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Dementia Performance And Environment: An Exploration Of Dementia Friendly Performance And The Importance Of Space And Place (2024)
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Dare, E. (2024). Dementia Performance And Environment: An Exploration Of Dementia Friendly Performance And The Importance Of Space And Place. (Thesis). University of Salford

This research looks at the design of the theatrical environment and how this is important in access to theatre for those living with dementia. It looks at the importance of scenography not just as a visual method of communication, but as a technique... Read More about Dementia Performance And Environment: An Exploration Of Dementia Friendly Performance And The Importance Of Space And Place.

"Like One of Us": Examining the Authenticity, Parasocial Relationships and Influence of Stand-Up Comedian Podcast Hosts (2024)
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Maloney Yorganci, K. T. (2024). "Like One of Us": Examining the Authenticity, Parasocial Relationships and Influence of Stand-Up Comedian Podcast Hosts. (Thesis). University of Salford

Podcasting is a medium that has received insufficient academic attention despite being on the rise with recent increases in both audience numbers and advertising revenue. This thesis utilizes mixed method research to investigate the perceived authent... Read More about "Like One of Us": Examining the Authenticity, Parasocial Relationships and Influence of Stand-Up Comedian Podcast Hosts.

California Dreamin': Popular Music and Place-Myths of California (2024)
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Aspden, R. (2024). California Dreamin': Popular Music and Place-Myths of California. (Thesis). University of Salford

In this thesis I develop a concept of southern California place-myths based on themes from a selection of popular songs from the earliest phase of California statehood (c. 1849) through the first half of the 1970s, examining the role that music plays... Read More about California Dreamin': Popular Music and Place-Myths of California.

Reframing the Discourse – How Effective Youth Theatre Recruitment Practice Can Minimise Engagement Barriers for Priority Participants (2024)
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Crompton, N. (2024). Reframing the Discourse – How Effective Youth Theatre Recruitment Practice Can Minimise Engagement Barriers for Priority Participants. (Thesis). University of Salford

Organisations who deliver youth theatre must consider not only how they recruit participants but who they recruit to ensure children and young people most in need of pervasive skill development benefit from funded extra-curricular provision. Drama... Read More about Reframing the Discourse – How Effective Youth Theatre Recruitment Practice Can Minimise Engagement Barriers for Priority Participants.

Citizen Participation and Strategic Communication through Twitter: Food Waste Awareness in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (2024)
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Alkorbi, N. (2024). Citizen Participation and Strategic Communication through Twitter: Food Waste Awareness in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. (Thesis)

This study investigates the under-researched topic of the extent to which – and how – Twitter is used to undertake food waste awareness campaigns by food bank organisations in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). It provides a better understanding of... Read More about Citizen Participation and Strategic Communication through Twitter: Food Waste Awareness in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

The Euphonium: A Musical Journey (2024)
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SCHWARTZ, P. (2024). The Euphonium: A Musical Journey. (Thesis). University of Salford

This Doctor of Musical Arts research portfolio explores the euphonium soloist’s status within a variety of aspects of the classical music profession. Specifically, the role of the euphonium is investigated through practical application in distinct... Read More about The Euphonium: A Musical Journey.

Development of Virtual Musical Keyboard Layout Interfaces for Invented and Evolved Tuning Systems (2023)
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DYROY, E. (2023). Development of Virtual Musical Keyboard Layout Interfaces for Invented and Evolved Tuning Systems. (Thesis). University of Salford

This research is a practice-based project where the objectives revolve around different aspects of tuning; the primary focus is to create innovative Virtual Musical Keyboard Layout Interfaces (from now on abbreviated VMKLI) through computerbased pr... Read More about Development of Virtual Musical Keyboard Layout Interfaces for Invented and Evolved Tuning Systems.

The Emergence of the British ‘Security State’? An Evaluation of the Security Executive, 1940 – 1953 (2023)
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Duncan, E. (2023). The Emergence of the British ‘Security State’? An Evaluation of the Security Executive, 1940 – 1953. (Thesis). University of Salford

This thesis explores the origins and development of the Home Defence (Security) Executive (HD(S)E), a body set up in 1940 to address the supposed ‘Fifth Column’ threat present in Britain. Through a detailed examination of this organisation, hitherto... Read More about The Emergence of the British ‘Security State’? An Evaluation of the Security Executive, 1940 – 1953.

Changing Images Of Disability: from the 1970s to the Present (2023)
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Hall, T. (2023). Changing Images Of Disability: from the 1970s to the Present. (Thesis). University of Salford

Changing Images of Disability in British Television Drama: from the 1970s till the Present is a historical overview that works to discover whether representations of disability have changed and what has caused those changes. It establishes the relati... Read More about Changing Images Of Disability: from the 1970s to the Present.

