The recreation of 19th century photomechanical processes to aid 21st century research and development
(2024)
Book Chapter
Hoskins, S. (2024). The recreation of 19th century photomechanical processes to aid 21st century research and development. In Understanding Use: Objects in Museums of Science and Technology (Artefacts 13). Washington, USA: Smithsonian Scholarly Press
The possible worlds of VR documentary (2024)
Book Chapter
Rose, M. (in press). The possible worlds of VR documentary. In Handbook of Documentary. IntellectProducers have been drawn to virtual reality (VR) for its potential to render vivid experiences of nonfiction content. The politics of the platform’s affective operation, particularly in relation to distant human others, has been analysed and critiqu... Read More about The possible worlds of VR documentary.
Imagined worlds (2024)
Book Chapter
Bodman, S. (in press). Imagined worlds. In Turn the page: an Anthology. Norwich: turn the pageturn the page has, over a period of ten years (2012-2022), introduced the public to the wonders of the wider book arts genre, and artists and collectors to each other, through its showcasing events, symposia and related exhibitions. To celebrate thos... Read More about Imagined worlds.
Audiences for science-theatre: Valued but under-explored (2023)
Book Chapter
Almeida, C., & Weitkamp, E. (in press). Audiences for science-theatre: Valued but under-explored. In Routledge Companion to Performance and Science. RoutledgeDespite the growing interest in science-theatre, its audiences remain an under-researched topic within the field of science communication. Therefore, we know relatively little about audience engagement with science-theatre in this context. In this ch... Read More about Audiences for science-theatre: Valued but under-explored.
Leaving the artworld (2023)
Book Chapter
Corna, L. L. (in press). Leaving the artworld. In L. Lorenza Corna, & J. M. Mascat (Eds.), Feminism in Revolt. An Anthology. Carla Lonzi (3-33). Seagull Books
The burden of expectation: Where are the women in Steve McQueen's small axe films? (2023)
Book Chapter
Francis, P. (2023). The burden of expectation: Where are the women in Steve McQueen's small axe films?. In T. Austin (Ed.), ReFocus: The Films of Steve McQueen (1-226). Edinburgh: Edinburgh University PressPrime time Sunday evening viewing across five weeks of Steve McQueen's penology offered the opportunity to give volume to the silenced, to offer an alternative social historical account of the plurality of the Black British experience, to represent... Read More about The burden of expectation: Where are the women in Steve McQueen's small axe films?.
Pandora’s Hieroglyphic Primer (2023)
Book Chapter
Bodman, S. (2023). Pandora’s Hieroglyphic Primer. In RE:Making - A Documentation of Work by Angela Lorenz (152-173). New Haven, CT, USA: the jenny-pressA response to the artwork: for RE:Making - A Documentation of Work by Angela Lorenz With essays from over 70 scholars, collectors, librarians, curators, and journalists on book artist Angela Lorenz's work from 1989 to 2022. Includes a reflection f... Read More about Pandora’s Hieroglyphic Primer.
Flexibility in cultural production (2023)
Book Chapter
Karimnia, E. (2023). Flexibility in cultural production. In C. Chua, L. Kodua Okullu, & M. Michalowska (Eds.), Urban Backstages. (TM Edition). London: Theatrum MundiFlexibility, in the context of contemporary creative industries, has become a glamorised phenomenon, a buzzword used to illustrate an ideal working condition for cultural producers. The growth in, the use of flexibility as a concept in urban discour... Read More about Flexibility in cultural production.
The DFC: Developing nonfiction policy frameworks after COVID (2023)
Book Chapter
Presence, S. (2023). The DFC: Developing nonfiction policy frameworks after COVID. In D. Sills-Jones, & P. Kaapa (Eds.), Documentary film cultures in the age of COVID-19 (177-199). (1). Oxford: Peter Lang International Academic PublishersThis chapter is based on research conducted under the aegis of the UK Feature Docs research project (2018-20, https://ukfd.org.uk/), a three-year study of the UK’s feature-length documentary film industry funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Co... Read More about The DFC: Developing nonfiction policy frameworks after COVID.
The view from the funders: An interview with Doc Society’s Sandra Whipham and Lisa Marie Russo (2023)
Book Chapter
Presence, S., & Quigley, A. (2023). The view from the funders: An interview with Doc Society’s Sandra Whipham and Lisa Marie Russo. In D. Sills-Jones, & P. Kaapa (Eds.), Documentary film cultures in the age of COVID-19 (48-61). (1). Oxford: Peter Lang International Academic PublishersThis interview explores the pandemic from the perspective of Doc Society, the lead body for UK documentary film funding. From the outset of the crisis to the formation of the Screen Sector Taskforce and the launch of the BFI Doc Society SOS Fund, the... Read More about The view from the funders: An interview with Doc Society’s Sandra Whipham and Lisa Marie Russo.
