From countercultures to suburban cultures : Frank Zappa after 1968 (2014)
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’Counterculture’ emerged as a term in the late 1960s and has been re-deployed in more recent decades in relation to other forms of cultural and socio-political phenomena. This volume provides an essential new academ... Read More about From countercultures to suburban cultures : Frank Zappa after 1968.

The study of interrogation : a focus on torture, but what about the intelligence? (2013)
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Interrogation that aims to collect intelligence from the person being interrogated has received scholarly and public attention, largely as a result of its connection with torture. The torture debate – as it is known – began when interrogators were un... Read More about The study of interrogation : a focus on torture, but what about the intelligence?.

European civil war films : memory, conflict and nostalgia (2013)
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This monograph examines the ways in which late twentieth-century European cinema deals with the neglected subject of civil war. Exploring a range of films about the Spanish, Irish, Former Yugoslavian, and Greek civil wars, this comparative and interd... Read More about European civil war films : memory, conflict and nostalgia.

All the world's a screen featuring the seven stages of man (2013)
Journal Article
Gould, C., & Sermon, P. (2013). All the world's a screen featuring the seven stages of man. International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media, 9(2), 231-246. https://doi.org/10.1386/padm.9.2.231_1

Charlotte Gould and Paul Sermon developed and presented this collaborative new artwork entitled All the World’s a Screen, a live interactive telecommunications performance, to link public audiences in Manchester and Barcelona. On the evening of Satur... Read More about All the world's a screen featuring the seven stages of man.

Shoegaze as the third wave : affective psychedelic noise, c. 1965-1991 (2013)
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Resonances is a compelling collection of new essays by scholars, writers and musicians, all seeking to explore and enlighten this field of study. Noise seems to stand for a lack of aesthetic grace, to alienate or d... Read More about Shoegaze as the third wave : affective psychedelic noise, c. 1965-1991.

Terrorism, torture and intelligence (2013)
Journal Article
Newbery, S. (2013). Terrorism, torture and intelligence. International Politics, 50(4), 512-531. https://doi.org/10.1057/ip.2013.20

Despite the attention paid to the issues raised by torture and interrogation since 2001, there remains scope for greater understanding of these practices. Interrogation is often discussed with little reference to the complex realities of interrogatio... Read More about Terrorism, torture and intelligence.

European code of good conduct for microcredit provision (2013)
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The European Code of Good Conduct for Microcredit Provision provides a set of standards in terms of management, governance, risk management, reporting, and consumer and investor relations that are common to the microcredit sector in the European Unio... Read More about European code of good conduct for microcredit provision.

The British state and the Northern Ireland crisis, 1969-73 : from violence to power sharing (2013)
Journal Article
Newbery, S. (2013). The British state and the Northern Ireland crisis, 1969-73 : from violence to power sharing. International History Review, 35(2), 437-438. https://doi.org/10.1080/07075332.2013.781389

Work-life balance in times of economic crisis and austerity (2013)
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Gregory, A., Milner, S., & Windebank, J. (2013). Work-life balance in times of economic crisis and austerity. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 33(9-10), 528-541. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSSP-05-2013-0061

The purpose of this editorial is to provide an overview of the wider debates concerning the evolution of work-life balance practice and policy since the onset of the “Great Recession” of 2008 and to draw out some comparisons of the issues raised by t... Read More about Work-life balance in times of economic crisis and austerity.

Beyond a love supreme: John Coltrane and the legacy of an album (2013)
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Whyton, A. (2013). Beyond a love supreme: John Coltrane and the legacy of an album. New York

Recorded by his quartet in a single session in 1964, John Coltrane's A Love Supreme is widely considered one of the greatest jazz albums of all time. A significant record of Coltrane's transition from the bebop and hard bop of his earlier recordings... Read More about Beyond a love supreme: John Coltrane and the legacy of an album.

The libido-maker’s apprentice : working the window’s proscenium (2012)
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Matthews, A. (2012). The libido-maker’s apprentice : working the window’s proscenium. Performing Ethos, 3(2), 121-137. https://doi.org/10.1386/peet.3.2.121_1

This article proposes that by focusing on the professional complications of working in one-to-one encounters outside of the nominally aesthetic realm, performance-makers and researchers might discover ways of either mimicking or rupturing the form’s... Read More about The libido-maker’s apprentice : working the window’s proscenium.

me-but-not-me: Teaching the digital double (2012)
Journal Article
Oliver, M. (2012). me-but-not-me: Teaching the digital double. International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media, 8(2), 185-200. https://doi.org/10.1386/padm.8.2.189_1

Written from a practice-as-research perspective, this paper focuses on the importance of teaching the technique of the ‘digital double’ in multimedia performance. It offers a summary of the key theorists who assist in our interpretation and understan... Read More about me-but-not-me: Teaching the digital double.

Chapter 13: (Dis)Embodiment (2012)
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Through discursive accounts of my own practice I will explore issues of (dis)embodiment in relation to presence and intimacy as experienced and performed in telematic and virtual environments. At what point is the participant embodying the virtual pe... Read More about Chapter 13: (Dis)Embodiment.

University leadership in turbulent times: An exploration of "urban and edgy" institutions. (2012)
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Burke, M., Morris, G., & Tattersall, A. (2012). University leadership in turbulent times: An exploration of "urban and edgy" institutions. University of Salford

The last two years have seen remarkable changes in the global higher education sector and particularly in the UK. The legal, political and social frameworks in which we work are changing and questions must arise about what kinds of leadership models... Read More about University leadership in turbulent times: An exploration of "urban and edgy" institutions..

Goodbye Lenin! (2012)
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A memory of a memory (2012)
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This important publication provides a broad international perspective, bringing together writers from Australia, Germany, Ireland, the UK and the USA - both leading theorists and leading practitioners - to more fully explore the issues raised by the... Read More about A memory of a memory.

New design business models - Implications for the future of design management (2011)
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Design management in the UK has developed significantly since the early 1990s, with design managers now operating across both design consultancies and within businesses. These organizations operate in a dynamic global environment; as such it is neces... Read More about New design business models - Implications for the future of design management.

Polish Yers and Lexical Syllabicity (2009)
Journal Article
Bekerman, M., Spencer, A., & Roca, I. (2009). Polish Yers and Lexical Syllabicity. Linguistic Review, 9(1), 27-68. https://doi.org/10.1515/tlir.1992.9.1.27

The article examines vowel alternations in Slavic languages on the basis of Polish CVC - CC alternations mostly involving the vowel 'e'. It links the phenomenon to prosodic structures of Slavic languages and tries to resolve the issue by employing a... Read More about Polish Yers and Lexical Syllabicity.

The Bully's Playground (2009)
Digital Artefact
Bekerman, M., Ivanov, T., Langford, J., & McCafferty, N. (2009). The Bully's Playground. [Digital Video]

Bullying with the use of social media caught up with Central Asian urban centres quite early in the post-Soviet transformation. With the state institutions and society lacking the awareness of the problem or the tools to tackle it, bullying and schoo... Read More about The Bully's Playground.

Tears on the Silk Gown (2009)
Digital Artefact
Bekerman, M., Ivanov, T., Langford, J., & McCafferty, N. (2009). Tears on the Silk Gown. [Digital Video]

Bride Kidnapping has been a persistent problem in Kyrgyzstan and modernity has not reduced the occurrences of this practice often resorted to as a way of avoiding social class divisions or dowry requirements. In this film, this controversial custom i... Read More about Tears on the Silk Gown.