All Outputs (414)

What they think in Worktown: Using photography to create a participatory archive (2019)
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'What they think in Worktown: Using photography to create a participatory archive’ Anthropology and Photography Conference, Royal Anthropological Institute, British Museum. Conference abstract and presentation, 2014

Transparency and Authenticity in the Live Arena: An Exploration of Electronic Music Performance Techniques (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The following paper examines current practices and conventions of the live performance of electronic music, and creates innovative performance tools and methodologies that will augment the techniques currently being employed by practitioners within t... Read More about Transparency and Authenticity in the Live Arena: An Exploration of Electronic Music Performance Techniques.

A Bridge Between Heaven and Earth - Read First (2019)
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This contains details of the items contained within the collection "A Bridge Between Heaven and Earth"

Musical Events and Perceptual Ecologies (link) (2019)
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This discussion article, principally authored by Prof. Eric Clarke of Oxford University, includes a response from me on the idea of complexity ion music, and how this idea can help to understand the process of meaning creation in my string quartet A... Read More about Musical Events and Perceptual Ecologies (link).

Link to Audio of A Bridge Between Heaven and Earth (2019)
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This is a link to the audio file of the quartet A Bridge Between Heaven and Earth, commissioned by the Hungarian Unitarian Church as part of the 450th anniversary of the Edict of Torda, and premiered in Cluj, Romania (Kolozsvar) in January 2018 by th... Read More about Link to Audio of A Bridge Between Heaven and Earth.

A Bridge Between Heaven and Earth - Read First (2019)
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This is the guide to the elements contained within this collection

‘It is yet too soon to Write the History of the Revolution’: Fashioning the Memory of Thomas Paine (2019)
Book Chapter
Blackstone, K. (2019). ‘It is yet too soon to Write the History of the Revolution’: Fashioning the Memory of Thomas Paine. In J. Lovell, & S. Hitchmough (Eds.), Authenticity in North America: Place, Tourism, Heritage, Culture and the Popular Imagination. Taylor & Francis (Routledge)

The chapter addresses the construction of memory, the function of monuments and memorials, and their relationship to identity politics. The work focuses on the contested legacy of Thomas Paine within the United States. Once lauded as a patriot, subse... Read More about ‘It is yet too soon to Write the History of the Revolution’: Fashioning the Memory of Thomas Paine.

Otaku tourists out of Japan : fictionality, shared memories, and the role of national branding in the Japanese pilgrimages of anime fans in the United Kingdom (2019)
Journal Article

The article explores the reasons and narratives behind the anime pilgrimage experiences of Japanese tourists in the UK. Anime or otaku (fan) pilgrimages are a phenomenon widely studied by Japanese and foreign academics in relation to seichi junrei (“... Read More about Otaku tourists out of Japan : fictionality, shared memories, and the role of national branding in the Japanese pilgrimages of anime fans in the United Kingdom.

Fragmentary writing and globalization in Ali Smith’s Hotel World (2019)
Book Chapter

Pillars of Wisdom - Read First (2019)
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This is a description of the items of the evidence made available in this collection

The Kraken Wakes - Read First (2019)
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This gives details of the evidence made available in the collection relating to the composition of the score to The Kraken Wakes, a BBC Radio 4 drama adaptation by Val McDermid.

BBC R&D interactive video (2019)
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This is a taster video for the 2016 performance and broadcast of the BBC Radio 4 drama adaptation by Val McDermid of The Kraken Wakes, with music composed by Alan Williams and performed by the BBC Philharmonic. The video includes interviews with Alan... Read More about BBC R&D interactive video.

Scoring the Unseen (2019)
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This is an article as submitted (but not yet accepted at the time of writing) for publication in the volume Music in Radio Drama, part of the "Words and Music" series published by Brill, p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica}... Read More about Scoring the Unseen.

Norther Voices Opera Project - Read First (2019)
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a "how to" guide to this collection

Conservatism (2019)
Book Chapter

When focusing on the subject matter of ideology, Conservatism is generally viewed to be one of the older and most-established types, along with liberalism and socialism. However, on a very fundamental level, there has been some significant academic d... Read More about Conservatism.

Item 1: Ballad of Isosceles 300 word statement (2019)
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300-word statement for Ballad of Isosceles portfolio.

Item 8: Phase Three Output (The Ballad of Isosceles in VR -360 film) (2019)
Digital Artefact

A piece of 360/VR film documentation expanding on the original live version of The Ballad of Isosceles.

Directed by Adam York Gregory in collaboration with Dr. Alison Matthews
Sound: Luke Harrison
Light: Martin Langthorne
Performers: Alison Mat... Read More about Item 8: Phase Three Output (The Ballad of Isosceles in VR -360 film).

Item 3: Annotated Written Reflection on Three Phases of Project (2019)
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A written reflection on each of the project's three phases, with annotated signposting to corresponding outputs elsewhere in the portfolio.

Item 10: Appendix (2019)
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An appendix containing transcribed interviews with two key collaborators, Adam York Gregory (filmmaker) and Luke Harrison (sound engineer). Approved by official ethics committee and professionally transcribed.
I have also included a 'test' poster fo... Read More about Item 10: Appendix.

The Shared Agency of Photography in Gallery Education: Open Eye Gallery Discusses Its Rethinking of Gallery Education, through the Role of Photography as a Tool for Co‐Authorship and Co‐Production (2019)
Journal Article

This article describes a current project by Liverpool organisations Open Eye Gallery (Liverpool), Whitby High School (Ellesmere Port), recent partners Liverpool Hope University and Curious Minds. The school is in an area of high socio-economic depriv... Read More about The Shared Agency of Photography in Gallery Education: Open Eye Gallery Discusses Its Rethinking of Gallery Education, through the Role of Photography as a Tool for Co‐Authorship and Co‐Production.