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Anthropomorphic taxidermy and the death of nature: The curious art of Hermann Ploucquet, Walter Potter, and Charles Waterton (2007)
Journal Article
Henning, M. (2007). Anthropomorphic taxidermy and the death of nature: The curious art of Hermann Ploucquet, Walter Potter, and Charles Waterton. Victorian Literature and Culture, 35(2), 663-678. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1060150307051704

This refereed journal article was commissioned by the editor Barbara Gates following an abstract in response to a call for papers. It draws on talks and writing on taxidermy for the exhibition Nanoq Flat-Out and Bluesome by the artists Mark Wilson an... Read More about Anthropomorphic taxidermy and the death of nature: The curious art of Hermann Ploucquet, Walter Potter, and Charles Waterton.

New lamps for old: Photography, obsolescence and social change (2007)
Book Chapter
Henning, M. (2007). New lamps for old: Photography, obsolescence and social change. In C. R. Acland (Ed.), Residual Media (48-65). Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press

This essay was commissioned by Charles Acland following an abstract submitted in response to his call for papers. It comprises a development of previous work on media as preservation technologies, presented in conference papers in 2000 (The Social Co... Read More about New lamps for old: Photography, obsolescence and social change.

Otto Neurath (2007)
Book Chapter
Henning, M. (2007). Otto Neurath. In G. Ritzer (Ed.), Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology. Blackwell. https://doi.org/10.1111/b.9781405124331.2007.x

This is a 1000 word biography of Otto Neurath, looking at his contribution to sociology and contrasting older critiques of his work, which severely affected his reputation, with the concepts and ideas that have emerged in recent accounts.

Playing with nonhumans: digital games as technocultural form (2007)
Book Chapter
Giddings, S. (2007). Playing with nonhumans: digital games as technocultural form. In S. de Castell, & J. Jenson (Eds.), Worlds in Play: International Perspectives on Digital Games Research. New York: Peter Lang

Game studies has yet to engage with a sustained debate on the implications of its fundamentally technologically based foundation – i.e. the ‘digitality’ of digital games. This essay calls for such a debate and offers some initial thoughts on issues a... Read More about Playing with nonhumans: digital games as technocultural form.

The other of the other: Angela Carter's "New-Fangled Orientalism" (2006)
Book Chapter
Crofts, C. (2006). The other of the other: Angela Carter's "New-Fangled Orientalism". In R. Munford (Ed.), Revisiting Angela Carter (87-109). Palgrave Macmillan

Crofts was invited to contribute this chapter to Munford's volume which is recognised as 'the first to focus entirely on [intertextuality] in Carter's work. Re-Visiting Angela Carter should assume an important place in a new wave of Carter criticism.... Read More about The other of the other: Angela Carter's "New-Fangled Orientalism".

Playing the ring: Intermediality and ludic narratives in the Lord of the Rings games (2006)
Book Chapter
Kennedy, H. W., & Dovey, J. (2006). Playing the ring: Intermediality and ludic narratives in the Lord of the Rings games. In E. Mathijs (Ed.), Lord of the Rings: Popular Culture in Global Context (254-269). Wallflower Press

This chapter, fully collaborative from inception to completion, was conceived as way of interrogating the critical aporia in current game studies around understanding gameplay pleasures and engagements. This was the first piece of published research... Read More about Playing the ring: Intermediality and ludic narratives in the Lord of the Rings games.

Re-Representing rural racism through the use of Community Media (2006)
Presentation / Conference
Sobers, S. (2006, July). Re-Representing rural racism through the use of Community Media. Paper presented at DIVERSE Conference, Glasgow Caledonian University

Discussing how critical pedagogy approaches to participatory media production can enable young people co-producing the media address and negotiate complex aspects of their identities, in this instance, identities of race and culture. This paper was... Read More about Re-Representing rural racism through the use of Community Media.

Young people's needs and the negotiation of community media working mainstream services (2006)
Presentation / Conference
Sobers, S., Thomas, H., Reid, M., Saunders, J., Mason, S., Froome, K., & Froome, D. (2006, July). Young people's needs and the negotiation of community media working mainstream services. Presented at Diverse, Glasgow Caledonian University

How young people have worked with community media projects to negotiate their life needs, working with formal and informal services.

Exiled journalists in Europe (2006)
Other
Jempson, M., Cookson, R., & Maisokwadzo, F. (2006). Exiled journalists in Europe. Bristol

This research was designed to provide a picture of the support available for journalists living in exile in Europe. It examines the help and opportunities on offer in eleven countries: Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Ital... Read More about Exiled journalists in Europe.

Digital games as new media (2006)
Book Chapter
Giddings, S., & Kennedy, H. W. (2006). Digital games as new media. In J. Rutter, & J. Bryce (Eds.), Understanding Digital Games. London: Sage

Just gaming? Seth Giddings and Helen Kennedy on studying games (2006)
Journal Article
Kennedy, H. W., & Giddings, S. (2006). Just gaming? Seth Giddings and Helen Kennedy on studying games

The academic study of computer and video games is a rapidly growing multinational and multidisciplinary field. The first UK international conference on computer games in 2001, a UWE event organised by Helen Kennedy and Jon Dovey at the Watershed Medi... Read More about Just gaming? Seth Giddings and Helen Kennedy on studying games.

New media (2006)
Book Chapter
Henning, M. (2006). New media. In S. MacDonald (Ed.), A Companion to Museum Studies (302 - 318). Malden, MA; Oxford: Blackwell Publishers

Henning was invited to contribute this chapter on the strength of her AHRC application for Museums, Media and Cultural Theory, for which Sharon Macdonald was a reviewer. The essay develops ideas and areas of research touched on briefly in the book. I... Read More about New media.

Re-Representing rural racism through the use of community media (2006)
Presentation / Conference
Sobers, S. (2006, January). Re-Representing rural racism through the use of community media. Paper presented at Politics, Race & Ethnicity Conference, Glenside Campus, University of the West of England, Bristol

Discussing how critical pedagogy approaches to participatory media production can enable young people co-producing the media address and negotiate complex aspects of their identities, in this instance, identities of race and culture. This paper was... Read More about Re-Representing rural racism through the use of community media.

Museums, media and cultural theory (2006)
Book
Henning, M. (2006). Museums, media and cultural theory. Maidenhead, England; New York: Open University Press

This monograph built on research funded by the British Academy (2000), and conference papers given in Sheffield (Millennial Animals 2000) and at the American Comparative Literature Association in Boulder, Colorado, in 2001. The final research and wri... Read More about Museums, media and cultural theory.