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The pro-business effects of paramilitary terror in Colombia : appreciating different types of political violence and their economic impacts (2021)
Book Chapter
Colombia : appreciating different types of political violence and their economic impacts. In J. Hristov, J. Sprague-Silgado, & A. Tauss (Eds.), Paramilitary Groups and the State under Globalization : political violence, elites, and security (35-52). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429279430-4

Scholarly investigations into conflict and development have typically highlighted the acutely negative economic effects of political violence. This includes terrorism, which, according to the relevant literature, can have deeply inimical effects on e... Read More about The pro-business effects of paramilitary terror in Colombia : appreciating different types of political violence and their economic impacts.

The Distin legacy : the rise of the brass band in 19th-century Britain (2021)
Thesis
Farr, R. The Distin legacy : the rise of the brass band in 19th-century Britain. (Thesis). University of Salford

Throughout the nineteenth century the brass band movement emerged as part of the larger processes of social, cultural and political change, and the rapid progress of industrialization. The growth of the movement was determined, most significantly, by... Read More about The Distin legacy : the rise of the brass band in 19th-century Britain.

Recreating classic sitcom performances: an interview with Kevin McNally (2021)
Journal Article
Hewett, R. (2021). Recreating classic sitcom performances: an interview with Kevin McNally. Journal of British Cinema and Television, 19(1), 87-105. https://doi.org/10.3366/jbctv.2022.0605

Actor Kevin McNally has had the unusual experience of recreating the performances of not one but two famous comedy actors, having played Tony Hancock on radio in The Missing Hancocks (BBC Radio 4, 2014-20) and on television for the Lost Sitcoms entry... Read More about Recreating classic sitcom performances: an interview with Kevin McNally.

Love, desire, and problematic behaviors : exploring young adults’ smartphone use from a uses and gratifications perspective (2021)
Journal Article
Vezzoli, M., Zogmaister, C., & Coen, S. (2021). Love, desire, and problematic behaviors : exploring young adults’ smartphone use from a uses and gratifications perspective. Psychology of Popular Media Culture, https://doi.org/10.1037/ppm0000375

In light of the pervasive adoption of smartphones, scholars have explored the consequences of
problematic (i.e., excessive and uncontrolled) use of this technology. Studies have often shown that
individuals who spend much time using smartphones exp... Read More about Love, desire, and problematic behaviors : exploring young adults’ smartphone use from a uses and gratifications perspective.

Exploring the application of practice-based research on affective cinema to the teaching of creative cinematographic techniques within UK higher education (2021)
Journal Article
Prokopic, P. (2021). Exploring the application of practice-based research on affective cinema to the teaching of creative cinematographic techniques within UK higher education. Film Education Journal, 4(2), 170-183. https://doi.org/10.14324/fej.04.2.06

This article outlines an exploratory approach to the delivery of film practice education, as developed and tested with a second-year undergraduate module in cinematography. Students were provided with two existing creative sound pieces composed by a... Read More about Exploring the application of practice-based research on affective cinema to the teaching of creative cinematographic techniques within UK higher education.

“The aesthetic of the gap” : the limits of storytelling in the work of Jennifer Egan (2021)
Journal Article
Rouverol, A. (2021). “The aesthetic of the gap” : the limits of storytelling in the work of Jennifer Egan. Contemporary Women's Writing, 15(2), 280-299. https://doi.org/10.1093/cww/vpab023

A Visit from the Goon Squad (2010) is distinctively marked by the use of gaps and lacunae within the narrative’s construction, directing the reader’s focus to the unnarrated. This article examines the resultant silences and storytelling that emerges... Read More about “The aesthetic of the gap” : the limits of storytelling in the work of Jennifer Egan.

Educating Animators - Manchester Animation Festival - Songs I Want To Play (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Court, A., & Robinson, P. (2021, November). Educating Animators - Manchester Animation Festival - Songs I Want To Play

Presentation produced for the 'Educating Animators' event as part of Manchester Animation Festival (November 2021) on Songs I Want To Play as a showcase of collaboration between a musical director and an animator.
Songs I Want to Play began as a lo... Read More about Educating Animators - Manchester Animation Festival - Songs I Want To Play.

Future (E)Sports (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Miah, A. (2021, November). Future (E)Sports. Presented at 44th Session of Chinese Taipei Olympic Academy, Taiwan

Chance semiotics : the value and application of contingency in cinema art practice (2021)
Journal Article
Prokopic, P. (2021). Chance semiotics : the value and application of contingency in cinema art practice. Avanca - cinema (Em linha), 85-91. https://doi.org/10.37390/avancacinema.2021.a216

As this paper argues, chance is the key defining
aspect of film, distinguishing it from other forms of
art and communication. This is because film has
the ability to capture a direct, mechanical imprint of
the unpredictable movement of reality as... Read More about Chance semiotics : the value and application of contingency in cinema art practice.

OPEN SPACES 800 (2021)
Exhibition / Performance

International Artists Residency/Exhibition, Kunsthaus, Bocholt, Germany.

In September 2021, Jill Randall was invited to represent the UK and participate in the International Artists Programme,' OPEN SPACES 800', in the city of Bocholt, Germany, t... Read More about OPEN SPACES 800.

The esports question for the Olympic movement (2021)
Journal Article
Miah, A. (2021). The esports question for the Olympic movement. Journal of Olympic studies (Online), 2(2), 14-26. https://doi.org/10.5406/jofolympstud.2.2.0015

Ever since the Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, appeared as Super Mario in the Tokyo 2020 handover ceremony at the 2016 Rio Olympics, the scene was set for esports to become part of what the International Olympic Committee (IOC) defines as the ‘O... Read More about The esports question for the Olympic movement.

Tiger II : el coloso (2021)
Journal Article
Searle, D. (2021). Tiger II : el coloso. Desperta ferro. Especial, 5(28), 6-13

El Tiger II fue, en muchos aspectos, el carro de combate pesado definitivo de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Alcanzaba los 54 500 kg sin la torreta y unos apabullantes 69 800 kg con la Serien Turm –La torreta básica del modelo–. Con una coraza delantera... Read More about Tiger II : el coloso.

Social Media and the Olympics (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Miah, A. (2021, August). Social Media and the Olympics. Presented at UK-Japan Student Conference, Tokyo

Журналістська освіта в Киргизстані : проблем багато, але поетапні зміни можливі (Journalism education in Kyrgyzstan : there are many problems, but gradual changes are possible) (2021)
Journal Article
Bekerman, M., Dutsyk, D., & Kuvatova, J. (2021). Журналістська освіта в Киргизстані : проблем багато, але поетапні зміни можливі (Journalism education in Kyrgyzstan : there are many problems, but gradual changes are possible)

An article in Ukrainian based on a needs assessment commissioned by the "Media Dialogue" project funded by the European Union which was conducted in April 2021 taking stock of the state of journalism education in Kyrgyzstan with the view to the best... Read More about Журналістська освіта в Киргизстані : проблем багато, але поетапні зміни можливі (Journalism education in Kyrgyzstan : there are many problems, but gradual changes are possible).