All Outputs (15)

More great women : re-imagining a pageant of great women for the present day (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Neylon, C. (2015, November). More great women : re-imagining a pageant of great women for the present day. Presented at Sibeal, Limerick, Ireland

Due to the historical, and continued, invisibility of women in ‘typically’ male positions and careers, today’s girls and young women are offered few visible female role models to aspire to and this may have a strong impact on their choice of careers... Read More about More great women : re-imagining a pageant of great women for the present day.

Sampling Salford : ‘musical quotation’ and the female voice (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Scott, J. (2015, November). Sampling Salford : ‘musical quotation’ and the female voice. Presented at Women in Sound/Women on Sound symposium, Lancaster University

This presentation arises from an on-going project, exploring the activation of popular music from Salford, through a series of live intermedial events. Live intermedial practice involves the real time mixing of sound, image, object and text and can m... Read More about Sampling Salford : ‘musical quotation’ and the female voice.

The Alpine-themed song (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Wise, T. (2015, October). The Alpine-themed song. Presented at The European Salon : Nineteenth Century Salonmusik, Maynooth, Ireland

My paper discusses a staple of the salon, the Alpine-themed song, which emerged in the early nineteenth century. Typically based on picturesque lyric imagery and Ländler rhythms, this barely remembered repertoire was dismissed as trivial music by pro... Read More about The Alpine-themed song.

The rationale and concept of the European code of conduct for microcredit providers (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Dayson, K. (2015, September). The rationale and concept of the European code of conduct for microcredit providers. Presented at 14th UMM Workshop : on Responsible Inclusive Finance and Customer Empowerment, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management

The article draws on the rationale and concept
of the European Code of good Conduct for
Microcredit Providers which was intended to set out
good practice guidelines that will better enable the
sector to face the challenges of accessing longterm... Read More about The rationale and concept of the European code of conduct for microcredit providers.

Memorative signs and material constituents : live media practice and the activation of popular music (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Scott, J. (2015, September). Memorative signs and material constituents : live media practice and the activation of popular music. Presented at Theatre and Performance Research Association (TaPRA) Annual Conference, University of Worcester

In response to the working group call this year, I am sharing developments in a current strand of research, aspects of which were presented as part of the interim event in April. Here, I explored music as a ‘memorative sign’ (Rousseau in Boym 2001: 4... Read More about Memorative signs and material constituents : live media practice and the activation of popular music.

Representations of religion, spirituality and philosophy as international narratives in the manga “Full Metal Alchemist” (Hagane no Renkinjutsushi, 2001-2010) (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Hernandez Perez, M. (2015, June). Representations of religion, spirituality and philosophy as international narratives in the manga “Full Metal Alchemist” (Hagane no Renkinjutsushi, 2001-2010). Presented at CSS Research Day : Spirituality and Popular Culture / Arts, Centre for Spirituality Studies, University of Hull

Japanese Entertainment Industries may be defined by two main features: its transmedia vocation, or its ability to disseminate narratives through several media at once, and its cross-cultural, or heterogeneous representation of different cultural back... Read More about Representations of religion, spirituality and philosophy as international narratives in the manga “Full Metal Alchemist” (Hagane no Renkinjutsushi, 2001-2010).

(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.