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Community music: a handbook
Book
A book of ideas, a catalogue of experience, a mass of personal stories, a collection of inspiring musical exercises and a historical perspective. Community musicmaking is exploding across Britain and this book will help you develop new insights into... Read More about Community music: a handbook.
Yodel species: a typology of falsetto effects in popular music vocal styles
Journal Article
This article presents a classification system for falsetto vocal effects commonly occurring in popular music. This typology developed from my research into yodelling and related vocal phenomena, which took as its starting point an analysis of yodel t... Read More about Yodel species: a typology of falsetto effects in popular music vocal styles.
The goal of this thesis is to explain the unique aspects of composing music for film and the unusual challenges facing the composer in writing music that supports on-screen dramatic action and dialogue.
Besides my work as a composer in the fil... Read More about The temporal and rhythmic effect on musical composition and form when scoring dramatic moving picture.
The clown who lost his memory : the life and times of Irving Pollard
Exhibition / Performance
Irving Pollard was an amateur variety entertainer who lived in Primrose Hill Street in the Hillfields area of Coventry. The Clown Who Lost His Memory is a multimedia monograph, created on Microsoft Sway, and presented through the voice and persona of... Read More about The clown who lost his memory : the life and times of Irving Pollard.
‘I is an other’ : encountering the self as other in expressive arts practice
Presentation / Conference Contribution
This paper was delivered at the 2nd International Arts in Healthcare Event – Arts, Creativity and the Global Crisis: Reimagining Identity, Otherness and the Possible, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York, 4th-6th October 2019
In 1871, the poet Ar... Read More about ‘I is an other’ : encountering the self as other in expressive arts practice.
In May 2020, David Woods and Jon Haynes, performers and artistic directors of Ridiculusmus, presented the trilogy ‘Dialogue As The Embodiment of Love’ in the form of a three-day online seminar series, via the online conference platform Teams. It feat... Read More about A Ridiculusmus virtual trilogy: grief, laughter and the performance. In Die! Die! Die! Old People Die!.
Beckett’s “no-man’s-land” : the influence of paintings on Beckett’s 1930s practice
Thesis
This thesis investigates the development of Beckett’s early writing process through the impact of paintings and the techniques of painters on his practice during the 1930s. The chief contributions offered by my thesis are not only to be found in the... Read More about Beckett’s “no-man’s-land” : the influence of paintings on Beckett’s 1930s practice.
Protecting students from harassment and sexual assault : a human-centred design approach
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Harassment and sexual assault are a key concern for universities due to the impact that such incidents have on student victims—and potentially on a university's reputation. Women are particularly at risk during student nights out, where unsafe routes... Read More about Protecting students from harassment and sexual assault : a human-centred design approach.
This research project surveyed the Influence of ethnicity in newspaper coverage of the Plateau State conflict in North-Central Nigeria. It analyses how conflict journalists reported this violent episode that has spanned nearly twenty years and the si... Read More about The influence of ethnicity in newspaper coverage of the Plateau State conflict in North-Central Nigeria (2010-2012).
Over the last three years a number of significant, alleged cyber offensive operations have taken place: the North Korean operations against Sony Pictures in 2014; the BlackEnergy3 Virus which targeted Ukrainian power substations in 2015; and the cybe... Read More about Covert action and cyber offensive operations : revisiting traditional approaches in light of new technology.
Public relations communications in public diplomacy : Libyan institutions in Egypt and the UK
Thesis
Libya's recent past has limited any potential economic and political benefits, such as interaction, cooperation and association, which positive perceptions of the country might bring about. However, following the revolution of 17 February 2011, Libya... Read More about Public relations communications in public diplomacy : Libyan institutions in Egypt and the UK.
This study examines journalistic strategies in terms of the appropriation of media logics in the conflict frame building process. Relying on three models: objectivity, mediatisation and news framing; the research interrogates the role orientations an... Read More about Journalistic strategies in conflict reporting and the representations of ethnic and religious identities in Jos, Nigeria : towards solutions-review journalism.
This thesis extends research on UK factual television by investigating programming that has not previously been studied, and by utilising a mixed-method research design that situates textual analysis within broader cultural, professional and industri... Read More about From ‘talking Cure’ to ‘Bedlam’ : a study of the factors impacting on the construction of UK factual psychotherapy programming 1999 to 2013.
The socio-cultural dynamics and ‘survival struggle’ in professional journalism practice in Nigeria
Thesis
This study responds to the call for more empirical work to understand the journalism profession in non-Western countries. It critiques the current state of journalism practice in Nigeria to determine how journalists are responding to the numerous pro... Read More about The socio-cultural dynamics and ‘survival struggle’ in professional journalism practice in Nigeria.
Op. 48 : composition as re-creation
Thesis
What is it to write 'new' music? Music is not written in a vacuum, and Op. 48 investigates how one small Bach piece's (re)sourcefulness can result in a variety of musics. The collection (of 48 pieces) explores not only scientific areas of musicology... Read More about Op. 48 : composition as re-creation.
New practice–based methodologies for naturalistic contemporary drama translation
Thesis
This practice as research inter-disciplinary PhD’s purpose is to create new knowledge in the area of contemporary and naturalistic drama translation. It straddles the fields of Drama, Acting and Translation Studies but inevitably encompasses the fiel... Read More about New practice–based methodologies for naturalistic contemporary drama translation.
When the role of the court interpreter intersects and interacts with new technologies
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Videoconference (VC) systems have been used in courts in England and Wales for more than fifteen years. However, it can be argued that research into how new technologies and interpreters interact in legal settings is still in its infancy. The aim of... Read More about When the role of the court interpreter intersects and interacts with new technologies.
The Syrian Civil War : regional ramifications, global disharmony and hegemonic decline
Journal Article
The Syrian civil war that started early in 2011 has evolved into a spiral of violence that not only has lasting consequences for the state and society of Syria, but is inevitably affecting regional power balances in the Middle Eastern and beyond. Sau... Read More about The Syrian Civil War : regional ramifications, global disharmony and hegemonic decline.
‘Høre, at ekko!’: echoes of Odin Teatret’s training in Triangle Theatre’s tribute to Danish celebrity
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Theatre companies and arts organisations are usually exhorted by their funders to demonstrate the sustainability and legacy of their projects. This article considers an aspect of the legacy of Odin Teatret, one of Europe’s leading companies working i... Read More about ‘Høre, at ekko!’: echoes of Odin Teatret’s training in Triangle Theatre’s tribute to Danish celebrity.