Femininity, Madness, and Disability in Nineteenth-Century Children’s Literature and Film Adaptation: A Study in Textual and Visual Forms (2023)
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Helm, H. (2023). Femininity, Madness, and Disability in Nineteenth-Century Children’s Literature and Film Adaptation: A Study in Textual and Visual Forms. (Thesis). University of Salford

This thesis argues that key works of nineteenth-century children’s literature, fairy tales, and twenty-first-century live-action Disney film mobilise progressive and subversive representations of mad and/or disabled women in order to express agency a... Read More about Femininity, Madness, and Disability in Nineteenth-Century Children’s Literature and Film Adaptation: A Study in Textual and Visual Forms.

The American brass band movement in the twenty-first century: a study of past influences via an investigation into the future direction of performance and composition (2023)
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Tyler, H. (2023). The American brass band movement in the twenty-first century: a study of past influences via an investigation into the future direction of performance and composition. (Thesis). University of Salford

In 1889, it was estimated that there were ten thousand brass bands across America and by the beginning of the twentieth century, that number had increased to over eighteen thousand (Hazen & Hazen, 1987). These brass bands were an integral part of Ame... Read More about The American brass band movement in the twenty-first century: a study of past influences via an investigation into the future direction of performance and composition.

The history, development, and practical applications of the instrumental soliloquy (2022)
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Price, C. The history, development, and practical applications of the instrumental soliloquy. (Thesis). University of Salford

The dramatic device of the soliloquy has been in existence for generations; however, following the rise of realism, its use has declined in the theatrical arts as indicated by academics James Hirsh (2003) and Katie Wales (2014). In contrast, it is po... Read More about The history, development, and practical applications of the instrumental soliloquy.

Reframing crusading discourses in seventeenth-century English drama (2022)
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Hussain, A. Reframing crusading discourses in seventeenth-century English drama. (Thesis). University of Salford

Portrayals of Turks in early modern cultural discourses resisted historical accuracy: Turks are represented as violent, lustful, barbaric, and despotic despite the existence of numerous seventeenth-century Anglo-Ottoman correspondence documents, in w... Read More about Reframing crusading discourses in seventeenth-century English drama.

Cultural diplomacy: the role of music and creative industry in establishing dialogue and understanding for social impact (2022)
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Dorbayani, S. Cultural diplomacy: the role of music and creative industry in establishing dialogue and understanding for social impact. (Thesis). The University of Salford

This cross-disciplinary critique of commercially available publications and releases exemplifies aspects of my practice as I have navigated through the roles of executive consultant, adviser, international songwriter and cultural diplomat over the pa... Read More about Cultural diplomacy: the role of music and creative industry in establishing dialogue and understanding for social impact.

Where do I go from here? Filmmaking for raising awareness: the plight of the Kuwaiti (Stateless) Bidoon (2022)
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Alameir, H. (2022). Where do I go from here? Filmmaking for raising awareness: the plight of the Kuwaiti (Stateless) Bidoon. (Thesis). University of Salford

This practice-based Ph.D. research investigates how drama filmmaking can be used as a tool to raise awareness on social matters, specifically the plight of the Kuwaiti (stateless) Bidoon. The originally scripted and produced 60-minute drama film, Whe... Read More about Where do I go from here? Filmmaking for raising awareness: the plight of the Kuwaiti (Stateless) Bidoon.

Diving to The Cinema Beneath the Lake: a novel as immersive, synthetic-magical exploration of the surrealist prose of Claude Cahun, Ithell Colquhoun and Leonora Carrington (2022)
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Sunderland, S. (2022). Diving to The Cinema Beneath the Lake: a novel as immersive, synthetic-magical exploration of the surrealist prose of Claude Cahun, Ithell Colquhoun and Leonora Carrington. (Thesis). University of Salford

This practice-led PhD explores the role of mimicry (simulation, impersonation, imitation) in the surrealist prose of Claude Cahun, Ithell Colquhoun and Leonora Carrington. It evaluates mimicry both as a feminist critical technique and as a form of ca... Read More about Diving to The Cinema Beneath the Lake: a novel as immersive, synthetic-magical exploration of the surrealist prose of Claude Cahun, Ithell Colquhoun and Leonora Carrington.

The baritone horn : an exploration of historical and contemporary repertoire (2022)
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Richardson, R. The baritone horn : an exploration of historical and contemporary repertoire. (Dissertation). University of Salford

The title of this portfolio, ‘The Baritone Horn: An exploration of historical and contemporary repertoire’, represents the mission behind the three projects that make up my course of study. The aim behind these is to enhance the status of the barit... Read More about The baritone horn : an exploration of historical and contemporary repertoire.