Ten years of I-Docs: A reflective discussion on polyphony and practice-led research (2022)
Book Chapter
Aston, J. (2022). Ten years of I-Docs: A reflective discussion on polyphony and practice-led research. In F. Merino, & M. Penafria (Eds.), Storybits I – Narrative and Digital Media (15-30). (1). Covilha, Portugal: Universidade de Beira Interior. https://doi.org/10.25768/654-889-6This article is based on my keynote and accompanying workshop for the inaugural StoryBits conference in April 2021. This was ten years on from the first i-Docs symposium in March 2011, with the StoryBits conference taking a similar approach in relati... Read More about Ten years of I-Docs: A reflective discussion on polyphony and practice-led research.
Understanding VR audiences (2022)
Book Chapter
McIntosh, V. (2022). Understanding VR audiences. In S. Jones, S. Dawkins, & J. McDougall (Eds.), Understanding Virtual Reality: Challenging Perspectives for Media Literacy and Education (66-85). (1). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780367337032-9Becoming an audience member in virtual reality can be a surreal experience; like entering a pocket reality, like finding Narnia in your wardrobe, like popping through a chalk painting on the pavement. Quite distinct from our relationship with big and... Read More about Understanding VR audiences.
Bonnington Square (2022)
Book Chapter
Embury, G., & Oldham, A. (2022). Bonnington Square. In Left Cultures - 1 (13). Bristol: Left CulturesLeft Cultures 1 will delve deep into the left’s cultural past to discuss gems of storytelling within film, literature, music, art and poetry. Culture which has influenced and inspired an eclectic bunch of comrades to continue in this tradition by cre... Read More about Bonnington Square.
Interactive documentary: Its history and future as a polyphonic form (2022)
Book Chapter
Aston, J. (2022). Interactive documentary: Its history and future as a polyphonic form. In K. M. Ryan, & D. Staton (Eds.), Interactive Documentary: Decolonising Practice-Based Research (20-37). New York and London: RoutledgeThis chapter looks at the decolonization of interactive documentary practices through the lens of polyphony. Writing as practice-based researchers from a position of privilege, the authors argue that self-reflexivity is a key requirement for “decolon... Read More about Interactive documentary: Its history and future as a polyphonic form.
Saying what must not be said: Exploring communication in the script development process (2022)
Book Chapter
Bevan-Mogg, W. (2022). Saying what must not be said: Exploring communication in the script development process. In The Palgrave Handbook of Script Development (87-101). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-82234-7The script development process relies on a series of formal and informal conversations between financiers, producers, writers and other key industry players. Ostensibly, the goal of these conversations is simply to create the best films possible. How... Read More about Saying what must not be said: Exploring communication in the script development process.
Writing film industry history (2021)
Book Chapter
Spicer, A. (2021). Writing film industry history. In P. McDonald (Ed.), The Routledge Companion to Media Industries (429-438). London and New York: RoutledgeThis chapter provides a critical overview of the main ways in which film industry history has been formulated and described. It argues that any account must address three basic questions: (i) how film industry history has been defined and delimited (... Read More about Writing film industry history.
Laser textile design and finishing (2021)
Book Chapter
Morgan, L. (in press). Laser textile design and finishing. In Volume 10: Textile Futures. Bloomsbury PublishingThis entry discusses the state of the art in laser processing techniques for textiles beyond laser-cutting applications. It maps the use of laser technology for textile design with a focus on research that developed innovative digitally-driven surfac... Read More about Laser textile design and finishing.
Which of us photographs? (2021)
Book Chapter
Sobers, S. (2021). Which of us photographs?. In Cohort. Frome: CohortHow will future historians interpret how the 2020/2021 lockdowns impacted photographic aesthetics? Such a study would likely be done best by scholars who are not yet even born. Practitioners and scholars of today are too close to the moment to be abl... Read More about Which of us photographs?.
Spending time within books (2021)
Book Chapter
Bodman, S. L. (2021). Spending time within books. In C. Benjamin Schulz, V. Hildebrand-Schat, & K. Bazarnik (Eds.), Refresh the Book: On the Hybrid Nature of the Book in the Age of Electronic Publishing (221-245). Leiden, The Netherlands: Koninklijke Brill NV. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004443556In my work as a researcher in the field of artists’ books, I encounter new books on a daily basis. Artists send information on their publications to go into the Book Arts Newsletter or the biennial Artist’s Book Yearbook, or write about their work fo... Read More about Spending time within books.
Parting the iron curtain: Michael Klinger’s attempt to make 'A Man and a Half' (2020)
Book Chapter
Spicer, A. (2020). Parting the iron curtain: Michael Klinger’s attempt to make 'A Man and a Half'. In J. Fenwick, K. Foster, & D. Eldridge (Eds.), Shadow Cinema: The Historical and Production Context of Unmade Films (57-70). (1). Bloomsbury PublishingBetween 1967 and 1984, British independent producer Michael Klinger attempted to make a war film initially called Parachute that was renamed A Man and a Half. It was an international production through which as Klinger hoped to establish himself as a... Read More about Parting the iron curtain: Michael Klinger’s attempt to make 'A Man and a Half'.