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Catering for Minority Interests in Public Service Media Environments: Finland and the UK (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Sihvonen, M., & Simpson, S. (2010, September). Catering for Minority Interests in Public Service Media Environments: Finland and the UK. Presented at Reinterpretations of the Public Enterprise (RIPE) conference ‘Public Service Media After the Recession’, University of Westminister, London

This paper explores recent patterns of minority interest television programming in
Finland and the UK and their implications for future public service broadcasting (PSB)
environments. The provision of resources to cater for minority interests of va... Read More about Catering for Minority Interests in Public Service Media Environments: Finland and the UK.

Media impact on diplomatic practice: An evolutionary model of change (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Archetti, C. (2010, September). Media impact on diplomatic practice: An evolutionary model of change. Presented at American Political Science Association (APSA) Annual Convention, Washington, DC

Based on a range of interviews with foreign diplomats in London, the paper explains the considerable variation in the way communication technologies both affect diplomatic practices and are appropriated by diplomats to pursue the respective countries... Read More about Media impact on diplomatic practice: An evolutionary model of change.

Lateral fricatives and lateral emphatics in southern Saudi Arabia and Mehri (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Watson, J., & Al-Azraqi, M. (2010, July). Lateral fricatives and lateral emphatics in southern Saudi Arabia and Mehri. Presented at Seminar for Arabian Studies, London

Arabic was traditionally described as lughat al-Ρād ‘the language of Ρād’ due to the perceived unusualness of the sound. From Sībawayhi’s description, early Arabic Ρād was clearly a lateral or lateralized emphatic. Lateral fricatives are assumed to h... Read More about Lateral fricatives and lateral emphatics in southern Saudi Arabia and Mehri.

The narrative of creativity in the city (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Rooney, J. (2010, July). The narrative of creativity in the city. Presented at PARC North West, Manchester Metropolitan University

The subject is to study expression of creativity in the city with the recording of the creative gesture presented as visible narratives. The first phase will focus on Manchester and Salford. Both cities are locations are significant centres for cultu... Read More about The narrative of creativity in the city.

Recording the creative gesture (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Rooney, J. (2010, July). Recording the creative gesture. Presented at Electronic Visualisation and the Arts, London

Visible Narratives
The digital pathway of gesture

This project is created from digital recordings of the gesture. A Visible Narrative is the unseen path created by the pattern of gesture we make during the moment language. This is a deliberate st... Read More about Recording the creative gesture.

Sshhh : the commodification of silence (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Cookney, D. (2010, July). Sshhh : the commodification of silence. Presented at Bigger than Words, Wider than Pictures: Noise, Affect, Politics Conference, University of Salford

This chapter documents a process undertaken by the author in summer 2010. Submitted as part of the University of Salford’s MA Communication Design programme, the study resulted in a practice-based outcome – a compact disc of audio recordings housed w... Read More about Sshhh : the commodification of silence.

Recording the creative gesture (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Rooney, J. (2010, June). Recording the creative gesture. Presented at Art Promotes Science, Science Promotes Art, University of Salford

The project will posit a question of how to visualise the creative gesture of a city. Every city has its own creative story. The subject matter to be explored in this project will be curated from recordings of past and present narratives. Data will t... Read More about Recording the creative gesture.

‘Visualising the invisible’: Arts and science collaboration (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Heald, K., Liggett, S., Tranter, R., & Poole, R. (2010, April). ‘Visualising the invisible’: Arts and science collaboration. Presented at Claiming Creativity: Art Education in Cultural Transition, Chicago, USA

This research explores, psychoanalyst/linguist/philosopher, Julia Kristeva’s concept that female subjectivity seems linked to both cyclical time (menstruation/pregnancy/repetition) and monumental time in sense of eternity (motherhood/reproduction/gen... Read More about ‘Visualising the invisible’: Arts and science collaboration.

Getting personal? The case of Rifondazione Comunista (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Newell, J. (2010, March). Getting personal? The case of Rifondazione Comunista. Presented at 60th Annual Conference of the UK Political Studies Association, Edinburgh

Paper prepared for presentation at the workshop, ‘Party leadership in Western Europe: Strictly Personal?’ at the 60th Annual Conference of the UK Political Studies Association, Edinburgh, 29 March – 1 April 2010.

Sex, lies and public money: Recent scandals in Britain and Italy’ (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Newell, J. (2010, March). Sex, lies and public money: Recent scandals in Britain and Italy’. Presented at 60th Annual Conference of the UK Political Studies Association, Edinburgh

Paper presented to the panel ‘Morality, political scandals and the detachment of citizens from the political process I’ at the 60th Annual Conference of the UK Political Studies Association, Edinburgh, 29 March – 1 April 2010.

'Theatres of transgression’: Municipal public parks in Edwardian Manchester. (2010)
Presentation / Conference
O'Reilly, C. (2010, March). 'Theatres of transgression’: Municipal public parks in Edwardian Manchester. Presented at Transgressive Cities: Practices and Place, Urban History group conference, University of Durham, UK

This paper argues that municipal public parks in Manchester provided the citizens with the space not solely for recreation and sporting facilities but for a whole range of often transgressive behaviours. Despite the efforts of the civic authorities,... Read More about 'Theatres of transgression’: Municipal public parks in Edwardian Manchester..