All Outputs (239)

Altruism, love and the "democratic factor" in social psychiatry (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Swanson, G. (2009, May). Altruism, love and the "democratic factor" in social psychiatry. Paper presented at After the War: Post-War Structures of Feeling, Institute of English Studies, University of London

An examination of those models of character defined by effective sentiment development which became the foundation of a social psychiatry directed to the solution of social problems as part of a programme of post-war reconstruction, an excavation of... Read More about Altruism, love and the "democratic factor" in social psychiatry.

Productive research: Approaches and sources to uncovering the role of the film producer (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Spicer, A. H. (2009, April). Productive research: Approaches and sources to uncovering the role of the film producer. Presented at Studies beyond the Screen Symposium, University of Exeter, UK

This paper reviewed the approaches and methodologies deployed to research and write the monograph Sydney Box for Manchester University Press (2006) focusing on the use of archival material and other primary sources. It argued that film history needs... Read More about Productive research: Approaches and sources to uncovering the role of the film producer.

The cinema of John Sayles: from Billy Zane to Brecht and Bakhtin, and back again (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Bould, M. (2009, March). The cinema of John Sayles: from Billy Zane to Brecht and Bakhtin, and back again. Paper presented at Research Seminar, Department of Film, Theatre and Television, University of Reading

A critical introduction to John Sayles, with Silver City as its primary example, this paper discusses the relationship between his films and American naturalist traditions, and explores language as a site of material resistance.

Brands, markets and charitable ethics (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Arthurs, J. (2009, March). Brands, markets and charitable ethics. Paper presented at Edinburgh International Conference on Film Audiences, Edinburgh Film House, Scotland

MTV’s EXIT campaign to raise awareness about the trafficking of women highlights the difficulties faced by charitable organisations when using audience research to evaluate the effectiveness of their media campaigns. To connect with audiences whose e... Read More about Brands, markets and charitable ethics.

"It's not going to be like this is it?": Celebrating age festival 2008 (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Dolan, J. (2008, December). "It's not going to be like this is it?": Celebrating age festival 2008. Paper presented at Crossing Cultures: Woman, Aging and Media AHRC International Conference, University of Gloucestershire, Cheltenham, UK

Employing participant observation, the paper offers analysis of Bristol’s Festival of Age, 2008 and traces the ways in which participants are positioned within a configuration of nostalgic, regulatory regimes that position them as a) passive bodies b... Read More about "It's not going to be like this is it?": Celebrating age festival 2008.

The future of media entertainment (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Arthurs, J. (2008, November). The future of media entertainment. Presented at Future Imperfect GWR Research Symposium, Great Western Research Conference, Hewlett Packard

The presentation argued that the convergence of digital technology is already bringing about a change in the distribution, aesthetics and the consumption of media entertainment so that we can access it “anytime, anyplace and anywhere”. Yet embedded c... Read More about The future of media entertainment.

The thin men: Anorexic subjectivity in Fight Club and The Machinist. (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Bould, M., & Vint, S. (2008, November). The thin men: Anorexic subjectivity in Fight Club and The Machinist. Paper presented at The Fith Annual Historical Materialism Conference, University College, London

Taking anorexia as a model of subjectivity under contemporary capital, this paper analyses the noir protagonists of Fight Club and The Machinist and their relationships to power, labour and their own bodies.

Self-regulation and media literacy: citizen-consumers in the digital age (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Arthurs, J. (2008, November). Self-regulation and media literacy: citizen-consumers in the digital age. Paper presented at European Communication Research and Education Association Bi-annual Conference, Barcelona

Policy debates in the UK about digital television includes speculation about the changing relationship between content providers and users. This paper critically examines the perceived need for enhanced skills in media literacy in Ofcom policy statem... Read More about Self-regulation and media literacy: citizen-consumers in the digital age.

The ethics and aesthetics of trafficking films: MTVs Exit Campaign (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Arthurs, J. (2008, November). The ethics and aesthetics of trafficking films: MTVs Exit Campaign. Presented at Migration, Trafficking and Human Rights Conference, Watershed, Bristol

MTVs exit campaign to raise awareness about the trafficking of women highlights the difficulties faced by charitable organisations when using audience research to evaluate the effectiveness of their media campaigns. To connect with audiences whose et... Read More about The ethics and aesthetics of trafficking films: MTVs Exit Campaign.

Journal editors' panel (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Bould, M. (2008, October). Journal editors' panel. Paper presented at Film & History Biennial: Film and Science Fictions, Documentaries and Beyond Conference, Univeristy of Chicago, USA

After providing an overview of the journal I co-edit, and the processes through which submissions go, I then participated in a chaired discussion (along with other journal editors who had made similar presentations) geared towards an audience of grad... Read More about Journal editors' panel.

