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Italy's new Prime Minister can't shake off the stench of a stitch-up (2016)
Journal Article
Bull, M. (2016). Italy's new Prime Minister can't shake off the stench of a stitch-up

Only days after its prime minister resigned over a lost referendum, Italy found itself with a new government and a new prime minister, Paolo Gentiloni. But however smooth the transition was, the turbulent circumstances that led up to it were far from... Read More about Italy's new Prime Minister can't shake off the stench of a stitch-up.

Memory of a memory (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Giles, L. (2016, December). Memory of a memory. Presented at Photography and the Everyday : 4th International Conference of Photography & Theory, Nicosia, Cyprus

A collective memory project and digital online archive derived from public call-out in collaboration with the Bluecoat gallery and LOOK International Photography Festival, Liverpool, England.


This paper investigates the process by which photog... Read More about Memory of a memory.

Please use the intercom (2016)
Exhibition / Performance

Throughout a residency within the library, Isherwood spent his time within the environment considering the systems and procedures that are prevalent within the space, such as its cataloguing of titles, and protection for aged publications, amongst ot... Read More about Please use the intercom.

Is Italy about to feel the Trump effect? Matteo Renzi's referendum and the populist threat (2016)
Journal Article
Bull, M. (2016). Is Italy about to feel the Trump effect? Matteo Renzi's referendum and the populist threat

This article, published in the run-up to a constitutional referendum held in Italy on 4 December 2016, analyses the impact of the election of Donald Trump to the American presidency on the unfolding referendum campaign in Italy. It argues that it has... Read More about Is Italy about to feel the Trump effect? Matteo Renzi's referendum and the populist threat.

God's own caught in no man's land (2016)
Other
Davismoon, S. (2016). God's own caught in no man's land. [Score]

An aural memorial, a contemporary oratorio, for the fallen of the Battle of the Somme. With special reference to the tragic plight of the Salford Pals.

Fishermen to architects : how is new immersive technology shaping the 21st century documentary? (2016)
Journal Article
Kirby, T. (2016). Fishermen to architects : how is new immersive technology shaping the 21st century documentary?. Cineaction!, 97, 60-66

This paper will explore technological developments in current documentary production,
assessing how these are individually and comparatively immersing the audience in the film
and the story and creating spectacle. The paper will track how spectacle... Read More about Fishermen to architects : how is new immersive technology shaping the 21st century documentary?.

Animation, branding and authorship in the construction of the ‘anti-Disney’ ethos : Hayao Miyazaki’s works and persona through Disney film criticism (2016)
Journal Article
Hernandez Perez, M. (2016). Animation, branding and authorship in the construction of the ‘anti-Disney’ ethos : Hayao Miyazaki’s works and persona through Disney film criticism. Animation, 11(3), 297-313. https://doi.org/10.1177/1746847716660684

Walt Disney (1901-1966) is one of the most important figures in the history of cinema, but also he may also be one of the most criticized. Adjectives referring to Disney in their different forms (‘Japanese Disney’, ‘Asian Disney’, ‘Disney from the Or... Read More about Animation, branding and authorship in the construction of the ‘anti-Disney’ ethos : Hayao Miyazaki’s works and persona through Disney film criticism.

Intermedial praxis and Practice as Research : 'Doing-thinking' in action (2016)
Book
Scott, J. (2016). Intermedial praxis and Practice as Research : 'Doing-thinking' in action. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-60234-3

In this book, Jo Scott shares writing and documentation from her practice as research (PaR) project, which explored and analysed a mode of performance she developed, called live intermediality. The book offers a much-needed example of fully developed... Read More about Intermedial praxis and Practice as Research : 'Doing-thinking' in action.

Accommodating the mess : the politics of appropriation in it for others (2016)
Journal Article
Blair, P. (2016). Accommodating the mess : the politics of appropriation in it for others. Acta Universitatis Sapientiae. Social Analysis (Online), 12(1), 149-165. https://doi.org/10.1515/ausfm-2016-0008

In response to Chris Marker and Alain Resnais’s collaborative meditation on art and colonialism in Statues Also Die (1953), Duncan Campbell’s video installation It For Others (2013) takes a complex approach to presenting a Marxist criticism of the co... Read More about Accommodating the mess : the politics of appropriation in it for others.

Concept note : a democratisation programme in Ukraine (2016)
Report
Bekerman, M., Motamed-Afshari, B., & Riber, D. (2016). Concept note : a democratisation programme in Ukraine

A technical report on field research in Ukraine identifying the most promising areas in the sphere of the media and civil society for deployment of DANIDA resources in future development and democratisaton programmes funded by the Danish Foreign Mini... Read More about Concept note : a democratisation programme in Ukraine.

Concept note : a democratisation programme in Georgia (2016)
Report
Bekerman, M., Motamed-Afshari, B., & Riber, D. (2016). Concept note : a democratisation programme in Georgia

A technical report identifying optimal ways of engagement with the Georgian civil society to promote democracy and human rights as part of development programmes funded by DANIDA - the development arm of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark.