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(Japanese?) cartoons and manga movies : the hard rise of anime in UK market and society (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Hernandez Perez, M. (2015, June). (Japanese?) cartoons and manga movies : the hard rise of anime in UK market and society. Presented at Mutual Images 3rd International Workshop, Kobe University

This paper has as main objective to explore, adopting a historical and critical perspective, the release of film and anime TV in UK. This would be a first step towards the studio of the peculiar implementation of manganime Culture in Britain. Comp... Read More about (Japanese?) cartoons and manga movies : the hard rise of anime in UK market and society.

‘What the money meant’ and the materiality of dollars (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Matthews, A. (2015, June). ‘What the money meant’ and the materiality of dollars. Presented at Colloquium for Artistic Research in the Performing Arts, Theatre Academy, University of the Arts, Helsinki Finland

In this presentation, I will discuss my recent practice-based scenographic investigation and performance 'What The Money Meant', shown at SITE 1/SAFLE 1 Festival at Aberystwyth Arts Centre (Wales) and Chelsea Theatre (London). 'What The Money Meant'... Read More about ‘What the money meant’ and the materiality of dollars.

Costa del Salford (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Peploe, G., & Greenhalgh, J. (2015, June). Costa del Salford. Presented at Faultlines: Bridging Knowledge Spaces Irish Design Research Conference, Institute of Technology, Carlow, Ireland

We have developed a model of student & industry engagement. This is through the creation of a catalytic platform, which allows a symbiotic exchange of knowledge between industry, educators and students. The outcome enables the creation of new jobs.... Read More about Costa del Salford.

Of anime myths and author cult. Tezuka and Miyazaki consideration through authorship film criticism (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Hernandez Perez, M. (2015, April). Of anime myths and author cult. Tezuka and Miyazaki consideration through authorship film criticism. Presented at Exploring 30 Years of Studio Ghibli: Spirited Discussion, Cardiff University

In the world of Japanese anime, few animators’ works have been appreciated by both communities of scholarship and journalism for their valuable and singular forms of authorship. This paper will focus on one of the most prominent figures, namely Hayao... Read More about Of anime myths and author cult. Tezuka and Miyazaki consideration through authorship film criticism.

Mess and method : Researching others' realities (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Etherington, S. (2015, April). Mess and method : Researching others' realities. Poster presented at International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (IATEFL) Research Special Interest Group Pre-conference Event 2015, Manchester Conference Centre, Manchester

Convergence, net neutrality and European Media Policy (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Simpson, S. (2015, April). Convergence, net neutrality and European Media Policy. Presented at FACE conference, ‘European Media Policy 2015: New Contexts, New Approaches’,, Helsinki

Net Neutrality - in its origins the idea that Internet Service Providers should treat without discrimination communication traffic of a broadly similar kind - was once in Europe thought a technically arcane subject with little policy relevance beyond... Read More about Convergence, net neutrality and European Media Policy.

Choosing make believe : pretence or re-orientatation in the care of individuals living with dementia? (2015)
Presentation / Conference
McCormick, S. (2015, January). Choosing make believe : pretence or re-orientatation in the care of individuals living with dementia?. Presented at Representing Dementia: a symposium exploring representations of dementia within the arts and popular imagination, Royal Holloway, London

‘The stage presents things that are make-believe; presumably real life presents things that are real and sometimes not well-rehearsed’ (Goffman, E. 1959, preface). As a student nurse, one quickly learns two strategies when caring for individuals... Read More about Choosing make believe : pretence or re-orientatation in the care of individuals living with dementia?.

Institutional reform in Italy to respond to the EU challenge : Renzi’s constitutional reform project (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Bull, M. (2015, January). Institutional reform in Italy to respond to the EU challenge : Renzi’s constitutional reform project. Presented at The 2014 European Elections: Italian Politics and the European Challenge, European Policies Research Centre, University of Strathclyde

This paper evaluates Renzi’s constitutional reform programme by assessing it against the main reasons for its failure to be achieved in the past two decades. The first section outlines the scale of those failures against the expectations of the putat... Read More about Institutional reform in Italy to respond to the EU challenge : Renzi’s constitutional reform project.

Reflexivity and emergence : Research as a complex system (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Scott, J. (2015, January). Reflexivity and emergence : Research as a complex system. Presented at Performing Research Intensive, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama - University of London

This performance lecture uses my live intermedial practice to present research in the creative arts as a complex system, where interactions between the ‘parts’ of this system function to produce ‘novel properties’ (Beckerman in Barrett and Bolt 2010:... Read More about Reflexivity and emergence : Research as a complex system.

Collaborative composition, writing and performing (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Williams, A. (2014, November). Collaborative composition, writing and performing. Presented at SIMPOM (Brazilian Simposium for postgraduates in music), Rio de Janeiro

This was one of the invited lectures delivered at the 2014 Simposium for Postgraduate Students in Music in Brazil (SIMPOM), held at the Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The lecture described a variety of collaborative approa... Read More about Collaborative composition, writing and performing.