Staging the limits to knowledge: Cognition, estrangment and spectacle in 2001: A Space Odyssey (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Bould, M. (2008, October). Staging the limits to knowledge: Cognition, estrangment and spectacle in 2001: A Space Odyssey. Paper presented at Film & History Biennial: Film and Science: Fictions, Documentaries, and Beyond Conference, University of Chicago

Beginning by questioning the possibility of judging relative scale and postion in the famous final image of the 2001, this paper challenges Carl Freedman's influential argument about the possibility of spectacle generating cognitive estrangement.

A blurred photograph of Jesus is better than no photograph at all – the practicalities of using video as an oral history tool (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Partington, M. (2008, September). A blurred photograph of Jesus is better than no photograph at all – the practicalities of using video as an oral history tool. Paper presented at International Oral History Association Conference, University of Guadalajara, Mexico

This paper deals with the use of video as an oral history tool and the importance of the visual image in understanding visual artists and their work. Oral history grew out of improvements in technology in the mid-twentieth century which allowed us t... Read More about A blurred photograph of Jesus is better than no photograph at all – the practicalities of using video as an oral history tool.

Eraserheads (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Bould, M. (2008, September). Eraserheads. Presented at BFI Southbank Public Panel Discussion, BFI Southbank, London

This public panel discussed various aspects of the relationship between cinema and memory, with a particular focus on the gallery work of Pierre Bismuth and Michel Gondry. The panel was chaired by Roger Luckhurst; the co-panellists were Jonathan Romn... Read More about Eraserheads.

Visibility/ invisibility (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Dolan, J. (2008, September). Visibility/ invisibility. Presented at Women, Ageing and Media AHRC Research Network, St Matthias Campus, UWE, Bristol

Through a focus on visibility/invisibility, the workshop established networking links, tracked changes patterns of representation and established shared intellectual terrain in areas of inclusion and exclusion, between scholars working on the prolife... Read More about Visibility/ invisibility.

Monsters and modernity (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Bould, M. (2008, August). Monsters and modernity. Presented at Silicon Knights Games Developers, St. Catherines, Ontario

A critical overview of the repressive aspects of modernity which, in popular culture at least, tend to unleash monsters. Drawing on Walter Benjamin, this paper also considers the relationship between 'progress' and catastrophe.

Disciplinary innovation and 'cultural experience' (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Swanson, G. (2008, August). Disciplinary innovation and 'cultural experience'. Paper presented at Orientations: The Inaugural Conference of the International Society for Cultural History, Ghent University

An argument for an approach to cultural history based on attention to the detail, disciplinary knowledge and innovation to be addressed through shifts in conceptual frameworks, and the charting of their influence on social management via new models o... Read More about Disciplinary innovation and 'cultural experience'.

Peristalsis, proliferation and ejaculation: Reflections on narrative and spectacle in digital sf cinema (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Bould, M. (2008, July). Peristalsis, proliferation and ejaculation: Reflections on narrative and spectacle in digital sf cinema. Paper presented at Science Fiction Research Association 2008 Conference, University of Kansas

This paper addresses the changing nature of the cinematic experience in the era of blockbuster digital filmmaking, using Transformers as its key example.

Reading science fiction (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Bould, M. (2008, July). Reading science fiction. Presented at Science Fiction Research Association 2008 Conference, University of Kansas, USA

After an initial short presentation on the failure of sf studies to engage with issues emerging in genre studies over the last decade or so, I participated in a chaired discussion concerning this and presentations by other panellists.

'No, not yet: Woman, abjection and redemption in Alfonso Cuaron's The Children of Men' (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Bacon, T., Kydd, E., & Dickman, G. (2008, July). 'No, not yet: Woman, abjection and redemption in Alfonso Cuaron's The Children of Men'. Paper presented at UWE, Philosophy and Film/Film and Philosophy, Arnolfini, Bristol

Paper (given as part of a panel in conjunction with Elspeth Kydd and Govinda Dickman) providing a critical analysis of Alfonso Cuaran’s film, The Children of Men - based on a novel by PD James. The paper critiqued the ways in which this production, (... Read More about 'No, not yet: Woman, abjection and redemption in Alfonso Cuaron's The Children of Men'.

The precariousness of production: Michael Klinger and the role of the film producer in the British film industry during the 1970's (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Spicer, A. H. (2008, July). The precariousness of production: Michael Klinger and the role of the film producer in the British film industry during the 1970's. Paper presented at British Culture and Society in the 1970's, University of Portsmouth, UK

Michael Klinger was the most successful independent producer working in the British film industry during the 1960s and 1970s. However, there has been no critical account of his work and he is barely mentioned, if at all, in standard histories of Brit... Read More about The precariousness of production: Michael Klinger and the role of the film producer in the British film industry during the 1970's.