Cultural diplomacy: the role of music and creative industry in establishing dialogue and understanding for social impact (2022)
Thesis
Dorbayani, S. Cultural diplomacy: the role of music and creative industry in establishing dialogue and understanding for social impact. (Thesis). The University of Salford

This cross-disciplinary critique of commercially available publications and releases exemplifies aspects of my practice as I have navigated through the roles of executive consultant, adviser, international songwriter and cultural diplomat over the pa... Read More about Cultural diplomacy: the role of music and creative industry in establishing dialogue and understanding for social impact.

The dispassionate mirror : towards a transcendental narrative in film practice (2002)
Thesis
Knudsen, E. The dispassionate mirror : towards a transcendental narrative in film practice. (Thesis). University of Salford

The use of Zen - advertent or inadvertent - in the practice of artistic creation is not
new. From Japanese Haiku poetry, the early poetry of Wordsworth and even aspects
of Shakespeare's Hamlet, to the paintings of Cezanne and Dali, to the novels of... Read More about The dispassionate mirror : towards a transcendental narrative in film practice.

A study of portable computers and interactive multimedia as a new tool for interpreting museum collections (1999)
Thesis
Evans, J. A study of portable computers and interactive multimedia as a new tool for interpreting museum collections. (Thesis). University of Salford

Over the last two decades the introduction of interactive multimedia applications complimenting existing
interpretative techniques in museum displays has become a widely accepted practice. Indeed fixed
interactive multimedia applications can commun... Read More about A study of portable computers and interactive multimedia as a new tool for interpreting museum collections.