All Outputs (1673)

One day sculpture (2008)
Exhibition / Performance

(www.onedaysculpture.org.nz) emerged from Claire Doherty’s Research Fellowship at Massey University in 2006. This was New Zealand's first nationwide commissioning series of temporary, place-based public artworks, involving both international and New... Read More about One day sculpture.

Monsters and modernity (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

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 Contribution

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'.

Reading science fiction (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

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.

Peristalsis, proliferation and ejaculation: Reflections on narrative and spectacle in digital sf cinema (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

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

'No, not yet: Woman, abjection and redemption in Alfonso Cuaron's The Children of Men' (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

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'.

Cosmopolitanism and trafficking in human beings for forced labour (2008)
Book Chapter

This chapter aims to provide a different perspective in order to break through the automatic identification of trafficking in human beings with sex and crime. The chapter first gives an indication of the wide range of human right... Read More about Cosmopolitanism and trafficking in human beings for forced labour.

Bridging the gaps in Global Ethics: grounded cosmopolitan praxis (2008)
Book Chapter

This chapter discusses Global Ethics as a new field of enquiry and illustrates the need for a strong link between theoretical reflection and practical learning.I first investigate the role of universalist and contextual theories in Global ethics and... Read More about Bridging the gaps in Global Ethics: grounded cosmopolitan praxis.

Images 32 (2008)
Exhibition / Performance

Touring show of a selection of work from the AOI 32 Images annual. Includes shows at London College of Communication: 29 July 2008 – 27 August 2008; Peninsula Art Gallery, Plymouth: 20 September 2008 – 28th October 2008; Aberystwyth Arts Centre: 08 N... Read More about Images 32.

Hidden danger (2008)
Journal Article

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 Contribution

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.

Sonic Youth (2008)
Exhibition / Performance

Sonic Youth featured art work by Johanna Billing, David Blandy, Yvonne Buchheim, Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard, William Hunt, Ben Kinsley and Kate Murphy.

The exhibition curated by Mary Cremin presented works by seven international video artists who... Read More about Sonic Youth.

Innovation and corporate failure: Cyril Lord in UK textiles, 1945-68 (2008)
Book Chapter

This paper utilises a wide range of business records and printed contemporary evidence to analyse the life cycle of a significant textile enterprise. The failure of this firm was one of the most publicised of the post-war period.

Practice research, knowledge exchange and HE (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper uses my practice research project on the impact of digital technology on feature film production to reflect on the implications of the current KTP or Knowledge Exchange agenda on media practice research and education.

Women, ageing and media workshops (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The Women, Ageing and Media (WAM) research group secured Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) funding in 2008 to run a series of workshops and an international conference in order to conduct a sustained investigation into proliferating print,... Read More about Women, ageing and media workshops.

Lilya 4 Ever and the trafficking of women (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Invited speaker to introduce and chair subsequent discussion at screening of a film.

Policy making in interesting times: The Housing Finance and Policy Review, 1975-77 (2008)
Journal Article

The interaction of class and gender in illness narratives (2008)
Journal Article

Perspectives on gender and identity that emphasize variability of performance, local context and individual agency have displaced earlier paradigms.These are now perceived to have supported gender stereotypes and language ideologies by emphasizing ge... Read More about The interaction of class and gender in illness narratives.

The governance of networks: Heuristic or formal analysis? A reply to Rachel Parker (2008)
Journal Article

Rachel Parker, in her article 'Networked Governance or Just Networks?' in this journal, has dealt with a very challenging question on the relevance of network interaction to governance outcomes. Her use of network concepts, however, appears to employ... Read More about The governance of networks: Heuristic or formal analysis? A reply to Rachel Parker.

European Design Awards 2008 Corbis Creatives Behind the Lens (2008)
Exhibition / Performance

Work submitted for the conference was shortlisted by a jury as one of the top 30 submissions across Europe. The work was displayed in the "Creatives Behind the Lens" exhibition at the European Design Conference, Stockholm. Following the conference th... Read More about European Design Awards 2008 Corbis Creatives Behind the Lens.