003028574-4

his chapter analyses the changing social and economic context of British politics. The study of politics would have included a legal and historical discussion of the constitution and the major political institutions such as the monarchy, the Houses o... Read More about The social and economic context.

Comedian autobiographies - an examination of the publishing phenomenon (2021)
Thesis
Kugler, K. (2021). Comedian autobiographies - an examination of the publishing phenomenon. (Thesis). University of Salford

Simon Amstell, Kevin Bridges, Billy Connolly, Adam Hills, Michael McIntyre, and Sarah Millican are not only well-known stand-up comedians in the United Kingdom, but they have also all written autobiographies, with the majority becoming bestsellers. C... Read More about Comedian autobiographies - an examination of the publishing phenomenon.

Salt in winter : a fictionalized biography with critical reflections (2021)
Thesis
Garbutt, J. (2021). Salt in winter : a fictionalized biography with critical reflections. (Thesis). University of Salford

This practice-based thesis comprises a novel exploring the life and legacy of 16th century philanthropist Henry Smith, with critical reflections on the research foundational to the creative text. The novel is a biographical work that argues for ficti... Read More about Salt in winter : a fictionalized biography with critical reflections.