All Outputs (55)

Countering the “contract-bargain”: Credit, debt, and the moral economy in David Copperfield (2015)
Journal Article

This essay argues that personal credit and debt relations play a vital role in David Copperfield. David's circle of family and friends is economically interdependent; the way this group functions does not endorse the concept of the possessive individ... Read More about Countering the “contract-bargain”: Credit, debt, and the moral economy in David Copperfield.

Book review: If colonialism was the apocalypse, what happens next? On Nerine Dorman, ed., 'Terra Incognita: New Short Speculative Stories from Africa' and Dilman Dila, 'A Killing in the Sun’ (2015)
Journal Article

Review article on contemporary African sf.

Yate (2015)
Book

A comprehensive history of the parish of Yate from its earliest record to the present day. This work forms part of the Victoria History of Gloucestershire, and the first ‘VCH Short’ produced in the county.

The coy cult text: The Man Who Wasn’t There as noir SF (2015)
Book Chapter

Situates the Coen brothers' film in relation to the intersections of film noir and science fiction, uncovering its latent science-fictionality.

A Knight’s Peril - Bodiam Castle (2015)
Digital Artefact

A film about A Knight's Peril - an interactive audio adventure at Bodiam Castle - A National Trust property in East Sussex, England.

The good hubbing guide: Building indie game maker collectives (2015)
Report

This Guide comes from the activities of the Arts and Humanities Research Council Video Games Research Networking Scheme project, Creative Territories (2014-15). The project looked at the recent emergence of small and independent game maker collective... Read More about The good hubbing guide: Building indie game maker collectives.

The speaker behind the voice: Therapeutic practice from the perspective of pragmatic theory (2015)
Journal Article

Many attempts at understanding auditory verbal hallucinations have tried to explain why there is an auditory experience in the absence of an appropriate stimulus. We suggest that many instance of voice-hearing should be approached differently. More s... Read More about The speaker behind the voice: Therapeutic practice from the perspective of pragmatic theory.

Bourdieu, Habitus and Social Research - The Art of Application (2015)
Book

This collection brings together for the first time a set of researchers whose research methodologies centre on Bourdieu's concept of habitus. Full of insight and innovation, the book is an essential read for anyone wanting to know more about approach... Read More about Bourdieu, Habitus and Social Research - The Art of Application.

Bourdieu and the application of habitus across the social sciences (2015)
Book Chapter

This collection brings together for the first time a set of researchers whose research methodologies centre on Bourdieu's concept of habitus. Full of insight and innovation, the book is an essential read for anyone wanting to know more about approach... Read More about Bourdieu and the application of habitus across the social sciences.

The creative SME: A cautionary tale (2015)
Preprint / Working Paper

The aim of this paper is to explore the debate about defining a small firm, or a small and mediumsized enterprise (SME), and examining the relevance of this concern to the creative industries and creative businesses. The first part of this paper navi... Read More about The creative SME: A cautionary tale.

Emerson, creativity and criticism (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The paper was a keynote. The principal argument was that Ralph Waldo Emerson's unique take on metaphor as the most significant creative literary act could be understood as a key enabler for the development of US literature, especially the symbolism t... Read More about Emerson, creativity and criticism.

Study Skills for Linguistics (2015)
Book

Slipstream cinema: Dick without the Dick (2015)
Book Chapter

This essay proposes a slipstream cinema along the lines of slipstream fiction proposed by Bruce Sterling - and suggests that it is where we might find the cinematic legacy of Philip K Dick, rather than in the typically disappointing adaptations of hi... Read More about Slipstream cinema: Dick without the Dick.

Creating the slum: Representations of poverty in the Hungate and Walmgate districts of York, 1875-1914 (2015)
Journal Article

Using a range of sources, this article addresses the ways in which the press, social investigators and middle-class commentators constructed an image and reputation for the working-class districts of Walmgate and Hungate in York; a reputation which m... Read More about Creating the slum: Representations of poverty in the Hungate and Walmgate districts of York, 1875-1914.

Re-articulating the creative hub concept as a model for business support in the local creative economy: the case of Mare Street in Hackney (2015)
Preprint / Working Paper

The literature on ‘creative hubs’is scarce. Although the term is currently in wide use in policy circles, its actual meaning is not always clear. Accordingly, this paper aims to clarify what is meant bythe ‘creative hub’through the use of ethnographi... Read More about Re-articulating the creative hub concept as a model for business support in the local creative economy: the case of Mare Street in Hackney.

The futures market: American utopias (2015)
Book Chapter

Critical-historical overview of American utopian texts, from The Constitution of the Iroquois Nations to the current post-genre tumult.

Historias para despues de una guerra (2015)
Book

African science fiction 101 (2015)
Journal Article

Critical-historical overview of science fiction from Africa

Building a 21st century workforce across the creative and cultural industries (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Both nationally & locally the creative & cultural workforce is still not truly representative of modern Britain. Crucially, in the region our industries are missing out on the diverse range of skills, ideas & experience that are essential to the sus... Read More about Building a 21st century workforce across the creative and cultural industries.

Walking and travel (2015)
Book Chapter