Defiant Confrontation (2018)
Book Chapter

An in-depth discussion of the 1988 exhibition, "Along the Lines of Resistance", at Rochdale Art Gallery, and artist Chila Kumari Burman's diptych "Convenience, Not Love", 1985. Themes discussed include South Asian migration to Britain, feminist exhib... Read More about Defiant Confrontation.

Making postdramatic theatre : a handbook of devising exercises (2018)
Other
Crossley, T., & Woods, N. (2018). Making postdramatic theatre : a handbook of devising exercises. London

Making Postdramatic Theatre is a workshop handbook for tutors teaching postdramatic practice and for students and makers devising their own performance work. It extends the range of workshop manuals on devised theatre that are currently on the market... Read More about Making postdramatic theatre : a handbook of devising exercises.

Virtual landscapes : a practice-based exploration of natural environment design (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Ali, U. (2018, August). Virtual landscapes : a practice-based exploration of natural environment design. Presented at RGS-IBG Annual International Conference 2018, Cardiff, Wales

This paper presents a theoretical and practical framework for virtual natural environment (VNE) design in computer and video games. By applying a practice-based research methodology, and a methodological ‘bricolage’, combining reflective practice, pa... Read More about Virtual landscapes : a practice-based exploration of natural environment design.

The agency and value of remakes : the television-to-film adaptation (2018)
Book Chapter

Britain's cold war : culture, modernity and the Soviet threat (2018)
Book

Landscape & games (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Ali, U. (2018, June). Landscape & games. Presented at Introduction to Gaming for Landscape and Software Workshop, Manchester, England

Computer and video gaming technologies, including virtual and augmented realities, have become far more accessible in recent years and their range of applications has widened dramatically. The relevance and potential of interactive and immersive thre... Read More about Landscape & games.

Against nature : the metaphysics of information systems (2018)
Book

Against Nature – Chapter Abstracts

Chapter 1. A Transdisciplinary Approach
In this short book you will find philosophy – metaphysical and political - economics, critical theory, complexity theory, ecology, sociology, journalism, and much else... Read More about Against nature : the metaphysics of information systems.

China whispers : the symbolic, economic, and political presence of China in contemporary American science fiction film (2018)
Journal Article

China has long been present in Western science fiction, but largely through notions of Orientalism
and depictions as the 'Yellow Peril'. However, with China's new ascendancy and modernization over the
last 15 years, along with its investment and co... Read More about China whispers : the symbolic, economic, and political presence of China in contemporary American science fiction film.

A view from Northeast Europe : the Baltic States and the Russian regime (2018)
Journal Article
Corum, J. (2018). A view from Northeast Europe : the Baltic States and the Russian regime. South Central Review, 35(1), 127-146. https://doi.org/10.1353/scr.2018.0007

The article discusses the position of the Baltic States in regards to their relations with the Putin Regime and how the Putin regime has taken an increasingly hostile stance towards the three Baltic States.

The air campaign of 1918 (2018)
Book Chapter

A chapter focusing on the air campaign and operations on the Western Front in 1918

The Stalin question (2018)
Journal Article
Callaghan, J. (2018). The Stalin question. Twentieth Century Communism: A Journal of International History, 14, 96-114

When polling on the topic first began in 1989, Stalin was ranked bottom of the list of the most important Russians, scoring 12 per cent. The same survey, by the independent Levada Centre, placed him at the top in 2017, with an approval rating of 38 p... Read More about The Stalin question.

Air power in interagency operations (2018)
Book Chapter

The Routledge Handbook of Air Power offers a comprehensive overview of the political purposes and military importance of air power.

Despite its increasing significance in international relations, statecraft and war, the phenomenon of air power r... Read More about Air power in interagency operations.

Book review : Alison Smith, David Blayney Brown, and Carol Jacobi, eds. Artist and Empire : Facing Britain’s Imperial Past. London: Tate, 2016 (2018)
Journal Article

Artist and Empire: Facing Britain’s Imperial Past is both a fascinating and frustrating compendium of art made since the sixteenth century that either depicts, reflects, or comments upon, British colonialism. Written by a team of Tate curators, with... Read More about Book review : Alison Smith, David Blayney Brown, and Carol Jacobi, eds. Artist and Empire : Facing Britain’s Imperial Past. London: Tate, 2016.

PRESENCE : A Window into Chinese Contemporary Art (2018)
Book Chapter

A catalogue produced to accompany an exhibition of Contemporary Chinese Art from the University of Salford Art Collection, held at The Vaults, St George's Hall, Liverpool, 8 February - 3 June 2018.


Short introductory texts, written by Alice C... Read More about PRESENCE : A Window into Chinese Contemporary Art.

The problem of war aims and the Treaty of Versailles (2018)
Book Chapter

A torture-free cyber space : a human right (2017)
Journal Article

Definitions of torture range from the emotive to the legal. The media sometimes uses the term in a loose or informal sense – for example, to refer to the pain felt when one's sports team loses a crucial game. This dangerous practice detracts from the... Read More about A torture-free cyber space : a human right.

Diasporic returns : reading partition in contemporary art (2017)
Journal Article

This paper proposes an expansion of the field of South Asian Partition Studies to include the work of globally dispersed diasporic artists. Undertaking a detailed study of the work of three contemporary artists, Nilofar Akmut, Zarina Bhimji, and Navi... Read More about Diasporic returns : reading partition in contemporary art.

Virtual Landscapes Exhibition (2017)
Exhibition / Performance

From the giant mushroom forests of Morrowind, the Archipelago islands of Zelda: Wind Waker, to the tropical underground caves of Phantasy Star Online, Virtual landscapes have enthralled, captured and engaged player imaginations for over 30 years.... Read More about Virtual Landscapes Exhibition.

Multimedia information and authoring for personalized media networks (2017)
Journal Article
Choi, I., & Bargar, R. (2017). Multimedia information and authoring for personalized media networks. Journal of multimedia information system, 4(3), 123-144. https://doi.org/10.9717/JMIS.2017.4.3.123

Personalized media includes user-targeted and user-generated content (UGC) exchanged through social media and interactive applications. The increased consumption of UGC presents challenges and opportunities to multimedia information systems. We work... Read More about Multimedia information and authoring for personalized media networks.

The Surface of Things (2017)
Exhibition / Performance

The Surface of Things, Manifest Festival, Manchester and Salford, 1st July - 12th August 2017, New Adelphi Gallery, University of Salford and PAPER Gallery, Manchester.


An exhibition/collaboration between PAPER, Manchester and Durden & Ray... Read More about The Surface of Things.