Outputs (60)

Theorising digital scholarship – introducing the new edition (2016)
Journal Article

This is the first edition of our new online Journal, the Journal of Applied Social Theory, and it makes sense to launch the journal via a special edition on theorising digital scholarship. After all, the journal is online and fully acce... Read More about Theorising digital scholarship – introducing the new edition.

Using the participatory patterns design (PPD) methodology to co-design groupware: Confer a tool for workplace informal learning (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper proposes a methodology which attempts to address the barriers to the development of successful educational design research through a process which identifies gaps in current practices and devises innovations to target them. Educational des... Read More about Using the participatory patterns design (PPD) methodology to co-design groupware: Confer a tool for workplace informal learning.

Bristol and the end of empire: The consequences of the fall of Gascony (2016)
Book Chapter

A discussion of the economic, social and political consequences to Bristol of the final English loss of Gascony in 1453. The discussion considers the possibility that this event encouraged Bristol-based exploration of the Mediterranean and the Atlant... Read More about Bristol and the end of empire: The consequences of the fall of Gascony.

Barry Unsworth's Morality Play: Narrative, detection, history (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016 Macmillan Publishers Ltd. Morality Play is a historical detective novel set in the late fourteenth century and published in 1995, at a time of flourishing for historical fiction in Britain. This article argues that the novel shares some of the... Read More about Barry Unsworth's Morality Play: Narrative, detection, history.

In Search of Robert Lovell: Poet and Pantisocrat (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016 British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies. Robert Lovell (1771-1796) is known chiefly as one of the apostles of the ill-fated Pantisocratic emigration scheme conceived by Coleridge and Southey. This essay considers Lovell’s life and work... Read More about In Search of Robert Lovell: Poet and Pantisocrat.

Hollywood menace: Los Angeles Mid-Century Modern Dens of Vice (2016)
Book Chapter

This paper will discuss the use of Los Angeles Mid-Century Modern homes in context of Hollywood films from the 1950s until the present day, with particular focus on the association these houses have with movie villains.

A wealth of writing and di... Read More about Hollywood menace: Los Angeles Mid-Century Modern Dens of Vice.

Paying freedom dues: Marxism, black radicalism, and blaxploitation sf (2016)
Book Chapter

This chapter traces the relationship between Marxism and black radical theory and practice in America, noting the frequent presence of sf imagery at the intersection. It then outlines the development of blaxploitation and establishes a hitherto unrem... Read More about Paying freedom dues: Marxism, black radicalism, and blaxploitation sf.

The house of worth: Portrait of an archive (2016)
Journal Article

The House of Worth: Portrait of an Archive stands as a challenge to the ways we research, write and teach fashion and visual cultural histories. This landmark book invites a wide readership. A work of such magnitude calls for an extended response.... Read More about The house of worth: Portrait of an archive.

Providential enunciation in Mr Deeds Goes to Town (2016)
Digital Artefact

Audiovisual essay analysing sequences from Capra classic. Film studies interpretation of enunciative strategy of Mr Deeds.

Creative hubs: Understanding the new economy (2016)
Report

A dynamic ecosystem of creative spaces and communities has developed over the last 10 years. This report has been commissioned to better understand their diverse value, processes and motivations and in doing so, analyse how best to support and stimul... Read More about Creative hubs: Understanding the new economy.