The tapeless revolution consolidated (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Durie, F. (2014, November). The tapeless revolution consolidated. Presented at Challenging Media Landscapes, Mediacity UK

The broadcast and media sectors are now on the cusp of evolving and witnessing fundamental changes driven by a combination of technological advances, new and emerging delivery platforms, new methods of distribution and an increasingly global marke... Read More about The tapeless revolution consolidated.

"Half Gandalf, Half Mr. Kipling" : Paul Cornell at Marvel and DC (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Flanagan, M. (2014, October). "Half Gandalf, Half Mr. Kipling" : Paul Cornell at Marvel and DC. Presented at Transitions 5 (Conference), Birkbeck University of London

Paul Cornell’s work for the ‘big two’ U.S. publishers transfers a distinctly British (mainly, but not exclusively, English) sensibility into a field where the centre of cultural gravity, in terms of tropes and iconography, tends to be the USA. Corne... Read More about "Half Gandalf, Half Mr. Kipling" : Paul Cornell at Marvel and DC.

The anime authorship criticism. Visions of the "Anti-Disney Ethos" (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Hernandez Perez, M. (2014, September). The anime authorship criticism. Visions of the "Anti-Disney Ethos". Presented at Discussing Disney, University of Hull

Animation Studies has provided an interesting example of how the concepts of genre and authorship can usually be considered as antithetic, and how these concepts might be discussed for a better understanding of modern Media Industries. In this sense,... Read More about The anime authorship criticism. Visions of the "Anti-Disney Ethos".

Making new : encounters through new technology in performance (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Scott, J. (2014, September). Making new : encounters through new technology in performance. Presented at TaPRA Annual Conference, Royal Holloway University

This paper engages with the key issue of newness in the field of performance and ‘new’ technology, arguing through that rather than simply engaging with new technology, this is rather a field of performance which by its nature and predominant inclina... Read More about Making new : encounters through new technology in performance.

Resisting stratification? : arts practice and older adults (2014)
Presentation / Conference
McCormick, S. (2014, August). Resisting stratification? : arts practice and older adults. Presented at IFTR Annual Conference, University of Warwick

According to recent government figures, 10 million people in the UK are over 65 years old. The latest projections are for 5½ million more elderly people in 20 years’ time and the number will have nearly doubled to around 19 million by 2050. These st... Read More about Resisting stratification? : arts practice and older adults.

Formation and cut : the distinct stratification of live media performance (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Scott, J. (2014, July). Formation and cut : the distinct stratification of live media performance. Presented at International Federation of Theatre Research Annual Conference, University of Warwick

This presentation uses the theme of stratification in relation to Karen Barad’s ‘agential cut’ (in Kember and Zylinska 2012: 81) to argue for a discrete understanding of live media work within the field of intermediality. Live media performance encom... Read More about Formation and cut : the distinct stratification of live media performance.

Fast forward through the rear view mirror. Navigating disruption (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Peploe, G. (2014, June). Fast forward through the rear view mirror. Navigating disruption. Presented at Digital Humanities, 4th Annual Research Conference., Nottingham & Trent University, UK

The future is creative, digital, collaborative & very very messy. “The next 30 years will be the most disruptive we’ve ever seen.” Mark Stevenson. Companies fewer than 2 years old with less than 20 employees can bankrupt titans who’ve existed... Read More about Fast forward through the rear view mirror. Navigating disruption.

What they think in Worktown : using photography to create a participatory archive (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Edge, C. (2014, May). What they think in Worktown : using photography to create a participatory archive. Presented at Anthropology and Photography Conference, Royal Anthropological Institute, British Museum

In 1937 Mass Observation went to Bolton to study ‘the cannibals of the north’. Photographers and artists worked alongside trained and untrained participant observers to create an ‘anthropology of ourselves’. Whilst artists were accorded the status o... Read More about What they think in Worktown : using photography to create a participatory archive.

What they photograph in Worktown : participatory photography and Saturday afternoons in Bolton (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Edge, C. (2014, April). What they photograph in Worktown : participatory photography and Saturday afternoons in Bolton. Presented at Recording Leisure Lives 2014, University of Bolton

In 1937 Humphrey Spender photographed leisure in Bolton for Mass Observation’s Worktown study. MO recruited local people as participant observers but community involvement was fairly limited and the project has been subsequently characterised as a po... Read More about What they photograph in Worktown : participatory photography and Saturday afternoons in Bolton.

Comedy live – creativity in stand up (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Moore, L. (2013, December). Comedy live – creativity in stand up. Presented at Writing Funny - language, creativity and comedy Seminar 3 Comedy Live – creativity in stand up, Senate House, University of London

Stand-up is a special form of comedy as it involves the audience perhaps more than any other genre. In this session we will explore the nature of stand-up versus other forms of comedy. Questions will also focus on the role of writing in stand-up, how... Read More about Comedy live – creativity in stand up.