The milieu culture of punk: Beyond the scene - A guide to thinking and researching culture (2022)
Book Chapter
Webb, P. (2023). The milieu culture of punk: Beyond the scene - A guide to thinking and researching culture. In A. Bennett (Ed.), The Bloomsbury Handbook of Popular Music and Youth Culture (71 - 86). London: Bloomsbury Publishing

This chapter looks at the idea of Milieu Cultures as a tool and theoretical framework through which to examine and understand the culture of, in this example, Punk. The chapter looks at how using the framework of milieu cultures can help us understan... Read More about The milieu culture of punk: Beyond the scene - A guide to thinking and researching culture.

Performing extinction stories: Exploring creative responses to bee decline (2022)
Journal Article
Portus, R. (2023). Performing extinction stories: Exploring creative responses to bee decline. Text and Performance Quarterly, 43(2), 95-110. https://doi.org/10.1080/10462937.2022.2134583

As extinction becomes one of the most pressing crises of our time, projects that engage with nonhuman lives have emerged as a visible fixture of the creative landscape. This raises the question of what role creative explorations might play in shaping... Read More about Performing extinction stories: Exploring creative responses to bee decline.

Encounters (2022)
Book
Kostourou, F., & Karimnia, E. (Eds.). (2022). Encounters. Theatrum Mundi

Encounters voices the choreographers, dancers, architects, and urbanists who contributed to the Movement Forum project. It narrates their experiences in London, Paris, and Lisbon which challenged the way they relate to themselves, to others, to a pla... Read More about Encounters.

AI and Society: Behind AI Systems (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Ochu, E., & Aneja, U. (2022, October). AI and Society: Behind AI Systems. Presented at Behind AI Systems, Online

Artificial Intelligence, algorithmic systems and machine decision making are being embedded in many areas of society – policing, justice, finance, banking, shopping and navigation just to name a few. These systems are affecting people’s lives in ways... Read More about AI and Society: Behind AI Systems.

Exploring stardom: Sean Connery (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Spicer, A. (2022, September). Exploring stardom: Sean Connery

Sean Connery was one of a select few stars who have become an instantly recognisable cultural icon whose image and distinctive voice have penetrated deeply into global popular culture and public consciousness. Best known as the screen’s ‘first’ Ja... Read More about Exploring stardom: Sean Connery.

Catching the light (2022)
Exhibition / Performance
Klein, S., Fuller, H., Kozlovska, E., & Trujillo Vazquez, A. Catching the light. [Printed]. Exhibited at Impact 12 conference, University of the West of England. 20 September 2022 - 24 September 2022. (Unpublished)

Every image catches the light. Light is what we see. It is an energy which only forms an image in our heads when it interacts with our environment and is translated in our brains into a fantasy of the world. How do we catch such an elusive entity?... Read More about Catching the light.

They will be heard: Representing and re-presenting voices of marginalised and racialised women through film (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Francis, P. (2022, September). They will be heard: Representing and re-presenting voices of marginalised and racialised women through film. Paper presented at 12th Annual Conference in Political Economy, Bologna, Italy

Set within the context of populism, patriarchy and the debilitating legacy of colonialism, The Art of Oppression follows three artists as they each rise to the challenge of creating a new work for the film. The women, award-winning artists, are as di... Read More about They will be heard: Representing and re-presenting voices of marginalised and racialised women through film.

Sean Connery: Beyond Bond (2022)
Exhibition / Performance
Spicer, A. Sean Connery: Beyond Bond. [Word document with embedded podcast]. Performed at Bristol. 25 August 2022 - 25 August 2022. (Unpublished)

This is the background text to my podcast for Watershed Cultural Cinema, September 2022, that accompanied the launch of my book - Sean Connery: Acting, Stardom and National Identity at Watershed on 4 September 2022. It also contains my brief introduc... Read More about Sean Connery: Beyond Bond.

Acceptability of the COVID-19 contact-tracing app – Does culture matter? (2022)
Journal Article
Dzandu, M. D., Pathak, B., & de Cesare, S. (2022). Acceptability of the COVID-19 contact-tracing app – Does culture matter?. Government Information Quarterly, 39(4), 101750. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.giq.2022.101750

During the pandemic, several countries deployed contact-tracing apps in order to contain or reduce the community spread of COVID-19. However, the success rate in terms of acceptance and use of these apps was reportedly low. Using information gathered... Read More about Acceptability of the COVID-19 contact-tracing app – Does culture matter?.

Re-visioning cultural, historical and gendered aspects of Nottingham's past and present (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Francis, P. (2022, June). Re-visioning cultural, historical and gendered aspects of Nottingham's past and present. Paper presented at Arts and Humanities Research Conference, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham

Representing Rastafari and Ethiopian culture in life, creative practice, and research (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Sobers, S. (2022, June). Representing Rastafari and Ethiopian culture in life, creative practice, and research. Presented at Ebony Initiative Summer Institute on Spiritual, Religious and Psychological Methodologies, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), London